Little Big Time

Characterizing Wayne Howe’s original music as a soul-full approach to modern country music with clear crossover to both rock and folk may seem like a lot to take on. After all, here's an artist whose music is new to the scene and yet to be fully defined. The “Big Time” original collection is an infusion of musical transcendence in which Wayne Howe the song writer, vocalist and musician seeks to develop himself into a complete music maker. A word smith who puts his stories to songs, there ...

Characterizing Wayne Howe’s original music as a soul-full approach to modern country music with clear crossover to both rock and folk may seem like a lot to take on. After all, here's an artist whose music is new to the scene and yet to be fully defined. The “Big Time” original collection is an infusion of musical transcendence in which Wayne Howe the song writer, vocalist and musician seeks to develop himself into a complete music maker. A word smith who puts his stories to songs, there is a wonderful balance of music and meaning to each song, with each song coming with a story that has both a beginning and an ending, and often touches the listener with more than a light finger. This is Howe’s second go round with music. He left the music business behind right after college and became an award winning journalist covering stories for newspapers and magazines and they took him from one end of the country to other. Next, as an entrepreneur, he started a technology business that taught him that dreams are often simply reality made real by hard work. But during these travels, Howe never stopped playing and song writing and would often play out anywhere they would have him, “just me, my guitar and a microphone,” as he often tells his audience. Big Time is the result of a three-year writing effort by Wayne. He has set to music contemporary stories of life, love, loss and social issues in a country genre that is appealing to a wide range of listeners. Since bringing the songs out to audiences, he has appeared as a solo artist at venues in the Boston metro area to as far away as Sunday River in Maine. In late 2009 Howe formed the Little Big Time band and has been working on arrangements and recording for the album ever since. Wayne Howe arrived at this musical juncture via his life travels from homes in Connecticut, Florida, Vermont, Maine and Boston. He currently lives in Boston.