Songs for Wednesday---
New album from singer-songwriter, Sean Magwire. Out April 16, 2021.

Cora's Song

Erase this Day

To Be Healed

For the City

Gone

First single off my upcoming album! Full album release set for September!

Long Straight Line

From my upcoming full-length album, due out Spring 2025.

Where My Journey Ends

It Moves Me

Better Than This

Not Ready Yet

Foxholes

Believer

Hazel

Here's my newest demo...written and recorded last week.

Enjoy!

-Sean

Born (Demo)

I finally finished mixing this track...5 years later! This is a song I wrote for my then fiancé, now wife :)

Sean Magwire: Vocals, Piano, Guitar
Laurel Humiston: Cello
Nate Wilson: Violin
Alissa Maslana: Vocals
Erika Rauscher: Vocals

Like A Whisper (Demo)

Re-recorded this track with some additional instrumentation. I still feel exactly the same way I did when I wrote last year. Love all. Period.


Battlefield

Living in a battlefield, watch your step
Hold your breath, Mind the gap
Cause living in this battlefield, the Bible Belt
You aren't your own, Don't feel yourself

They will find you all alone
With your fingers clutching to the phone
Oh they will find you without a dime
Pleading please don't, please don't, please don't leave me behind

Living in a battlefield, the warring sides
Pay no mind to the world outside
Cause living in this battlefield as a migrant soul
Gets no future, pays no gold

They will find you all alone
With your fingers clutching to the phone
Oh they will find you without a dime
Pleading please don't, please don't, please don't leave me behind

Oh they will find you without a name
With no direction, Without a face
But hallelujah, what a beautiful day
Hallelujah, what a beautiful day

Living in this battlefield, watch your step
Hold your breath, Mind the gap

Cause we will find you all alone
Give you shelter, shelter from the storm
And we will find you without a dime
Give you what you need
Give you peace of mind.

Battlefield (Demo)

Be Honest, Be Patient

She said consider the obvious
We’ve got it all figured out
There’s nothing left to lose
That you haven’t built yourself

But I’m very dangerous
I’ve got my head in the clouds
Didn’t make it this far
To be taken apart
By what we have to doubt.

On a far off land
In a different time
We’d have bent more left
We’d have bent more right
We’d have fought the pain
Learned to stop the same mistakes

Choke on your pride but don’t swallow the guilt
Take all the blame but don’t feel it yourself
And be honest, be patient    X2

Is nobody curious?
We didn’t make it this hard
On a hope and a prayer
Sacred air that had been there from the start

On a far off land
In a different time
We’d have bent more left
We’d have bent more right
We’d have fought the pain
Learned to stop the same mistakes

Choke on your pride but don’t swallow the guilt
Take all the blame but don’t feel it yourself
And be honest, be patient      X2

Tell me I’m a good man
Tell me that it all just disappears
Even in the darkness
Even when the end just feels 

Choke on your pride but don’t swallow the guilt
Take all the blame but don’t feel it yourself
And be honest, be patient        X2

2019 Demos

Be Honest, Be Patient (Full Band Demo)

Be Honest, Be Patient

She said consider the obvious
We’ve got it all figured out
There’s nothing left to lose
That you haven’t built yourself

But I’m very dangerous
I’ve got my head in the clouds
Didn’t make it this far
To be taken apart
By what we have to doubt.

On a far off land
In a different time
We’d have bent more left
We’d have bent more right
We’d have fought the pain
Learned to stop the same mistakes

Choke on your pride but don’t swallow the guilt
Take all the blame but don’t feel it yourself
And be honest, be patient X2

Is nobody curious?
We didn’t make it this far
On a hope and a prayer
Sacred air that had been there from the start

On a far off land
In a different time
We’d have bent more left
We’d have bent more right
We’d have fought the pain
Learned to stop the same mistakes

Choke on your pride but don’t swallow the guilt
Take all the blame but don’t feel it yourself
And be honest, be patient X2

Tell me I’m a good man
Tell me that it all just disappears
Even in the darkness
Even when the end just feels

Choke on your pride but don’t swallow the guilt
Take all the blame but don’t feel it yourself
And be honest, be patient X2

Be Honest, Be Patient (Acoustic Demo)

Acoustic cover of Local Natives song "Wide Eyes"

Wide Eyes (Local Natives Cover)

Wrote a little ditty all cooped up at home. Be well.

