November 2025

Telling universal stories soundtracked by unshakable melodies, Billy Raffoul strikes an intimate chord, tapping into the feelings and experiences we all share no matter where we call home. This relatability has consistently engaged listeners, yielding hundreds of millions of streams and sold-out shows around the globe for the award-winning Ontario singer, songwriter, and producer.

Billy naturally absorbed a lifelong passion for music from his old man, Jody Raffoul, who shined as a singer-songwriter himself. Perfecting his songcraft and voice, he dropped music at a prolific pace, including the 1975 EP, The Running Wild EP, Live in June, and the full-length LP, A Few More Hours at YYZ. Among many highlights, "Acoustic" eclipsed 87.3 million-plus Spotify streams, and "Easy Tiger" reeled in 25.7 million Spotify streams. He progressed with For All These Years, featuring "Better," "I Wish You Were Here," and "Bliss." He notably performed alongside Kings of Leon, Phoenix, and American Authors, in addition to collaborating with Amistat, Katelyn Tarver, and JJ Wilde. Plus, he garnered the 2021 SOCAN Songwriting Prize for "Western Skies" and the 2023 INDIES "Song of the Year" for "We Could Get High."

Concluding 2023, Billy canvased South Africa on tour. The experience affirmed the boundary-breaking power of music. Upon his return, he initially penned ideas at home before decamping to Los Angeles, where he worked with producer Davis Naish. Now, he makes his closest connection yet on his forthcoming self-titled album, Billy Raffoul.

Founded by brothers Johnny and George Marriott, PET NEEDS' career has been sky-rocketing ever since the release of their acclaimed debut 'Fractured Party Music' back in 2021. From getting signed to Xtra Mile Recordings, to sold out shows, rave reviews to rabid fans, and embarking on extensive global tours; demand for these four lads from Essex has been on a trajectory with the stratosphere. Joined by Jules (drums) and Ryan (bass), the band released their third studio album, 'Intermittent Fast Living' in February 2024 which entered the Oicial Album Chart at Number 17.

Having attracted attention with their relentless live shows, PET NEEDS have toured extensively across the UK, US and Europe supporting Frank Turner, The Lottery Winners, The Bouncing Souls, Flogging Molly, Skinny Lister, The Hives, Art Brut and Laura Jane Grace. Their own headline tours in the UK have previously sold out and the fourth instalment of their annual Fractured Party Festival takes place in May 2025 with two acoustic shows at The Old Church in Stoke Newington and a full-on electric show at The Garage in London. They've played the Main Stage at Beautiful Days and Bearded Theory Festivals and won over fans at 2000Trees, Dot To Dot, The Salty Dog Cruise and many more.

❖ He takes a month out of each year to visit the living rooms of his fans around the country...
❖ His band and nonprofit organization RallySound host a free festival every summer that raised $151,000 for homeless veterans in 2024...
❖ He live-streamed for 500 nights in a row during the pandemic...
❖ They co-produced an album with 163 fans...

If you haven't connected with Adam Ezra Group yet, these are just a few examples to help you understand how this underground, Americana songwriter and his bandmates seem to have popped out of nowhere, establishing a connection with their fans unlike any other, and are suddenly selling out theaters throughout the Northeast.

Adam Ezra will joke with you that while the "nowhere" part might be accurate, nothing has ever just "popped" for this folk musician, activist. Without resources, connections, or any kind of clue how the music world works, Ezra began playing shows over 20 years ago. When music venues wouldn't hire him, he played bars, bookstores, fields, and parking lots, often raising money for causes he cared about; a practice that grew into his nonprofit organization RallySound.

"We'd play 5 hours a night," Adam reminisces, "more often than not, in danger of outnumbering the audiences we were playing for..."

So how did this band operating so far outside the traditional music world come to win New England Music Award's "Americana Act of the Year" in 2023? What could have happened to inspire John Oates to call Adam and invite him to begin a songwriting friendship that would lead to John producing their latest release and co-write, "Hold Each Other Now"? What happened to catch the attention of The Wallflowers, who recently invited AEG to join them on their spring tour, or SPIN Magazine who recently proclaimed, "This Independent Underground Folk Band Is Blowing Up Without Selling Out"?

