For those unaware, a pianist and guitarist since the age of 10, Tom Glynn started writing songs in his late teens and fronted a popular club band in Boston called 5-0 throughout his twenties.

His heart, however, was always with great singer-songwriters like James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, and David Wilcox. �I began to focus on writing songs that were more introspective and personal to me as well as performing live as a solo acoustic artist,� Glynn recalls.

A Boston Music Awards nominee for Most Outstanding Songwriter who performed regularly in NYC at respected venues like The Living Room and Rockwood Music Hall, Glynn relocated to Nashville seven years ago. �The biggest compliment to me is when someone tells me my music helped them get through a difficult time or helped them in some way.�

Now Tom Glynn returns with his latest album, Skylight Intervention (out now for download exclusively on his website ahead of it hitting folk radio on February 7th, and it will then be available for streaming everywhere February 17th).

�I wanted this album to focus on finger-picked acoustic guitar as a sort of canvas for the songs themselves,� says Tom Glynn, a winner in the first John Lennon Songwriting Contest, about his 2023 album Skylight Intervention.

�For many of these tracks, I then bring in some simple accompaniment with other instruments after the first chorus to add some new colors but kept the arrangements very minimal to keep the acoustic guitar as the focal point. I play all the instruments on the album.�

1. Back Home
2. June If It Rings True
3. Loose
4. Never Quite The Same
5. Waiting To Be Born
6. Magic Bonnie Wonder
7. Wichita Lineman
8. Blue You�ll Do
9. Umbrella Sky
10. Operator (That�s Not The Way It Feels)
11. Matter Of Time
12. In Me Still

This quite ambient, veritably gossamer-lined album opens on the heartfelt Back Home and the beautifully musing within June If It Rings True and they are backed by the earnest Loose, the quietly fervent Never Quite The Same, the generously impassioned Waiting To Be Born and then we get the thoughtfully wistful Magic Bonnie Wonder.

Next up we get the more pronounced Wichita Lineman, a cover of the great Glen Campbell, and that is itself followed seamlessly by the abstracted Blue You�ll Do, the contemplatively soulful Umbrella Sky, an alluring cover of Jim Croce�s Operator (That�s Not The Way It Feels), the album rounding out on the charmingly melodic Matter Of Time, closing on the peaceful hipsway of In Me Still.

�I write the music and melody first for each song,� explains Glynn, whose music has been featured on ABC, Fox, Showtime, and as the opening theme for a Lifetime TV movie. �I initially like to let the emotion and imagery of the music suggest where it wants me to go lyrically. Once I get the feel of the music, it�s a process of contemplation and discovery as the words unfold. The main thing for which I�m searching when writing music is an element of surprise - fresh chord changes and corresponding melodic phrases that my ear wants to hear. It�s what excites me and moves me to write.