A Light from the Darkness of Abundant Life School, Travis Agnew is Live from The Madcity on Max Ink Radio

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It is time, everybody, for my music from the Mad City.

My name is Rocker out here with Jane Chloe and Terry.

Hello.

And every week we feature a live performance right here in our studio.

This week is no different.

We have Madison native Travis Agnew.

And he is a singer-songwriter who draws from his diverse travels across the US.

And beyond, to craft music that blends alt-country, folk, rock, blues and reggae.

And Jane, if you could cut this down a little bit please.

He is a storyteller at heart.

Travis has inspired?

All right, I got you.

Yeah, he was distracted.

Storyteller at heart.

Travis was inspired by the school shooting and abundant life Christian school late last year.

And felt compelled to support the community in light of the strategy.

Travis collaborated with talented artists, musicians and community members to write a song and create a video as part of the mission.

Live from the Mad City in the WMDX studio on State Street presented by the Aaron Weber Group.

It's Travis Agnew.

Travis, welcome to Max and Gradio.

Hey, hey, thanks for having me.

Our thrill to have you.

I just want to mention you presented the abundant life Christian school song at the Madison Area Music Association Awards.

I know we're going to be talking much more about it.

But thank you for bringing that song out and sharing it with everyone.

I know it means so much to so many people in this community.

We'll talk more about that as well.

Thank you so much.

Incredible.

And that was great too, because that's really where I was standing in the audience.

And you know, then else in the video came on.

I had no idea that it existed.

It was a very moving video.

So we'll be talking about that.

But that's how I kind of saw you.

Yeah.

That you in here to the show.

It's it's hot right now.

Right now.

Travis, how did you get started in music?

I mean, what's your backstory?

Yeah.

So I grew up in South Florida.

I mean, fun fact is actually I was born in Madison.

So technically, Madison's my hometown.

But when I was a baby, the family moved down to South Florida.

So I became like a, you know, rock and roll hippie surfer.

And yeah, right on, right on.

So I try to mix all those Midwest and all over the US where I've been.

Flavors, but my dad's a player.

So he got me started on the base guitar.

And just after middle school.

And, you know, before then, then I was rocking like MC Hammer and Millie Vanillia.

I didn't.

I wasn't really.

Yeah.

I know.

And they didn't even sing their own tune.

Oh, my goodness.

Yeah.

So, uh, needless to say, I stepped it up and started learning, learning how to play some

real music.

So Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, all the classics.

That's the stuff my pops did.

And so I, I cut my teeth playing with my dad, which is very cool.

What do he play?

What do you play guitar?

Killer killer vocalist.

Oh, so you play guitar and he's like son.

Yeah, he's going to be a bass player.

Yeah.

So son, uh, we need a bass player.

Oh, my gosh.

Yeah.

And, uh, he's a killer.

Killer Yodler as well.

Oh, no.

What are you doing?

World class Yodler.

So if you ever need to hear that, you got to bring them in.

Really?

Oh, yeah.

Rocker.

Let's do it.

That's pretty interesting.

That would be amazing.

When a mama award for Yodeling.

Yeah, we got to get him.

My dad was actually with me at the mama's that night.

So it was actually a pretty special father's son because it was on Father's Day.

Oh, yeah.

Which was a really strange time to have the award show.

But I'm like, hey, let's take pop along.

And it was a cool time together, man.

Wow.

What brought you back to Madison?

And obviously, is your dad living here as well?

He is.

Yeah.

Yeah.

My folks are just, uh, just north of Madison.

Long story short, I mean, what brought me back was, uh, we were, we were playing in a post-grunge

emo band and we were, we were going to go big after high school, right?

Yeah.

Of course, like we all do.

Get signed.

Get signed, baby.

Get the deal.

Yeah.

And that thing blew apart and unfortunately it didn't end well.

Um, and so I was in this weird transitional, liminal space.

What do I do with my life?

And the family roots were up here.

And so I was like, I just need to clear my head, uh, you know, get up into that Midwest, you know,

God's country, that, uh, that, that fresh air and see kind of where things go from there.

