about.
So Blue is a progressive folk duo that blends sensitive instrumentals with evocative lyricism. With earthy vocals, dynamic guitar, and rich string bass, the group creates timeless songs that speak to our shared humanity – the good and the bad. The band, consisting of Devon Gardner on vocals/guitar and Adam Gurczak on double bass, is releasing its debut EP, In Water and Waves, in Spring 2024. A five-track melancholic folk EP, In Water and Waves, features five original songs, telling stories about love, loss, and (as many can relate to) shitty roommates. Ambient bowed string bass paired with poignant guitar serve as the bedrock on the album, over which lyrics tell personal and intimate stories. Inspired by the likes of Watchhouse, Gregory Alan Isakov, and Courtney Marie Andrews, their music harkens to the nature-inspired roots of Americana blended with classical and contemporary songs, sounds, and stories.
Originally having met in the sun-soaked Arizona desert, bandleaders Devon Gardner and Adam Gurczak now call the bustling streets of Boston home. Whether playing as a duo or in compliments of three or four with other artists, So Blue offers songs of solace, inviting you to find beauty in the wilds.
our songs
Grow Away
February 2023
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I want to go up to the sky and become a cloud
and travel for miles to the place where I was born
When I get there, I'll fall like the rain
and she'll stay forever on my brain
I want to see the sun shine on down
in a land where peace prospers town to town
I'll hear the burdens that they carry
and they'll stay forever on my brain
As a cloud, I'll see the oceans wide
But still turn to my home that war washed with time
All the children and the workers will dance with open arms
to the rhythm of my body falling down
Let me fall like the rain
Let me fall like the rain
Let me fall like the rain
Please let me fall like the rain
I want to go up to the sky and become a cloud
and travel for miles to the place where I was born
When I get there, I'll fall like the rain
and she'll stay forever on my brain
They’ll stay forever on my brain
Please stay forever on my brain
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Plant your seeds for evergreens
in that long tall grass
Where the birds, they chirp and roam
Your green thumb works on anyone
except the ones who don't
grow your way
You try to grow every seed that you find
Sometimes your seeds all wilt out and die
Plant me right here where your green bushes lie
I’ll grow your way
The dirt and the grime
Wash and decline
As the rain washed my leaves
But slowly and surely, the sun’s gone on down
and you leave me out here to dry
You try to grow every seed that you find
Sometimes your seeds all wilt out and die
You planted me here where I soon would try
to grow away
All my words have left this tiny old stem that’s dry
As I sing to the ground I realize my time is now
My seeds will go with the wind who howls at night
‘cause I'll never rue the days that I did grow
You try to grow every seed that you find
Each time your seeds all wilt out and die
You planted me here where I soon would dry
and blow away
Forever On My Brain
March 2024
the band
Devon Gardner
Adam Gurczak