Austin has an amazing voice, I hope he can continue to produce and find his way. He was an integral part of Homefree and rounded them off perfectly. Homefree is a brilliant Al Capella group perhaps one of the best. Their vocals combined are just superb. My playlist of full of Homefree, perfect driving music.

A great vehicle for Austin. Captivating at first listen, and it stands up well to the country style - riffs, very pronounced rubato and lingering on voiced consonants like "ng". Personally I prefer a simpler, more straightforward rendition because the song, as you point out, is so perfect that, to me, it doesn't need any embellishment. I expect that you have sung it many times in performance and I would love to hear your own rendition of it.

Austin took quite a risk in taking the first stanza so very slow, but he makes it work. He has an actor's approach to lyrics - he doesn't just hope they sound nice but invests every word with meaning and a place within the phrase. His mastery of rubato (easy to overlook as he does it so well) helps in bringing the lyrics home to us. He is very interested in sounds and the silence around them, as you can see here and in Bring Him Home. Austin's solo career has been going very well and he has been firing off originals at such a rate that at times it's hard to keep up. You might want to check out some of his beautiful love songs (She Loves Me, I'll Go First), but also the two duets he has recorded with Makena Hartlin, another lovely voice. He will be with Home Free until the end of the tour just starting and after that gets to stay at home, start a family and explore what the musical world has to offer.

Austin does a nice job of these classic songs. His voice is well suited to older styles & he seems able to convey the emotion & feeling in them.

O William, I'm so glad you did this one. It's one of my favorites by Austin. Just too short! He displays so many techniques in this piece: the fullness and roundness of his tone, but all the rasp, his ripply riffs, and of course his range. And Sebastian's accompaniment is perfect. Did you hear that Austin is leaving Home Free? There's a video on his channel explaining his decision.

Good morning William from Canada. Beautiful song.

Lovely tribute, William!

Beautiful and emotional 👍❤️🌷

Well done William.

Love Austin. Hoping he continues to share his music with us, post HomeFree. Could you please review Faouzia “Fur Elise” live?

There is no doubt that Austin nailed this one. A moving and delicious rendition. Hopefully it foreshadows more wonderful things coming from Mr. Brown in his quasi-solo career. And as always your insightful analysis and expressive appreciation are first class. Yet Danny Boy has little to do with Irish folk music, that style being rather different. In addition, the lyrics (written by an Englishman) are about Scotland not Ireland. Valleys white with snow in winter are rare in Ireland but common in Scotland. Also, the pipes calling young men to war are surely Scottish war bagpipes, such a scenario being unknown in Ireland for many centuries. Nor did they even have the proper pipes for it. There are those of Irish extraction who deny the characterization of Danny Boy as being quintessentially Irish except possibly as a song sung at funerals. The English author, the Scottish subject and even the Northern Ireland origin of ‘Londonderry Air’ are considered by some to be insulting and unacceptable. I recall an Irish bar (Murphy’s) in Queens, New York City many years ago that during the month of March would remove the song from the jukebox. (45 rpm vinyl single, remember them?) I am not one of those of course. I have no problem with Danny Boy being sung on Paddy’s Day or it being sung by someone like Harry Belafonte (and quite well too!) Just noting that there are those who are a bit too stubborn Irish to embrace this fine song.