A bird showed up on my porch today Feet planted, standing quite still. Body trembling, unable to...

He comes and goes, And hardly anybody knows He’s been at all, Until they find he’s paid a call....

There’s a girl whose roots Were trampled and twisted Raised in the shadows, Rejected and shamed,...

He gets up early Christmas morn The sky is soft and gray The house asleep He pictures angels...

If there is such a thing as a perfect song, “Over The Rainbow” must be it. Introduced by a...

  Today’s blog is about Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Long Time Coming’,” from his 2005 album Dust...

There’s a Beatles song on the White Album, “Cry Baby Cry,” that is a strange, almost dream-like...

Today I’m writing about the song that gives this newsletter its title. It’s part of a new musical...

Time is a blur in Rickie Lee Jones’s song, “The Evening of My Best Day.” She sings it in a...

  Dory Previn was a brilliant songwriter, author, poet and playwright, and a vibrantly creative...

I am excited to be launching my blog, “Freedom From Within: Words and Music with Peter Melnick."...

“Freedom From Within” (home demo) Vocals: Aubrey Haddard      

Recorded live at Ha-Simta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee...

My trauma, damage and dementia tune. Vocals: Aubrey Haddard Rough Mix from the album, BETTER...

Recorded live at Hasimta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee...

Recorded live at Hasimta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee...

Recorded live at Hasimta Theater, Old Jaffa (June 2019 workshop production) Vocals: Ronalee...

“Politics need not be a raging fire destroying everything in its path,” President Biden told us...

I just finished reading a wonderful novel by Victoria Foyt, VALENTINE TO FAITH, about a journey...

A lot of what I write has to do with family trauma that wends its way through the generations —...