Craig J. Hansen

I am not sure how I came up with this song. I have certainly never directly experienced something like this! I do have a relative who runs an auto parts store, and that was really my jumping off point. But I had fun making up the story. It really started as a short story and…

I am very happy to announce the release of a new album, News from Terra Mojo. This is a Blues album, but represents a variety of Blues styles. The album includes some songs that have been released as singles as well as some brand new material.  As usual, I’ve written all the songs and performed all the…

This is another blues song, in a minor key, which I love. I used a pretty stripped down guitar sound on this one, which makes any mistakes very apparent. The song is about thinking too much and how that isn’t always a good thing. And it’s about how stepping outside, even in winter, gives perspective.…

This is kind of a different song for me. Someone told me it reminded them of a bouncy little Tin Pan Alley song from the late 1950s. That wasn’t necessarily my goal, but I take that as a compliment. I think of it more as an upbeat, lounge lizard type song with wry lyrics. The…

Letting everyone know that I will be releasing a new album later this month. The genre this time is blues. Previous albums have often contained material I released as singles, but the new blues album contains a number of brand new, original songs. The album is called “News from Terra Mojo.”

I suppose this is a blues song. I wanted a certain feel, with the organ and bass guitar driving the beat, along with the drums. The song is about the small differences, the small decisions, between what we might view as success or what we might see as failure. The song is available on all…

This song was a lot of fun to do, but took a long time for me to get the drums in as good a shape as I could. The song is about two people in different places in the same relationship. Maybe this is always true? Anyway, I like the heavy feel of this and…

I can only do so many songs before I need to return to the blues, or in this case, sort of rocked up blues. This song is about no matter how many experiences we have or how many times we see something, it’s still a new experience and it introduces something new every time. To…

While I have been an active musician my entire life, music has not always been on the front burner. I made a choice long ago to pursue a career, raise a family, and all that sort of thing, while still performing and recording. Now, I spend a good part of each day completely focused on…

This instrumental tries to convey the experience of walking at night in the dark. I wanted to get that slightly hurried step, the sounds you might be straining to hear, and just the partly scary, partly stimulating side of the experience. For blind people, this is every walk. The song is available on all streaming…