Join author Alex Woodard on Friday, March 7th, between 5-7pm at the amazing Iconoclast Books and Cafe on Sun Valley Road in Idaho. Alex will be performing some of the music from his latest release, For the Sender Love Is (Not A Feeling), answering your questions, signing copies in store and reading from the book […]
Today we’re watching the storm come in. That little angel with the broken wing on the table was here when I moved in over 10 years ago, but I think she’s been here a lot longer than that. Sometimes it seems like she’s watching over the place. You can’t really tell, but the ocean is […]
Singer-songwriter and author Alex Woodard has toured nationally behind five critically-acclaimed albums and shared the stage with some of today’s most popular acts. Alex Woodard was letting go of his best friend, a Labrador named Kona, and most of his dreams when he received a letter that would change the course of his life. What […]
The critically acclaimed work, known as “For The Sender” was first introduced by Woodard in 2012 with “For The Sender: Four Letters. Twelve Songs. One Story“. The followup once again features songs inspired by a beautiful letter Woodard once received and the woman who sent it to him – with his own story of release […]
I used to take the subway downtown to work every morning when I lived in a little loft apartment a few steps away from Fenway Park in Boston. As I watched people getting on the train at each stop, I’d dream of writing songs, making a difference, maybe not being so alone. Here I was […]
Singer/songwriter Alex Woodard realizes very well the powerful connection between storytelling and music, as he explores in his innovative new book/CD project, “For The Sender.” In it, he explores real-life stories inspired by letters he came across that tell moving stories of love, life, and loss. Click here to read the rest of this article […]
One day, musician and author Alex Woodard received a letter from the mother of one of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting victims, Jesse Lewis. The mother Scarlett Lewis’ letter was so inspiring that the musician penned 13 songs about the mother’s experience of the loss of her child plus tales of other people with […]
Scarlett Lewis suffered every parent’s nightmare when a gunman opened fire on a December morning in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing her six-year-old son, Jesse, and 19 other children. Now, months later, a San Diego-based musician is helping her celebrate Jesse’s short life with three new ballads. Click here to read more about […]
I didn’t think he was going to show up. He’d had a couple seizures that morning so I thought it would just be me, his son Graham, and my band in the living room, recording the song we wrote for him. So I opened the front door and Graham came in with his two beautiful […]
In his newest public television special, which will begin airing nationwide in early March 2014, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer employs an intimate conversational format to reveal many of the private challenges behind his public success. He also describes the five key principles for seeing clearly now, which have guided him through all his important life […]
FOR THE SENDER is an emotionally charged book, album, and concert experience assembled by singer-songwriter, author, and speaker, Alex Woodard, that uses real-life letters, and the songs they inspire, to tell true stories of love, loss, redemption and release. After the passing of Jesse, Scarlett wrote a letter to him that she shared with Alex. […]
Author and singer-songwriter Alex Woodard was in the audience, waiting to be called to the stage to perform at New York Times bestselling author Dr. Wayne Dyer’s lecture presentation in New York. Dr. Dyer’s daughter had written him a letter, and Alex had crafted a song about the letter in the spirit of his first […]