BILLSCORZARI

Hey there Friends!

We released the new Sidereal Days (Day 2) album today!

Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered theirs, and to everyone who is streaming it and watching the official videos on YouTube, and also to everyone who helped make this album what it is, and who has listened, premiered, reviewed and otherwise helped in getting it in front of people who want to hear it! I love making this music and sharing it with you, and it is everything to know that it’s important to you as well. It’s been especially good to hear from everyone who has reached out to let me know how the music is resonating with you personally. Thank you for listening and for watching, and for your continued presence and support on this journey!

There’s lots more info on this website about the album and other things we’ve got coming up on the horizon. Check it out!

And, if you're reading this and haven’t yet heard the new album, or the five released before it, we’ve got CDs, Digital Albums and some Vinyl too, all available today on the STORE page. And... they’re all also streaming everywhere!

I'll be back in the studio today, continuing to work on the 12 (so far) new songs I've written and started recording for my next (presently untitled) album. I'm excited to already be this far along with it, and will be running full steam ahead to get it ready for release as soon as possible in 2027!

Thanks again for being here!

All the best,
Bill S.

Hey there!
I finally found a moment to catch up, and mostly just want to say thanks to all the Folks who’ve been listening to the new music and watching the videos I’ve released from the Sidereal Days (Day 1) and (Day 2) albums so far. All of the singles are out now, the (Day 1) album was released last year on October 17th and the (Day 2) album will be released in a little more than a month from now on September 25th, 2026. All of the videos have been released as well, except for the Official Lyric Video for “Sandcastles Waiting” which will start playing on YouTube this coming Friday, August 21st. What a journey this has been! – spanning over four years since I began recording these 21 songs in July of 2022, and moving through to the coming release of the (Day 2) album in September! Accompanying my own personal immersion in the creation and sharing of these two albums during that time and through the present, are so many exciting things that have happened, including receiving high praise from fans and renowned critics, continuing to add instruments and outboard gear to my recording studio, and having Del McCoury and his band cover “Treat Me Kind” from my 2019 Now I’m Free album, on their 2024 Songs of Love and Life album, just to name a few! Continuing on further toward the horizon, I’m not just looking forward to sharing the full (Day 2) album in September. I’ve also begun writing and recording songs for a new, presently untitled, album which, if all goes as planned, I hope to have ready for release sometime in 2027. I’ve written 11 new songs for it already this year and have recorded the basic tracks for all of them here at First Thunder Recording Studios. At this point in time, there are just a few finishing touches for me to add to them before bringing in more musicians/vocalists to finish out the arrangements that I have in mind for the final recordings. There have been some recent conversations about it too, and it's starting to feel imminent in the best of ways! I am excited to be releasing the final - (Day 2) - part of the collection of my earlier songs that I recorded for the Sidereal Days albums, and also to have a brand new bunch of songs to share, soon, as well. It's good to be "full circle" back at it again - start to finish, finish to start - and I'm loving every minute of it! Look for the Sidereal Days (Day 2) album in September. I’ll be sharing more about it soon and I’ll also keep you posted on the progress of the new album in the days ahead. Again, thank you for listening and watching and for your continued presence and support on this journey forward!
All the best,
Bill S.

Hey Friends!
On July 25th, I’ll be releasing the final single, “Sandcastles Waiting,” from the Sidereal Days (Day 2) album, which will be released later this year on September 25th. 

Like so many of the songs on the Sidereal Days (Day 1) & (Day 2) albums, Marie Lewey and Cindy Richardson Walker perform the backing vocals on “Sandcastles Waiting.” I was first introduced to Marie and Cindy, a/k/a “The Shoals Sisters,” by Artist/Producer, Jonah Tolchin back in 2015, when we were recording my Through These Waves album at The Bomb Shelter in East Nashville, and have had the great pleasure of having them sing on no less than four of my albums to date. In addition to their being genuinely good and wonderful people, here’s a short list of just some of the legends they’ve sung with: Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Bobby Womack, Alicia Keys, Steven Tyler, Nuno Bettencourt, Michael McDonald, Etta James, Demi Lovato, Percy Sledge, Garth Brooks, George Jones, Shania Twain, Alabama, Ronnie Milsap, Kris Kristofferson, Tammy Wynette….