If you ask Adam, he'll tell you:

"One person at a time, over many years and thousands of shows, decided to turn their heads to listen. One person at a time decided to share our music with folks they care about. That's always been our story. It's no fairytale, but it sure makes me proud and humbled when I look out from the stage to watch theaters full of people singing along to our music."

These days you'll find Adam and his bandmates, Corinna Smith (Fiddle), Poche Ponce (Bass), and Alex Martin (Percussion), constantly out on the road. If you look at their tour schedule now, you can buy tickets to see them at festivals, rock venues, and theaters around the country, but you will also see their tour continuously peppered with activism and grassroots events; a testament to an artist who will never forget where he came from, and whose mission is about much more than music.

Please join Southbound for their annual Allman Brothers Band Tribute. This show will review the Allman's body of work from "Beginnings" to "Hittin' the Note", playing ABB classics with a couple surprises.

Southbound is a Milwaukee-based band that specializes in Classic Rock & Blues with a Jam-based Groove. With a thirty-year+ history of producing authentic renditions of the best rock music in history, Southbound maintains the integrity of a song while adding a touch of their own originality and improvisation. Southbound has enjoyed an enduring success in the Mid-West performing in front of large audiences at high-profile gigs such as Summerfest, Harley Anniversary headlining shows and the Wisconsin State Fair to name a few. They have built an extraordinary following that appeals to a wide range of music lovers who appreciate great rock and roll.

The music of Phish is unique in the space of popular music. Here at PHUN hq we try to approach that music with the care and respect it deserves. And that means that while there are incredibly difficult passages of Phish's music that need to be nailed down, we attempt to use our own voices when it's time to improvise. Because it's what the music demands.

Guitarist and Vocalist Mike Scieszinski founded PHUN in 2009. Fourteen years later, the band is still Sharin' in the Groove!

The band has a colorful and extensive musical Phish-story. In 2014 the band created a touring production of the Phish Musical Gamehendge (The Man who Stepped into Yesterday). They host an Annual holiday event in Madison called Hippy X-mas, and each year wear a "Musical Costume" and tribute a different band (that isn't Phish). Past performances have included the music of Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Prince, Tom Petty, David Bowe and Widespread Panic.

the band first appeared at Summerfest in 2019 opening for Dead tribute veterans Dark Star Orchestra at the BMO Pavillion, and returned to that stage for Summerfest 2022. In 2023 the band shared the Miller Lite Oasis stage with Joe Russo's Almost Dead. The band are regulars at High Noon Saloon in Madison and Shank Hall in Milwaukee. Dream Setlist weddings, Corporate Gigs, Private Parties and festivals; PHUN has been around the block, Spreading the gospel according to Fishman far and wide, but offering phans a cheaper and smaller alternative venue in which to celebrate it.

PHUN plays Phish. And Phish is fun. We're coming to your town, we'll help you party down!

Messer Chups is a surf rock band from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The group was formed in 1998 by composer and guitarist Oleg Fomchenkov (also known as Oleg Gitarkin). Messer Chups combines surf rock and traditional Russian music, as well as using samples from historical recordings, lounge music, and vintage film soundtracks. Their live shows feature projections of old horror and sci-fi movies. Gitarkin has cited Link Wray and The Ventures as influences.

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The Swongos are an instrumental Surf Band from the St. Croix River Valley on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border. Their music goes from soft, sweet, and dreamy to wacky, wild and psychedelic. In addition to Surf Music, they have many styles of music such as Spy, Exotica, and Psychedelic Rock sprinkled in their sound. The Swongos are influenced by traditional surf music like Dick Dale and the Ventures but also groups such as the Pixies, Frank Zappa, and Los Cubanos Postizos.

After dropping their anthemic single "Legendary" in 2017, the indie rock world was quickly introduced to Welshly Arms' penchant for unleashing larger-than-life alt-rock bangers and spine tingling live performances. Their 2018 album no place is home has garnered over 350m total streams and provides a sensational musical journey that hits all the swaggery notes. Put simply, the band injects a powerful dose of emotion that continues to leave the Welshly Arms' faithful enamored.

