I was on the way to bed last week when I got a text full of exclamation points and question marks and the word ‘ellen.’ It turns out ‘FOR THE SENDER’ made its way into ellen’s hands (yes, that ellen) and she tweeted about it… and facebooked, and blogged and all that good stuff. She […]
Letters of Love and Loss: Alex Woodard’s [FOR THE SENDER] an interview by Ruth Gearson Alex Woodard’s release, FOR THE SENDER, a combined novelette/CD composition, inspired by the letters he received relating to the loss of his beloved dog, Kona (from the widow of a slain police officer, a first-responder in Haiti, the director of a […]
As FOR THE SENDER is making its first small steps out into the world, we’ve been playing shows where we present the letters and songs through video and live performance. Some people cry as they watch the video of my dog (and best friend) on the day she died, but I know they aren’t crying […]
FOR THE SENDER is a project deeply close to my heart but it didn’t start out that way. I had no idea what FOR THE SENDER was when I got the call from Sean Watkins asking if I’d sing back up on a song he’d just written. The only thing I remember about that day […]