Contains tracks based on the poems of Mattie J.T. Stepanek. Personnel: Billy Gillman (vocals, arranger); Mattie J.T. Stepanek (spoken vocals); Michael Spriggs (acoustic guitar); Jerry McPherson, John Jorgenson, Troy Lancaster, Mickey Jack Cones (electric guitar, background vocals); Al Lorenzo (ukulele); Sam Levine (alto flute); Jimmy Nichols (piano, keyboards); Terry Tachoir (vibraphone); Joe Chemay (bass); Tommy Harden (drums); Bekka Bramlett, Liana Manis, Angela Bacari, Melinda Norris, David Molloy, Britt Savage, Wendy Moten (background vocals). Producers include: David Malloy, Bruce Roberts, Charlie Calello, Angela Bacari, Sandy Linzer. Compilation producer: Tonya Ginnetti. Recorded at Emerald Sound, Sound Lounge, Nashville, Tennessee and Startrac Studios, Warwick, Rhode Island. An ambitious project for anyone, much less an artist barely into his teens, MUSIC THROUGH HEARTSONGS is a concept album of songs sung by teen country phenom Billy Gilman, but based on the writings of poetry wunderkind/best-sel...
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