2025 Competition Entry:
I Can Make This Right by Grackle
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Genre
Rock
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Performer(s)
Steve Katsikas (Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars), Myra Kean (Violin), Travis Carlisle (Cello), Jeff Gard (Drums), Mike Lankford (Bass), Jennifer Lauletta (backing vocals)
Description
As I wrote above, after facing a major health crisis in 2022, I did what any psychologist/songwriter would do…I wrote a song about my experience to help me process my feelings about it. The song really captures how my wife guided me through the challenges and, eventually, to a place of peace and healing.
Bio
Grackle is a Louisville, KY 7-piece ensemble consisting of Steve Katsikas (Keys/Vocals), Jeff Gard (Drums/Percussion), Mike Lankford (Bass), Myra Kean (Violin, Sax, Flute), Travis Carlisle (Cello), Jennifer Lauletta (Vocals), and Josh Parker (Guitar). The band released their third album, “All That Matters” on 11/23/2024 and has released two other albums to date. They have played nearly 50 shows in the region. Their style of music defies easy categorization, mainly due to the unique influence of the featured string players, extended compositions, and obvious chemistry of the players.
In a world where music is categorized, sub-categorized, and compared to current and past music, Grackle is an enigma. Elements of indie piano-rock fuse with classical, progressive rock, jazz, folk, and acoustic rock in unexpected ways. The Louisville, KY based band has been evolving since 2015, releasing their 3rd album, “All That Matters” in 2024. The 7-piece band features electric violin and electric cello, adding classical flourishes, droney soundscapes, and ferocious sawing interludes to a band that is determined to be its own thing. Lyrically, the band’s vocalist, Steve Katsikas finds inspiration in politics, conflict, peace, and loss, delivering plaintive ballads, angular anthems, and haunting missives. A work always in progress, Grackle continues to fly in irregular and interesting patterns, always in search of what is lost and what is found again.
In a world where music is categorized, sub-categorized, and compared to current and past music, Grackle is an enigma. Elements of indie piano-rock fuse with classical, progressive rock, jazz, folk, and acoustic rock in unexpected ways. The Louisville, KY based band has been evolving since 2015, releasing their 3rd album, “All That Matters” in 2024. The 7-piece band features electric violin and electric cello, adding classical flourishes, droney soundscapes, and ferocious sawing interludes to a band that is determined to be its own thing. Lyrically, the band’s vocalist, Steve Katsikas finds inspiration in politics, conflict, peace, and loss, delivering plaintive ballads, angular anthems, and haunting missives. A work always in progress, Grackle continues to fly in irregular and interesting patterns, always in search of what is lost and what is found again.
Lyrics
I Can Make This Right
Waiting for a sign, waiting for the insight
Waiting for the ocean of undoing
A penny for your thoughts
A dollar for your dreams
What might you be thinking in the morning?
Chorus
I’m running through the light, I’m running from the darkness
I can make this right
I’m walking through the door, that will take me home[ward]
I can make this right
Verse
A meandering of time, a parting of the current
moves around my mind and leaves me numb
Freed from my distraction, freed from my inaction
I’m floating in the sea without a cage
Repeat Chorus
I can see you through my haze, I can feel you fill my days
I am reaching towards your hand, l am trying hard to stand
In the storm that blew ashore, and has soaked me to my core
In the center of the eye, while the winds around me roar
Verse
I have found my sign, I have found my insight
I am swimming hard against the current
I am standing fast, I am slowing down
I am on the edge of all that matters
Waiting for a sign, waiting for the insight
Waiting for the ocean of undoing
A penny for your thoughts
A dollar for your dreams
What might you be thinking in the morning?
Chorus
I’m running through the light, I’m running from the darkness
I can make this right
I’m walking through the door, that will take me home[ward]
I can make this right
Verse
A meandering of time, a parting of the current
moves around my mind and leaves me numb
Freed from my distraction, freed from my inaction
I’m floating in the sea without a cage
Repeat Chorus
I can see you through my haze, I can feel you fill my days
I am reaching towards your hand, l am trying hard to stand
In the storm that blew ashore, and has soaked me to my core
In the center of the eye, while the winds around me roar
Verse
I have found my sign, I have found my insight
I am swimming hard against the current
I am standing fast, I am slowing down
I am on the edge of all that matters
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