December 2018 video of Ric Albano performing an original Christmas song.
Listen to the Song: “The Phoenix” was written by Ric Albano on his birthday in 2004 as a symbolic allegory of his return to making recorded music with the new Imaginary Lines, after an 8 year hiatus from any...
“Here on the Beach” was originally composed as the final part of “Ocean Suite”, a four-part suite that included “The Old Man and the Sea”, “Twilight of Innocence” and “Dawning of Decadence”. Three of the four pieces were included...
Listen to the Song: The final track on Reflections of Relevance was the most fun to make. Developed by Ric Albano as a multi-part, upbeat acoustic folk song, drums and percussion were next added by Ron Simasek as he...
This track has morphed through many iterations before reaching this final Reflections of Relevance version. Originally an instrumental piece starting in 2005, the song was developed into a tune called “Sister Josephine” and recorded in 2008 for Imaginary Lines...
Clocking in at nearly nine minutes long, “One Reflective Fool” is the longest track, by far, on this album. The track is actually a medley songs which were recorded over the course of years and in multiple studios, held...
This song started as a typical, piano-driven “power ballad” but was rescued from that fate during a studio session in 2005 when drummer Ron Simasek came up with an atypical rolling drum beat. In turn, Ric Albano developed a...