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Artist: Jon Danforth
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Song: “Can’t Stay Here”
Album: Repetitions
Release Date: August 18, 2023 (single); October 27, 2023 (album)

In Their Words: “‘Can’t Stay Here’ is a bit of a rambling song, but it is also self-aware enough to know that rambling is typically not a solution to life’s problems. The song acknowledges the strong impulse and the feeling of needing to get away while admitting that, most of the time, that won’t solve anything. It’s a reminder that most of our problems need to be addressed by doing the work on ourselves. At the end of the day, as the saying goes, ‘wherever you go, there you are.'” – Jon Danforth

Photo Credit: Faith Alesia

Artist: Jon Danforth
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Song: Maybe a Little
Album: Beginning and End
Release Date: February 18, 2022

In Their Words: “Most people have been in that situation where you want to be in a relationship with someone, but that person is already in a relationship. Many people have also had the experience of learning that the person you want to be with just broke up with their boyfriend or girlfriend. When you find this out, there is that spark of hope that ‘maybe we can be together now.’ This song is about that specific in-between or transition time. You have hope that you can finally be with this person that you’ve been in love with, but you also don’t want to screw it up in your excitement and so you tell yourself that you’re going to take it slow. It’s a funny, thrilling, and downright human experience that I enjoyed putting into a song.” — Jon Danforth

Photo Credit: Faith Alesia

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LISTEN: Jon Danforth, “Can’t Stay Here”

LISTEN: Jon Danforth, “Maybe a Little”