Here's a link to a short behind-the-scenes video clip from the Nashville recording sessions filmed during the recording of "Sandcastles Waiting" with Marie and Cindy on backing vocals: https://youtu.be/a6MvcCXhPpY There's lots more to see on my YouTube channel so, check it out when you can.

The cover art for this and all of the other single and album covers for the (Day 1) and (Day 2) albums was created by artist, Anna Berman, who also did all of the art and design work for my Now I'm Free and The Crosswinds of Kansas albums.

We’ve got a bunch of videos coming before the full (Day 2) album release in September and I'm looking forward to sharing it all with you in the days ahead. 

Looking even further forward... I've been working on my next album and with the nine songs that I've written for it this year already, and another that I'm just now finishing up as well, I'm hoping to have my seventh independent studio album ready for release sometime next year!

More about it soon!

Thank you for your presence here, and for listening and watching.

All the best,
Bill S.

Hey Friends!
Well, here we are, closing in on the end of June, 2026 already, and I am so looking forward to what it’s bringing! 

The release of my new single “Middle Class Middle Child” is loaded up and ready to play on all streaming and music platforms this Friday, June 26th, and the Official In-Studio Performance Video is ready for release on YouTube the following Friday, July 3rd. Here’s the link to follow me and Pre-Save the single on Spotify: https://show.co/PKRidwH and the link to subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@billscorzari There’s a lot there now and we’ve got more videos coming in the days just ahead so, check it out and subscribe to know when they’re released!

“Middle Class Middle Child” is one of two or three tracks from the 21 songs on the Sidereal Days (Day 1) and (Day 2) duology albums that I’m inclined to call my favorite. I had a vision for it when I started recording it, and it just kept getting better and better with each instrument and voice that we added during the Nashville recording sessions. It really took on a life of its own in the studio. Just count the (9) musicians/vocalists and the (11) instruments we brought in to finish it, and you can already see there’s a lot going on here! Below is the list of those very fine folks who performed on this track with me, and the engineers and artists who also worked to bring it and the single and album art and video to you:

Bill Scorzari – Main Vocal and Acoustic Guitar 
Marie Lewey and Cindy Richardson Walker (a/k/a "The Shoals Sisters") – Backing Vocals
Juan Solorzano – Electric Baritone Guitar, Ganjo and Pedal Steel 
Eamon McLoughlin – Violins 
Chelsea McGough – Cello 
Danny Mitchell – Piano, Flugelhorn and Trumpet 
Michael Rinne – Upright Acoustic Bass 
Neilson Hubbard - Drums and Percussion 
Written, arranged, performed, and recorded by Bill Scorzari 
Produced by Bill Scorzari and Neilson Hubbard 
Recorded by Bill Scorzari at First Thunder Recording Studios, Long Island, NY 
and by Dylan Alldredge at Skinny Elephant Recording, Nashville, TN 
Mixed by Nic Coolidge at Dead Pop Studios, Providence, RI 
Mastered by Hallie Melton, Nashville, TN 
Album, Lyric Book & Singles Art & Design by Anna Berman, Fort Collins, CO 
Photography by Neilson Hubbard, Nashville, TN
Official Video - Edited and Directed by Joshua Britt and Neilson Hubbard / Neighborhoods Apart Productions

There is so much to say about what they each bring to this record and video, and I am both grateful and excited to share it all with you this Friday, 6/26/26 and next Friday, 7/3/26!

Here’s what’s coming: 
The foundation of the record, of course, is the story the song tells over the backdrop of the accompanying acoustic guitar, which starts off with a finger-picked pattern in Drop-D tuning, and changes to strumming and alternates back and forth between the two as the song’s dynamics transition between the intimate passages and energetic ramps and peaks. Neilson Hubbard on drums and percussion and Michael Rinne on acoustic bass, mirror those undulations, dropping in and out of the arrangement as the song moves back and forth between those sections. It is pure artistry how well it works in this song! Danny Mitchell on piano, brings poignant, evocative monophonic figures to the quiet parts, and full-on rolling and riffing chordal goodness to the higher-energy bursts that propel the song forward. Adding to that motion, is the deep resonance of Juan Solorzano’s overdriven electric baritone guitar, pulsating with tremelo and all the vibes. Juan was just nominated by the Americana Music Association, for Best Instrumentalist for 2026. As the baritone envelopes and pushes those faster-moving sections even further, the pedal steel (also Juan), soars in the ethereal spaces above it all, while the ganjo (also Juan) plays understated rolls that serve as rhythmic underpinnings for the interwoven tapestry of sounds that are forming. And, then there are the violins played by Eamon McLoughlin (Ryman Staff Fiddler) and the cello played by Chelsea McGough, adding sweet symphonic flourishes to the exuberance, as the flugelhorn and trumpet (both also played by Danny Mitchell) layer additional melodic elements and a new focal presence to the swirling emotion of sound. And, no, incredibly, it is not too much! In fact, it’s amazing how it all works so well together, and I haven’t yet even mentioned the incomparable choir of Marie Lewey and Cindy Richardson Walker, a/k/a “The Shoals Sisters,” that sends this track up into the stratosphere in the most powerful way. You’ve heard these artists on my previous albums and you know what they can do, and they have truly outdone themselves on this one. And… none of it would exist without the recording, mixing and mastering engineers and the visual artists who helped capture and bring all of these sounds, images, photography and videography together for us all to enjoy.

