Freedy Johnston

The story about Freedy Johnston is that he sold his Kansas homestead to make it as a
musician in New York City, a tale documented on his standout song, "Trying to Tell You
That I Don't Know," from his standout second album, Can You Fly (1992). On Johnston's
excellent new record, This Perfect World, his themes are still about leaving home for the
half-promised land, in songs finely crafted and sung in a clear tenor that echoes... More >

Trying to say what he can't sing, trying to drive with the green light on ("Bad Reputation," "Evie's Tears")