One of the most common song themes of all times is the loneliness of separation from the person we love. And if we are so lucky, there is the sweetness of the return. This is a simple love song about the intimacy of those moments of loss and return that for me can best be expressed by a warm slow jazz. I have always been influenced by many voices; different languages, cultures and genres of music all speak to me. There has been an odd collection of voices in my head inspiring the songs. Imagine Billie Holliday, Kate Wolf, Norah Jones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Andrés Segovia, Jimmy Hendrix, James Taylor, Buddy Hollie, Mississippi John Hurt, Led Zeppelin, Judy Collins, Carlos Santana, Van Morrison, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Waite, Carrie Newcomer, Neil Young and many, many others in a room together. I am eternally indebted to all the music out there and the people and places that have inspired me. Past musical projects have been somewhat random and free floating. Years of casual folk, classical guitar, love for the blues, occasional trysts with jazz, passion for Latin music and dance, world music and an easily moved heart have all contributed to wherever I land next. I’ve been lucky to have some fine musicians join me along the way. Some recent projects have been: 2010 Kantika nobo – a cd about my experiences on Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean, and its Creole language, Papiamentu. The songs are in Papiamentu (with one in English and one in Portuguese) and are dedicated to promoting that language. 2012 Kathy Taylor –Dreams (Sueños) – a short video by Wilmer Chavarría of a song I wrote with the words of a poem by Pablo Neruda. (YouTube) (Poem LVIII by Pablo Neruda, El libro de las preguntas, music and translation by Kathy Taylor) 2013 Babelegría - another video by Wilmer Chavarría of a song I wrote in 5 languages, performed with some of my students at Earlham College. (YouTube) 2013 Badger Creek - cd of my own songs about the people and places around our mountain home in Colorado. Folk, country, blues, bluegrass type songs. 2014 The Mystery Waltz - a single, mystical country waltz.