Give it a listen on Friday, June 26th and watch the video on July 3rd! Then get ready for the next (and final) single and videos we’ll be sharing from these two albums later in July and August, before the full release of the Sidereal Days (Day 2) album on September 25th, 2026!

Thanks for listening and watching, for your presence, and for your support!

For more info, check out my website at: www.billscorzari.com

Peace!
Bill S.

Hey Folks!

I just wanted to post here today to thank everyone who’s streaming my new single, “I Know You Know” - just released yesterday! This song was inspired by thousands of miles of touring through all but 4 of the 50 states, and… shared intuition – the ultimate form of human connection. Here’s the link to everywhere it’s streaming now: billscorzari.hearnow.com/i-know-you-know Check it out!

We’ll be sharing the Official Lyric Video with you on YouTube, next Friday, June 5th at: https://www.youtube.com/@billscorzari It features footage I filmed in San Miguel County, Colorado, while on tour for my 2019 album, Now I’m Free, while I was driving through some of the most beautiful mountains on the planet, and, seven years later, it’s the perfect scenery for this song! There’s a quick peek/peak of it in some of the promotional clips that are up on the "Now" and "EPK" pages here.

After the video on June 5th, we’re releasing a new single - "Middle Class Middle Child" - on June 26th. It’s a song with no less than 9 musicians, 11 instruments and 3 voices in the arrangement, and it just might be my favorite recording out of the 21 songs in the (Day 1) and (Day 2) duology! 

We’ve got lots more to share with you in the days ahead. Look for the Sidereal Days (Day 2) album release on September 25th, 2026 and stay tuned for more exciting things coming even sooner!

Thanks again for listening and watching!

All the best,
Bill S.

Hey Friends!

Those of you who have been following along here, are aware that I’ve started writing and recording a bunch of new songs for a new (presently untitled) album that I’ll be releasing sometime in the near future – i.e. after the September 25, 2026 release of the forthcoming Sidereal Days (Day 2) album from which we’ve been sharing singles with you since January of this year. I’ve got basic tracks recorded for seven of the new songs so far, and have added feature-instrument parts to some of them as well. I also started writing an eighth song just a few days ago and am looking forward to working on it more in the days ahead. When I get ten or twelve of them written and recorded with at least an acoustic guitar and main vocal track, I’ll be ready to round up a crew of musicians and techs to finish the recordings with me and get them ready for release. I’m really excited about how it’s all coming together, and so quickly, and the stories that these songs tell. Another cool part of it is that I started experimenting with what I’m going to call “Eastern sounds” – that’s not a reference to Yusef Lateef’s album, as great as it is! I’m talking about Thaats and Ragas and such, on some level at least, but not in a formal or pedantic sense. They’re just sounds that have caught my ear and have drawn me in enough to make me want to explore adding their influences to the Folk, Rock and other elements of some of the new songs I’m writing now. So, you just might hear a Tanpura or a Sitar or both, on one or two of the new songs when this record is ready to share. I mean, that’s my intention anyway, and I’ll be spending some time with both of those instruments in the weeks ahead, toward that aim. 
The energy that arises from learning new instruments is hard to describe. It’s something I felt when I started playing the Native American Flute and NA Percussion instruments, and learned how to speak some of my lyrics in the Navajo language, all of which wound up being essential to the creation of my 2022 album release, The Crosswinds of Kansas. Maybe the best way to describe it is that traveling along any path of learning brings a renewal of the Soul. The new instruments have already shipped, and I will let you know in future posts here, how it’s all coming along when they arrive and I’ve had a chance to start digging into the sounds they have inside them. I am so looking forward to this new journey! 
As for the more imminent things, in just a few days, on April 24th, we’re releasing the next single, “I Think It’s Gonna Rain,” from the Sidereal Days (Day 2) album, and… it will be premiered on V13 Media tomorrow, Wednesday, April 22. Then, a little more than a week from now, on May 1st we’ll be sharing the Official Music Video for “I Think It’s Gonna Rain,” on YouTube. Here’s the link to subscribe to my YouTube channel if you want to know when we release more videos from the (Day 2) album later this year: https://www.youtube.com/@billscorzari 
After that, we have three more singles from the (Day 2) album to share with you before the full Sidereal Days (Day 2) album release on 9/25/26. 
There’s lots more coming up on the horizon, so check back here soon!
Thank you for your presence here and for your support.
All the best,
Bill S.

