​Mike Hollon (from the album Irving Park

​Mike Hollon (from the album Irving Park

​Mike Hollon (from the album Irving Park available on Mo’s Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
When the world shut down to announce the arrival of a brand-new viral infection, it’s citizens was forced to stretch out time in the manner of each individual’s choice. Like all things human, we related differently to a shared experience. For many musicians, the path of touring was pre-empted, and day gigs was put on hold. Luckily, creatives create, and that is what Mike Hollon did, coming through the down time with a new album, Irving Park. The title is a nod to a special place in Lincoln, Nebraska where Mike spent time in 2020 along with his guitar, a notebook, and a bottle of wine. For the singer/songwriter, the break in routine was a gift, and he recalled that ‘I found a lot of peace in that park during a stressful time in the world. It was one of the best summers that I can remember, for many reasons, but especially creatively - I finally had time. When I close my eyes and think about it, I can take myself back there and it calms me’.
 
While Mike Hollon’s moments provided personal peace, the world and its spinning wheel of satelliting emotions was in his thoughts. As a result, Irving Park is filled to the brim with emotions as the songs showcase the struggles and resilience of the human spirt as well as the worldwide shared feelings of love, loss, redemption, and rebirth. Irving Park celebrates the balance within the questions, and answers, in “Tomorrow’s Sunrise” and opens its heart to “Love” on island rhythms while Mike Hollon puts a caffeinated beat underneath “Go”, tries to understand life’s inconsistencies for “Downhill Slide”, and lets the music do the talking on the instrumental “Blue Mountain Spring”.  
 
Mike Hollon raises a Country Rock ruckus on the salvational strums of the Irving Park title track and follows a tangle of guitar strings across “1000 Days”. Musical hints of world music sparkle when Irving Park takes a trip to “Casablanca” while Mike Hollon counts his blessings to balance out incoming fears with “Movin’ Along”, offers experiential advice in “Letting Go”, and makes a bitter promise on the dark rumble of rhythm coursing underneath “Fool No More” (by Danny McCloskey)
 
Listen and buy the music of Mike Hollon from AMAZON
 
For more information head on over to the Mike Hollon website