Quarantine Song
Well I’m sitting here alone in a quarantine
Holding my breath and losing sleep
Staring out my window and wishing I could leave
But the feds have placed me in this room
With the white walls washed in a sweet perfume
Some call is prison, I just call it fate

I don’t know how much more of this I can take

So I write my thoughts in a little notebook
Provided by some charity and pity looks
Where I contemplate the meaning of my days
Like what has brought us to our knees
Was it pride or just this one disease
Sometimes I think it's more than just a taste

I don’t know how much more of this I can take

When the dust has all but settled down
Will we understand the plan?
Are we closer then we’ve ever found
Or are we the furthest we have been?

Well they let me out on the 14th day
Kicked my ass right out the state
Told me to go back where I shoulda stayed
So I put some gas into the car
Drove to find the closest bar
But quickly learned that they had all been closed
So I turned around and headed back to home

So now I’m sitting here alone in the quarantine
Holding my breath and losing sleep
Staring out my window and wishing I could leave

Quarantine Song

Homebound song #2...This one's called "Falling."

Pardon the words that reach my lips
Pardon the lack of grace
But Part of the act is playing a bit
The other half playing it safe

So call me a liar And call me a fraud
But don’t call me after ten
Cause I won’t hear the phone
I’ll be drinking alone with the voices inside my head

I tried living it so easy
But that was the hardest part
Cause there’s nothing so easy
As falling apart

I took what I could and made my way
With the elegance of a bull
Still learning to walk
Still learning to talk
Still willing to risk it all

I tried living it so easy
But that was the hardest part
Cause there’s nothing so easy
As falling apart

Pardon the words that reach my lips
Pardon the lack of grace
But Part of the act is playing a bit
The other half playing it safe

Falling (3.19.20 Demo)

Sean Magwire, a native of Angola, Indiana, grew up in a home where music was as essential as air. His father, a gifted singer-songwriter, filled their home with melodies that ignited Sean’s passion for music at a young age. Inspired by legends like The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel, Sean picked up the guitar at age 14. But it was Coldplay’s “Yellow”, released the following year, that truly convinced him he could create his own songs.

During high school, Sean's songwriting was a closely guarded secret, shared only with family and friends in intimate living room performances. It wasn't until he moved to Nebraska for college that he found the courage to bring his music into the world. Immersed in the vibrant Omaha and Lincoln music scenes, Sean began to develop his own unique style of storytelling.

Sean's free spirit led him to travel extensively across the country, living and performing in multiple states before he finally settled in Chicago. From 2012 to 2016, he was the main songwriter and band leader of the award-winning Chicago folk act, The Lulabelles. His song "Between the Cracks" won the Grand Prize for Folk in the 2015 John Lennon Songwriting Contest, marking a significant milestone in his career.

Love brought Sean to Massachusetts, where he quickly found a home in the Northeast music community. Balancing his roles as a school adjustment counselor, dedicated singer-songwriter, and father, Sean discovered his true purpose: connecting deeply with others through his music. For Sean, songwriting is a way to interpret and process the world, offering his listeners a chance for self-reflection.

The pandemic brought new challenges and opportunities. Sean's third solo album, Songs for Wednesday, was written and recorded remotely with friends worldwide, inspired by weekly Facebook live streams he hosted to stay connected with his audience. These weekly hangs allowed Sean the chance to write and workshop songs as well as offer support and levity during a time of such uncertainty. The album's song “Erase this Day” won both the Grand Prize and Lennon Award (Song of the Year) for Folk in the 2022 John Lennon Songwriting Contest.  

In 2023, Sean's talent was further recognized on a national scale as he became a finalist in the esteemed Troubadour Contest at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the Al Johnson Songwriter Contest at the Wildflower Arts & Music Festival. Sean also placed third in the Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest and performed at the Red Lodge Songwriter Festival.

Currently, Sean is working on a new solo album set for release in Spring 2025. This album delves into the highs and lows of human experience, weaving relatable stories of everyday life. The first two singles, “Long Straight Line” and “Not Ready Yet” are available on all major streaming platforms. Sean has also recently teamed up with acclaimed musicians Steve & Tommy Combs to perform select dates as the Sean Magwire Trio.

Sean’s music has been featured on prestigious platforms like WGBH’s All Things Considered, The Boston Globe, PBS, NPR, and in the feature film Fly Old Birds: Escape to the Ark. He has performed at renowned festivals across the country, including the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Whitefish Songwriter Festival, Red Lodge Songwriting Festival, Wildflower Music & Arts Fest, Black Bear Americana Festival, and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.

Since 2016, Sean has lived in Massachusetts with his wife, Kristyn, and their two beautiful children, continuing to share his music and connect with audiences around the world.

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