Rollin’ and tumblin’ directly from the salty shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Billy Woodward’s career in music and art could best be described as an ever evolving hodgepodge of textures, colors and sounds spilling from the fertile soil of his Southern Maryland upbringing mixed with the grit and energy of his current home of Brooklyn, New York.

No stranger to personal tragedy, Woodward looked to his adoration of traditional roots music for solace during his darkest days. From Ted Hawkins to John Prine - Tom Waits to Blaze Foley - Swamp Dogg to Sam Cooke, Woodward  tugged furiously at the songwriting chops of lauded stars and unsung heroes in the desperate hope of extracting some wisdom to salve the soul.

Woodward recorded his debut EP at Sun Studio in 2013 while touring with the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet. What resulted is a six song sprawl through the weeds of American storytelling. It received the award for Best Roots EP at the 13th Annual IMA’s and was featured in the PBS series ’Sun Sessions’.

In late 2020, the opportunity presented itself to plunge back into the studio to record the songs he’d written during this period of reflection. What resulted is an 11 song full-length album that follows his rough and tumble journey through the trials and tribulations of grief, desperation and redemption.