I confess, as I was writing this song--and recording the vocals over and over again--I broke down crying more than once. To live such a life and experience such horrific persecution...I can't fully comprehend it, but I wanted to write a song that honors these people, and the courage, bravery, and kindness Anne Frank and so many others lived out until their lives were taken. 

This song chronicles her life from their time of hiding in the secret annex to her death in the concentration camp. The music is simple because I want the listener to focus on the words. Hopefully we can be reminded of this time so as to never repeat it again.

Anne Frank

The first on my first EP album, this track is a new twist on an old, favorite hymn.

Come Thou Fount

When we were kids, we lived in Germany for three years because my dad was in the Air Force. While we were there, my younger sister, Grace, was about five, and she would ride her tricycle up and down the street, singing "You Are My Sunshine." 

I often think about that and how perfectly that song fits her--she is just like sunshine. She is one of the most uniquely beautiful and creative people I know, not to mention compassionate. 

This fall, she's transferring to California to finish school, and I thought this was the perfect time to write and share her song. Everyone in my family gets a song, but this happens to be the first one released. It came out on her 21st birthday--May 5 and I hope you enjoy it and get to get a little glimpse of how wonderful she is.

Sunshine Girl

I wrote this song as a goodbye to my family--we all went in very different directions this summer and it won't be like it was--most of us living at home together--probably ever again. It was a really special time, so I wanted to tell write them a little love letter of sorts telling them that my heart and home will always be wherever they are.

Leaving Home

I write a lot of instrumental music, but this is the first one I've released. It's relatively short, but it's a piece I keep returning to. I wrote it when I needed to express emotions I couldn't put to words.

Thankful

I wrote this song for my younger sister, Adlai. She drove back up to Massachusetts the day this was released to finish her last year of school, and I wanted her to know how special she is to me, and remember that wherever we are, we can always look up at the stars and they'll be the same wherever we are.

Stars

Go On" is a lullaby, written by a woman to her lover. It's not me necessarily because I don't have a lover right now, but I hope that I can sing this to my man one day. :) 

Fun fact: the initial instrumental pattern is the same as Rachmaninoff's Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4, one of the preludes I played in my junior recital in college and one of my absolute favorite pieces.

Go On

This is the first year I won't be able to come home for Christmas. This song came out of feeling a deep sadness about that, and is dedicated to anyone who is alone during the holidays.

Christmas In My Dreams

Moving to Tennessee in August, I've found these past several months to be some of the loneliest I've experienced so far, yet through this time, I find the Lord stripping everything away and drawing me closer to Him as I'm forced to trust His goodness and faithfulness. And He has been so good and faithful.

how can it be

This is February's single (from my challenge to release a single every month in 2021!), and it's my favorite release so far. It's about caring for one another and being there, especially during these crazy times. I hope you enjoy it!

Tara Greene