Hello Friends!                                                                           I’m grateful to be able to do what I do - to be immersed 24/7 in the creation and sharing of my music - and there’s nothing I’d rather be doing at any given moment. It’s the thing that gets me through my own personal struggles, moves me toward growth and understanding, helps me to survive the immediacy of all of the insanity and discord that exists in the world, and what makes it possible to navigate the many ways in which such things affect me and my wellbeing, as well as everyone else’s. Along with my family and friends, music is my rock, and I am thankful for each and every one of you who has given me a reason to continue to share it. This double album project that I’ve been working on - the Sidereal Days (Day 1) & (Day 2)* collection of 21 songs that I wrote over the past several decades, and which I recently recorded from July of 2022 through August of 2024 and released in part in 2025 (with the rest of it coming soon in 2026) - has been quite a journey, and I’ve enjoyed every step of the way. I am most excited to have arrived at this present time, when I can now start sharing the final four singles from the (Day 2) album – about 1 single each month up to the September 25, 2026 release of the full (Day 2) album. The compositions, arrangements and recordings of these final four, represent some of the most intricate, complex and satisfying moments on the (Day 1) & (Day 2) albums. They truly are full and complete realizations of the concepts from which these songs were initially spawned, the directions they took during their development, and the panoramas in which they have been finally set for you all to experience. 

The first one is, “I Think It’s Gonna Rain.” It’s a haunting, cinematic composition about a thunderstorm, a steam locomotive, a Sandhill Crane, an existential moment, and change. I started writing it during an intense Florida thunderstorm several years ago. I was on the top floor of a 10-story building that was situated on a seawall right on the Gulf of Mexico, and I was watching lightning, late into the night, repeatedly strike an island that I could see in the distance out in the Gulf. As I watched it, I noticed that the storm was slowly moving toward me. Several hours later, at 3am, while I was sleeping, lightning struck the roof and physically shook the building I was in, with the loudest explosion and sustained rumbling I’d ever felt. These events were ominous and foreboding, and so is the mood of “I Think It’s Gonna Rain.” The song’s lyrical reference to a train-whistle pattern (two long, followed by two short blasts), came from a book I was reading at the time - written by a retired steam-train engineer. That pattern, likely specific to a particular old train line, was used to signal that a train was changing tracks. Later in the song, you can hear seagulls cawing, followed by the loud squawk of the huge Sandhill Crane that I had an encounter with the next morning after the storm. I had videoed the encounter when it happened and later added the sounds from the video to the recording of this song. The thunder heard at the end of the track is from a separate video I filmed during that storm, as the lightning repeatedly slapped and stabbed at the heart of the island out in the open sea. There’s a lot going on in this song and recording, and I’m really happy with how it comes to life again every time I hear it. 

I can’t say enough about the artists and technicians who joined with me in the studio in Nashville to complete this recording. They all lent their exceptional talents to it and brought the vision I had for this song to its full fruition in ways that I had only dreamed of. You’ll be able to see them in action in the studio too, when we release the Official Video in the days ahead. I think you’re going to like this one, and it’s a great opener for the final four singles we’ll be sharing from the (Day 2) album this year. Here’s the link where you’ll be able to pre-add/order “I Think It’s Gonna Rain” on Apple Music and iTunes (that feature will be active closer to the April 24th release date): https://billscorzari.hearnow.com/i-think-its-gonna-rain You can also use that link to get to where you can stream it starting on the 4/24 release date. Here’s the link to use to pre-save it on Spotify today: https://show.co/k5xqw9V And here’s where to subscribe to my YouTube channel, to get notified when the Official Videos for the upcoming singles are released: https://www.youtube.com/@billscorzari There's a bunch of videos there already, so check it out when you can.                    

