Deb Rasmussen - Unspoken (2022)

UNSPOKEN is a musical and emotional journey through the parts and types of love we often leave unspoken. In the category of sweet romance, “Just My Little Love Song” and “You Smile” and were written by Deb and her life partner for each other. But between infatuation (Darn That Dream), passion (I Hear a Rhapsody) and heartbreak (It Never Entered My Mind), the stuff of many love songs, there’s longing and loneliness (Swept Away), temptation (Unspoken), the constant balancing of love versus fear (Front Porch) and the need to need to draw a line in the sand (In Your Own Sweet Way). The songs go beyond romantic love. “Fly Away” was written for all the women that have struggled to hold their families, their work and themselves together through the pandemic, digging deeper and deeper inside to find the strength to carry on. “Peace, Like a River” is a quest for inner peace, especially when the world seems to be crumbling all around. The CD resolves on “My Best to You”, a simple wish that the listener finds the love that’s good for them, whatever it may be.

UNSPOKEN began in 2019 as a fuzzy idea with a vague end date. Then COVID emerged in 2020 and Deb’s world became her house and music room. Given time and space, her song writing was reawakened. She reached out to Jon Day, who had arranged My Best to You for her in 2019, to arrange the new songs and some standards. Their remote collaboration involved Deb’s piano, a zoom mic, dropbox and email. This continued for a year and a half before they played them together for the first time and decided to record. Jeremy Coates and Robin Tufts joined them for the recording, bringing their exception skill and sensitivity to the project. The arrangement of “Darn That Dream” was a remote collaboration between Deb and Josh Nelson and “In Your Own Sweet Way” was arranged by the band in rehearsal.

Deb Rasmussen (vocals)
Jon Day (piano)
Jeremy Coates (bass)
Robin Tufts (drums)