The group's latest release Wasted Words & Bad Decisions was recorded in an old farm house in the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio as the world endured lockdown. The tranquil and comfortable setting provided the platinum-selling five-piece band a welcome respite from the grueling demands of touring stateside and overseas.

"With a long pause in touring and live performances due to the pandemic, we took time to reflect and refocus on our music," says Sam Getz [lead, singer, guitar]. "These songs speak to who we all are in this exact moment of our lives. Musically, we wanted this record to bring us back to the raw rock-n-roll that we had built the band on when we were jamming in the basement together. But, of course, we've also matured and gelled as musicians after touring the world together, and I think that intersection is what made Wasted Words & Bad Decisions so fun and rewarding to create."

After dropping their anthemic single "Legendary" (now a certified platinum single in several European countries that has been streamed over 250 million times) in 2017, the Midwesterners were catapulted from playing local music clubs in Cleveland onto the world's largest rock festival stages including Lollapalooza, The Reading & Leeds Festival, Bottlerock, Rock Am Ring, Hangout Music Fest, Shaky Knees, and more in less than a year's time.

The quick rise for Getz, Jimmy Weaver [bass, vocals], Bri Bryant [vocals], and Jon Bryant [vocals] saw the band play for massive sold-out festival crowds instantly hooked by "Legendary" and other Welshly Arms' hits such as "Indestructible", "Learn To Let Go", and "Sanctuary" (the latter two were both top ten songs in Germany) in mere months, Welshly Arms became indie-rock darlings cherished from Los Angeles to Warsaw.

While being on the road in Europe and North America for seemingly two straight years, Welshly Arms' tunes appeared in popular media including Quentin Tarentino's award-winning film "The Hateful Eight" (trailer), Underground 6 (Netflix), Empire (Fox), FIFA (EA Sports), and were used by major brands such as Miller Lite, Jeep, ESPN, MLB, NFL, and NASCAR, among many others.

Heavily influenced by the classic Cleveland sound, the eclectic group harkened back to their diverse musical roots for their latest release; from jazz to soul, gospel to blues, rock to alternative, and everything in between. Wasted Words... is an impressive sonic evolution for a band that's known for smooth melodies, momentous choruses, bold guitar instrumentation, and slick production techniques. Hardcore fans will instantly recognize recently released singles such as "Are You Lonely," "Save Me From The Monster In My Head," and "Stand", while fresh stand-outs like "Dangerous," "One More Hallelujah," "Burn Me Alive," and "Proud" wield a more daring and aggressive spin on Welshly Arms' strikingly powerful style of soul-lifting rock-and-roll.

The fan-favorite duo of Bri and Jon Bryant breathe spiritual life into every cut through their uplifting choral vocal moments. while Getz' soaring lead vocals and lyrics implore listeners to persevere through life's obstacles in between awe-inducing guitar solos. Weaver, a production mastermind and gifted studio rat, sprinkles contemporary flavors through groovy basslines, synth chords, and tasteful electronic effects.

Recharged and replenished, the four members of Welshly Arms look to continue to bring their successful hits and latest full-length album to the masses with their signature fiery passion that continues to inspire music fans all around the world.

From her critically acclaimed self-titled 1995 debut to Long Way Back... The Songs of Glimmer in 2020, Richey has consistently impressed listeners, garnered accolades, and attracted famous fans with her deft songwriting and crystalline vocals, both of which have made her an in-demand collaborator.

Richey has penned No.1 hits for Radney Foster ("Nobody Wins") and Trisha Yearwood ("Believe Me Baby (I Lied)")--the latter earning her a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song--as well as songs for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Loveless, and Brooks and Dunn, among others. Her voice has graced scores of recordings, providing peerless harmonies, including Jason Isbell's watershed Southeastern, Trisha Yearwood's Everybody Knows, Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams, Reba McEntire's Starting Over, and Has Been by Capt. Kirk himself, William Shatner. Most recently Richey co-headlined a night of Brandi Carlile's Girls Just Wanna Weekend Festival in Mexico, sharing the stage with a wide range of artists including Carlile--who cites Richey as a formative influence--Brandy Clark, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Annie Lennox, Allison Russell, and Sarah McLachlan. She was also a special guest at Jason Isbell's annual Ryman Auditorium residency, sitting in to reprise her role for the anniversary performance of Southeastern. Richey hits the road in the US and Europe this spring in support of Every New Beginning.

