What Dreams May Come Michael Yugo Every now and then you are forced to dig. To go deeper than you once knew you could, to pull out emotions you scarcely knew you had. Once there you dabble in the reality of what it means to be alive, then re-surface, more afraid then ever to go to that place, where emotion is raw and truth ever present. Michael Yugo lives in that place. We are all better for it. What Dreams May Come opens softly with a plucked guitar, setting the scene for what will be a delicate entrance and begins the submerge into a mere glimpse of Yugo’s life. By the fourth line (“When was the last time, that I touched your face?”), you will be in love with a voice that carries time, and experience, on its shoulders. Stand out tracks include I Choose & Could Be, tender declarations of love, and the sacrifices we make to follow it, What I’ve Learned, a Dylanesque warning to those of us standing on the sidelines of life and Heaven’s Hand an adaptation of John 15: 9 -17 urging us to acknowledge that there is peace, truth and most especially love behind what we are seeking. However, the truest gem on this album is a song worthy of a separate mention. Delaware Place is a song about growing up, friends & family, love & loss, failure, hope and most especially, home. Musically it is sparse, open just enough to let the listener slide into Yugo’s life, if only for a brief moment. Once there, you will hope to never leave. Tom Goss The Acoustic District