For those not in the know, author and musician Ethan Daniel Davidson has published two books, recorded 15 albums and toured throughout North America and Europe.

In 2005 he left his touring life and returned to his Detroit roots where, amongst a host of other projects, the singer-songwriter got down to doing what he loves the most: writing and creating music.

Indeed, he recently shared “Not Breaking Hearts,” the latest single from his upcoming album Lear, a companion record to Cordelia, which was released earlier this year via Blue Arrow Records.

“Not Breaking Hearts” features a lead guitar performance from Duane Betts, the son of late and legendary Allman Brothers six-stringer Dickie Betts.

Lear was also co-produced by Luther Dickinson and David Katznelson and deepens the allegorical and reflective songcraft that Davidson established on Cordelia.

Out on November 14th, 2025, Lear is a rich, legs-stretched companion to its counterpart where Davidson draws from his life’s experiences like water from a freshly tapped well. Lear’s eight songs possess a distinct ache akin to Neil Young’s On the Beach. Every lyric, a new road to be explored, and Davidson, the perfect guide to the journey.

1. Stop Breaking Down
2. Count The Knives
3. The World We Wanted
4. Bad Company Brought Me Here
5. Not Breaking Hearts
6. How Can One Keep Warm?
7. Waiting For Me
8. Goodbye

Opening this companion album on the darkly emotive, yet wholly embracing Stop Breaking Down, we next get given the impassioned Count The Knives, the rhythmical eye-opener The World We Wanted and then comes the languishing beauty within Bad Company Brought Me Here.

Along next is the melodious ditty Not Breaking Hearts which is itself backed by the more stoic, countrified balladry of How Can One Keep Warm?, the set rounding out on the unadorned blues flow of Waiting For Me, coming to a close on the low slung, harmonica-hued, lonesome journeyman appeal of Goodbye.

Not Breaking Hearts - Official Music Video

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