For Iam Tongi, music is about transformation -- and it always has been. A Hawaiian-born singer- songwriter and the Season 21 champion of American Idol, Tongi first picked up a ukulele in the fifth grade, immersed in a deeply musical world filled with the traditional singing and dance of Pacific Island cultures. Tongi learned to sing from his father, who in turned had learned from his father before him. By 13 Tongi had played his first show, but after moving to Seattle a few years later -- and losing his father in 2021 -- he nearly gave music up completely. His mother secretly signed him up for American Idol, and after Tongi's viral audition performance of James Blunt's "Monsters" became one of American Idol's all time emotional highlights, he went on to win Season 21, making history as the first Pacific Islander to ever win the show. His new music marks a creative transition leaning into his cultural heritage and musical roots -- but also the man he's become.

Seaside Zoo is a Madison, Wisconsin based tribute to the Grateful Dead started in 2018.

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention.

Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher.

Dolby came to prominence in the 1980s, releasing hit singles including "She Blinded Me with Science" (1982) and "Hyperactive!" (1984). He has also worked as a producer and as a session musician.

Dolby is associated with the new wave movement of the early 1980s, a form of pop music incorporating electronic instruments, but Dolby's work covers a wide range of musical styles and moods distinct from the high-energy pop sound of his few, better-known commercial successes.

In the 1990s, Dolby founded Beatnik, a Silicon Valley software company which developed the polyphonic ringtone software and created the Nokia tune. Its technology was used in more than half a billion cell phones. He was also the music director for TED Conferences. On the faculty at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University since 2014, Dolby leads Peabody's Music for New Media program, which enrolled its first students in the fall of 2018.

In July 1998, Dolby received a "Lifetime Achievement in Internet Music" award from Yahoo! Internet Life. In 2012 he performed at Moogfest and was the recipient of The Moog Innovation Award, which celebrates "pioneering artists whose genre-defying work exemplifies the bold, innovative spirit of Bob Moog". In February 2018, Dolby was awarded the Roland Lifetime Achievement Award. Dolby has received four Grammy nominations, two each in 1984 and 1988.

Currently working on his seventh studio record, Will Varley has mastered the kind of songwriting that can transport you to another place entirely. In the case of his astonishing new album, he continues his decade long exploration of the human condition, while conjuring strange, beautiful landscapes where salt-crusted pebbles crunch underfoot and snow pours in through the roofs of abandoned tour buses. These songs are rich, lyrical tales that speak of universal truths, hard touring, and the rebuilding of minds.

Over the last ten years Varley has earned the adoration of some of his most well known peers. Support from the likes of Billy Bragg, The Libertines, Adam Duritz and Frank Turner have helped spread Will's music far and wide. His catalogue has clocked up over fifty million streams across Spotify and Apple music and as writer and producer he has worked with platinum selling, CMA award winning and Grammy award winning artists.

Since his earliest days playing candle lit open mics in south London aged just 14, he has gone on to sell out headline shows across Europe and the US -- performing on some of the world's most prestigious stages along the way such as The Royal Albert Hall and Glastonbury Festival. In 2024 Will signed a worldwide record deal with MNRK Music Group, home to The Lumineers, Mt. Joy and Gregory Alan Isakov. His new album is slated for release in Spring 2025.

Josh Joplin Group shows are high-energy, lyrically sharp, and unexpectedly heartfelt. Like an Armed Forces era, Elvis Costello plugged in at a union rally with Woody Guthrie back to back holding off the and Imagine indie rock with a storyteller's and a beat that keeps your feet tapping and your mind buzzing. Expect clever twists, raw emotion, and melodies that linger like your favorite line from a novel.

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band has performed in 38 countries and 48 states. They have been featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, Living Blues, Elmore, donned the cover of Vintage Guitar Magazine, had #1 records on the Billboard Blues Charts, and have been nominated for three Blues Music Awards by the Blues Foundation in Memphis. The Indianapolis Star listed Reverend Peyton as one of the top 25 Hoosier musicians of all time.

