Music

New Album Coming
Spring 2024

In the spring of next year, I’ll be releasing my latest album, Long Lost Son. It’s a collection of songs that take you through what it’s like to turn pain into love. These songs helped me dig through questions about my journey to the US from Guatemala, my father’s abandonment, and my recovery from a trying childhood using the tools of time, storytelling, and forgiveness. I had the honor of working with Grammy Winner Alex Cuba, who arranged and produced these songs, as well as played every instrument on this album. His contribution is impossible to overstate. I often tell him I handed him seeds and a few months later he handed me flowers. The result is a poignant bundle of songs about the very heart of matters. I made it to tell you my story, but I hope as you listen, you’ll find your own.

Storytelling

Writing

Loggers

When Ernesto Gálvez declared, with an air of erudition and a sense of pride, that “in Guatemala, we should’ve done what the Argentines did with the Indians,” he didn’t know he was calling for his own death, and that in an unrelated chain of events, his bloodline would soon come to an end due to an astonishing, powerful combination of natural disasters, drinking, and erectile dysfunction. Read More…