Thank you for listening and watching and thank you for your support.                                                                                                              

With love and gratitude,
Bill S.   

 "I Think It's Gonna Rain" Bill Scorzari – Vocals and Acoustic Guitar, Danny Mitchell – Piano, Eamon McLoughlin - Fiddle,  Chelsea McGough - Cello,  Michael Rinne – Upright Acoustic Bass,  Neilson Hubbard – Drums and Percussion Produced by Bill Scorzari and Neilson Hubbard Recorded by Bill Scorzari at First Thunder Recording Studios, Long Island, NY and by Dylan Alldredge at Skinny Elephant Recording, Nashville, TN Mixed by Nic Coolidge at Dead Pop Studios, Providence, RI Mastered by Hallie Melton, Nashville, TN Album and Lyric Book Art and Design by Anna Berman, Fort Collins, CO Album Photography by Neilson Hubbard, Nashville, TN ©2013 ℗ 2025 Bill Scorzari ASCAP                                                                                       

*And, since some have asked and others may be wondering, the album title is pronounced: SIGH-DEER-ee-al Dayz :)

We released the second single, "That's a Good Thing," from the Sidereal Days (Day 2) album, to radio on 2/17 and to all streaming services yesterday, 2/20, and I just want to take a minute here, to thank everyone who has been playing my music on their radio stations and to everyone who has been listening!

We'll be releasing the third single, "Open Door," on Friday, March 27th and I think you're going to like it! While Erin Rae sang the harmony vocal/duet on the first two singles, "I Stayed" and "That's a Good Thing," Nashville artist, Megan McCormick takes on that role on "Open Door" and delivers a captivating, sublime performance.

It's an upbeat song played on traditional acoustic instruments bringing some serious Folk and Roots vibes! I wrote it several years ago in the morning on a backroad drive, where the opening lyrics were inspired by early-spring sunshine melting snow. 

The song was Co-Produced by Bill Scorzari and Neilson Hubbard, self-recorded by Bill Scorzari, in part, at First Thunder Recording Studios here in New York, and recorded by engineer Dylan Alldredge at Skinny Elephant Recording in Nashville, TN. It was later Mixed by Nic Coolidge in Providence, RI and Mastered by Hallie Melton in Nashville, TN.  

Here's who performs on this recording:

Bill Scorzari – Main Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Megan McCormick – Harmony Vocal 
Joshua Britt – Mandolin
Brad Talley – Dobro
Danny Mitchell – Piano and Hammond B3 Organ
Eamon McLoughlin - Fiddle 
Chelsea McGough - Cello 
Michael Rinne – Upright Acoustic Bass
Neilson Hubbard – Drums and Percussion 

Listen for "Open Door" starting March 27, 2026!

I'm happy to have seen the Sidereal Days (Day 1) album recently jump up to #23 on the Alt. Country Specialty Radio Chart. It slid down to #82 as the lights shined brighter on some other worthy artists' music offerings since then, and then it bounced back up to #63 this past Wednesday. For me, it's a fun thing to see my songs show up anywhere, and this is a great reminder that folks that report to this chart are still playing my music on the radio, and other folks are listening there. I am grateful for all of it, whatever the numbers may be from one moment in time to the next. 

And, speaking about time, we are now officially just one week away from releasing the 2nd single, "That's a Good Thing," from the upcoming Sidereal Days (Day 2) album - which is coming out later this year, in September. This is the second song on the Day-2 album that has guest artist, Erin Rae singing a vocal duet with me, over a fine collection of traditional folk/roots acoustic instruments played by some of the best musicians to be found in Nashville these days. And, I am grateful for that as well. 

Look for "That's a Good Thing" on your favorite radio station starting this Tuesday, February 17th and on your favorite streaming service next Friday, February 20th. After that, we've got a new single coming each month, up to the Day-2 album release date in September. We've also got some new music videos that we filmed in Nashville during the recording sessions for the Sidereal Days albums, coming up, and I'm looking forward to sharing those with you too, in the days ahead!

Thanks for listening and thank you for your presence here!
With love and gratitude,
Bill S.