Maybe you found the band because of virtuosic guitar playing? Maybe you came for the tent revival style live show? The reasons that brought you here could be extensive, but the reasons that keep bringing people back are HEART. Real, from the heart, music made by people who love music. The Sacramento Bee said, "It's a group with boundless stockpiles of heart to spare -- it cascades throughout every slip-n-slide vintage blues/soul ditty they tear through and croon in every show they play, and they always leave a little behind. The front porch is the church, the church is the dance hall and the dance hall is the river bank -- your knees will fail you by the time you figure it all out."

Often called, "the greatest front-porch blues band in the world" the Big Damn Band is led by Reverend Peyton, who is considered to be the premier finger pickers playing today. Rev has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy, country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour and David "Honeyboy" Edwards. Accompanied by Rev's wife, the washboard virtuoso, Washboard Breezy Peyton, and kept on time by the deep rhythms of Jacob "The Snakob" Powell, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band will leave you clapping, stomping, and singing along every handmade show across the world. Their latest record Dance Songs For Hard Times went #1 on the Billboard, iTunes and Sirius XM Blues Charts and was produced by Grammy winner Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton). The record is critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Relix, Popmatters, Guitar World, American Songwriter, No Depression, Glide, Wide Open Country, Paste, American Blues Scene and many more.

For almost ten years, The Cold Stares had toured the world relentlessly as a duo, blowing away audiences across the US and Europe with a fierce, blistering live show that belied their bare bones, guitar-and-drums setup. In 2023 the band began embracing a whole new kind of chemistry and launched into their next chapter, adding a third member and channeling the classic power trio sound they grew up on with their explosive acclaimed album, Voices.

Working off the international success of Voices, which was voted one of the best albums of 2023 by Classic Rock Magazine, The Cold Stares went into Memphis Magnetic Studio in Memphis Tennessee and recorded the band's next chapter and progression, the sprawling album The Southern, which is set for release spring of 2024.

The Cold Stares have created a buzz in the music world that has landed them on the road with the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Larkin Poe, Rival Sons, Reignwolf, Spoon, Grand Funk Railroad, and Thievery Corp, among many others. American Songwriter praised the group's "hard-won commitment, honesty, and intensity," while No Depression hailed their sound as a "roots rocking firestorm," and tunes from their albums turned up everywhere from ESPN, Dodge, Chevy and TNT to the hit video game Cyberpunk 2077.

The R&B Cadets played their first gig shortly after New Year's in 1980 and their last in the summer of 1986. In that time they got a lot of folks out on the dance floor, playing a distinctive mix of of deep soul cuts from Paul Cebar's massive record collection and some sparkling originals, written by John Sieger, often in tandem with Michael Feldman, a friend and now longtime host of Public Radio's Whad'ya Know?

Splitting lead duties with Sieger and Cebar was the lovely chanteuse, Robin Pluer. Owner of one the lovelier voice heard in the midwest, Ms. Pluer was a dollop of sweetness at the top of the band's deep range. Rounding out the lineup was Mike Sieger, John's brother and vocal doppelganger, who played bass. Original drummer Cy Costabile, was later replaced by Bobby Schneider and the saxophonist Juli Wood was replaced by keyboard/sax man Bob Jennings.

In it's prime, the band had a large following in Milwaukee, where they were pretty much the house band at the late, lamented Century Hall. They travelled well too, with fans in the Twin Cities, Chicago, Madison and even New York where they played legendary clubs like CBGB's, The Knitting Factory and The Lone Star. Their only record, Top Happy, came out in 198-. It featured a song produced by Nick Lowe, a fan who had stumbled across them after playing a show in Milwaukee. The record got great reviews and could have been the start of even bigger things, but like many bands, people were pulling, and being pulled, in different directions.

The positive result of their breakup was two, then three very vital and entertaining acts. There was Semi-Twang, which concentrated on John's songs and did a record, Salty Tears for Warner Brothers that gathered more love than sales. John later moved to nashville and had many of his songs recorded by artist like Dwight Yoakam, Flaco Jimenez and The Bodeans.

