The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents…

Mark Erelli

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During a performance in summer 2020, Mark Erelli looked down at his guitar neck and couldn’t believe what he saw. Or rather, what he couldn’t see: his fingers on the frets. Soon after, a diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a degenerative eye disease, would bring some answers, but it also yielded new questions. Does diminished eyesight correlate with lesser insight? Does your songwriting change when your perception of the world around you changes? These questions, and Erelli’s hunt for creative agency, are at the heart of his new album Lay Your Darkness Down (due Feb 3 on Soundly Music). 

Mark Erelli reminds us to push forward through the fog; because we can’t see a path ahead, doesn’t mean we won’t get to the destination we’re in search of. Such as he sings on “Fuel for the Fire,” “You can’t live in fear / But you can use it as fuel for the fire.”