Free Times is album filled with stories of love, loss, and life, drawing inspiration from poets, philosophers, and personal experiences. But don’t be mistaken, the music is neither academic nor pedantic: first and foremost, these are songs to be enjoyed.

Track-by-track descriptions:

1. Seasons Change - A folk-country song about regretting the end of a relationship and understanding that time heals all wounds. 

2. Moving On - An east coast Canadian folk-pub song about the moment you realize you’re no longer heartbroken.

3. The Scar - Reminiscent of a slow jam from The Band, about hating yourself for not being able to love someone else.

4. Free Tonight - An Eagles-y song but with horns, about how it’s better to be with one great person than chase after all the world.

5. This Side Of The Looking Glass - Imagine if The Band had a song featuring simulated flutes that was about self-care. The warmth in the song builds and at the end leaves you feeling good about the future.

6. Care For You - A bass-heavy roots track about reminding the one you love that, even though you can’t change who you are, you’ll always love them and be there for them. 

7. Be My Baby Tonight - A blues-rock song about two wounded people spending a meaningful night together.

8. Nothing Ever Ends - Sounds like a 1950s love ballad except it’s about existential dread. 

9. Temple in the Sky - A folk song about the move from innocence to experience, that starts light and gets progressively darker until it ends with a blood-curdling scream and the end of the world.

10. Passing Through - A campfire lullaby reminding the listener to be kind to others while they can.

The Scar

The writer Aldous Huxley coined the term "Phanerothyme" to describe the category of mind-altering drugs that would instead become known as "psychedelics". It is based on the Greek words "phanein" (to reveal) "thymos" (mind). This album is called Phanerorhyme as a nod to the fact music, too, is a mind-altering substance. 

Drums: Colanthony Humphrey
Guitar/bass/keys: Sean Royle
Vocals/percussion/guitar: Dany Horovitz
Harmony arrangements: Kara MacKinley

All tracks produced and engineered by Calvin Hartwick and co-produced by Sean Royle and Dany Horovitz, except Waltz Once More.

Waltz Once More produced, engineered, and mixed by Kara MacKinlay and co-produced by Dany Horovitz.

All tracks mixed by Calvin Hartwick except Sorry From The Road.
Sorry From The Road mixed by Dave Schiffman.

Mastered by Phil Demetro at Lacquer Channel Mastering.

Recorded at Dreamhouse Studios in Toronto, Canada.

Visual art by Roberta Landreth

Waltz Once More

Way About You

Roads And Roses

Soul Of A Poet

Always Home

Until The Seas Run Dry

Brave For You

Simply Because

This Is Growing Old

A Hundred Days

Love, My Lonely Lot

Rock ‘N Roll With You

Ampersand denotes an emphasis on the collaborative nature of this project. All my recordings are collaborative but this project is unique - largely consisting of re-imagining songs previously recorded, live off the studio floor (Moving On, Free Tonight, This Side of The Looking Glass, Way About You). For good measure, this album also includes a new song recorded with the support of the Trebas Institute for audio engineering (Little Too Bright) and a campfire acoustic version of a previously recorded collaboration (Make Use Of Your Time).

Album release date:
20 September 2025

Make Use of Your Time (Acoustic)

Way About You (Live Off The Floor)

This Side Of The Looking Glass (Live Off The Floor)

Free Tonight (Live Off The Floor)

Little Too Bright

Moving On (Live Off The Floor)

Dany Horovitz is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for delighting audiences with his memorable melodies and beautiful storytelling through vivid lyrics. Dany's singles have received radio play across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia, and on SiriusXM. His single Free Tonight earned him Top 20 honours on Cashbox Radio and his 2023 EP, The Candle Is Worth The Game, was nominated for 2023 EP of the Year by the New Artist Spotlight independent artist collective. Dany’s music is infused with modern takes on familiar sounds: melodic guitar and piano chords, popping bass licks, and toe-tapping percussion. His lyrics are stories of love, loss, and life, drawing inspiration from ancient poets, modern philosophers, and personal experiences.

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