Paul and Robin continued with the beefed up and ever-popular Milwaukeeans, releasing a record in the 1990s on Shenachie that got radio play around the country. That lineup stayed around until Robin bid adieu. Tired of touring and now married, she headed to New York for a while, before returning. She has carved out a special niche between soul, swing, standards and the French chanson that she loves, and is still performing today.

In 2009 Semi-Twang reunited and have released two CDs, both of which garnered raves. Paul has continued non-stop, his latest was out last year with his most recent moniker, Tomorrow Sound. The three headed beast has been in rehearsal, tightening up songs old and new. The crowd at their first reunion gig in many years was up and dancing at the first down beat, you probably will be too.

Ike Reilly is a punk-poet-troubadour and the leader of the ferocious musical outfit The Ike Reilly Assassination. The former doorman and gravedigger hailing from the seemingly idyllic town of Libertyville, Illinois is the subject of the award-winning documentary Don't Turn Your Back On Friday Night. The film, from Executive Producer Tom Morello, chronicles the songs, career and proverbial life of Reilly. Like the subject matter of his music, the film deals with booze, drugs, religion, family, financial calamity and culls over 30 years of footage to reveal a complicated and formidable artist in his pursuit of both greatness and authenticity. The film is both profound and personal.

Since his 2001 major label debut, Salesmen and Racists, Reilly has been creating rebellious punk/folk/country/blues-influenced rock 'n' roll records that are both poetic and cinematic. He's written songs for and collaborated with artists like Johnny Hickman and David Lowery of the band Cracker, Shooter Jennings and Tom Morello. Critical praise for his work has been plentiful. David Carr of the New York Times said, "Ike Reilly is a kind of natural resource mined from the bedrock of music, all the values that make Rock important to people-storytelling, melody, rage, laughter are part and parcel of every Ike Reilly show I've ever seen." The Washington Post called The Ike Reilly Assassination one of the best live bands in America and author Stephen King recently said "Ike Reilly is the Rock God not enough people have heard of."

The Ike Reilly Assassination will be heading out on their AMERICAN STEAL TOUR this February and Don't Turn Your Back On Friday Night is now streaming on APPLE TV, AMAZON PRIME, YOUTUBE and all major streaming platforms. bit.ly/4hoOMAr

We are proud to present Southern Rock unedited and aimed to stir memories of a great music genre. The name, GIMME SKYNYRD says it all. Every Lynyrd Skynyrd song is delivered as Van Zant, Collins and Rossington wrote and recorded them. GIMME SKYNYRD is not just a tribute band. It is six musicians dedicated to putting on a show that will remind you of a time when rock music spoke directly to your soul.

Sam Llanas is an iconic American singer, acoustic guitarist and songwriter. Best known for his unique and distinctively soulful voice, it was Llanas that supplied the trademark vocal on Robbie Robertson's "Somewhere Down the Crazy River". He has shared the stage with Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Tom Petty and David Bowie to name but a few. Llanas has released an agile stream of critically acclaimed solo albums over the last decade, including "The Whole Night Thru" in 2014, a trilogy of full-length albums entitled, "Return of the Goya" (2018-2021), and latest single "Hideaway" in 2024. Llanas' eclectic musical tastes magnify an uncanny versatility in studio and on stage, creating a formidable recipe for a robust career spanning over 40 years.

Led by free-wheeling front man Miles Nielsen, The Rusted Hearts have been wowing audiences for years with the diversity of their sound, the tightness of their four-part harmonies, and the quality of their songcraft. Equally comfortable in a compact three-minute pop song and an epic ten-minute jam, the band has toured incessantly since their inception in 2011, amassing an army of hardcore followers that have dubbed themselves the Rusted Herd.

Their album OHBAHOY finds the band venturing into a sphere of Americana that feels both familiar and excitingly new. Tight drums, rich guitar tones, gorgeous woodwinds, and sweeping harmonies provide the perfect complements to Nielsen's immense storytelling gifts and impeccable vocals. The album's name comes from an imaginary friend Nielsen had growing up, a fitting reminder as we get older to hold tightly to the noble ideals of freedom and creativity that seem so natural to us as children.