And, you know, I ended up meeting my wife up here.

I got plugged in to so many great community, uh, folks and it was like, boom, all the

sudden 20 years goes by and I got a family and I'm still here, man.

You know, now you, you had played in some bands in Florida, right?

Yeah.

You kind of had a musical career, if you will, in Florida.

Yeah.

Oh, what did you do?

Did you guys, did you guys do it wrong?

Cause it sounded like you were getting close.

We were getting close.

We, uh, you know, I'd like to say we were close to, to get in a record deal.

Uh, Penny from the moon was the band.

And, uh, you know, some of those guys went on to play with some pretty big, uh, acts.

Uh, they went on tour with dashboard, confessional and, uh, you know, some of the, kind of the

Florida scene down there.

Yeah.

Uh, but, you know, I was, I was like a young punk kid that I really needed to grow up.

And I, you know, I didn't know what I was doing.

What part of Florida was it?

Uh, just north of Fort Lauderdale.

So, uh, ocean side, I got some songs about that too.

Yeah.

That's a party side.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's, it's a little crazy down there for sure.

So we're, we're talking about family and music and, and your oldest son is also a musician.

Yeah.

What?

This is like three generations of musicians.

It's very cool.

And on a rare moment, we all three generations get to play together.

Oh.

And it's pretty, pretty magical when that happens.

Like so during COVID, you had a family band rocking in your house.

Tell us about your lockdown musicals.

Yeah, man.

Um, it was an interesting time.

I mean, everybody was in chaos, right?

Yes.

Uh, my daughter at the time was, uh, taking piano lessons and she was starting to get good.

She could start playing chords.

And then my, uh, her, her twin brother was starting to look, play drums.

Oh, yeah.

So we got him on drums.

And then my oldest boy was, I was teaching him bass.

Oh, that's how it goes.

I know.

I got to pass it on, man.

Like, hey, you're playing bass, boy.

Oh, my God.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And he's a lefty like me, which is a weird thing.

So, uh, you know, I always felt like I learned guitar right handed, even though I wanted to learn left handed.

Right.

But, you know, but pops was like back then, like Kurt Cobain, Jimmy Hendrix.

Those guys, it was hard to find a left handed guitar.

I have to restrain it backwards, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

So pops is like, just learn it right handed.

You don't know nothing anyway, man.

So I'm like a smart prof.

Yeah.

But you know, something in the psyche says, man, I'd be twice as good if I learned left handed.

Yeah.

That's your dominant hand.

Yeah.

Right.

But, you know, I think you're using two hands anyway.

So I think it's cool.

But anyway, my wife would get on vocals.

She's a great harmonizer.

Wow.

And, uh, yeah, we would, we get down to the basement and crank it up.

And we'd end up, uh, doing, you know, we come up with some funky jams and riff out.

And, uh, somebody would always end up getting mad and, you know, it was like a real rock band almost.

Wow.

That is funny.

How do you support the kiddos, your kiddos?

Do you kind of treat them the same way?

Maybe you call them your pops.

I love that.

Yeah.

The way he sort of was like, okay, this is how it's going to be.

Or do you kind of just say to your kids, hey, do this.

This is awesome.

But do what you want.

Or, yeah, that's, isn't that the quandary as a parent?

Yeah.

You don't want to make the same mistakes that you feel like maybe we're made to you.

Yeah.

We're made.

God bless them.

That's right.

Mom and father.

No, they're still here with us.

And I love them both.

Yeah.

You know, it's been a loose, open-handed thing.

You know, anytime I can foster the arts with the kids, I'm like play an instrument because

it's going to be life-giving for you and everybody around you the rest of your life.

But I can't force you.

So, you know, you don't want to do it.

I'm not going to strong arm it, but it brings me some tears when they don't keep going.

You know what I'm saying?

Well, let's get to some live music from the Mad City with Travis Agnew presented by

the Aaron Weber group.

The first song you have for us tonight, it's called Corruption is King.

And it's the second oldest profession.

Tell us about this song before you play.

Well, it's a light love song.

Can you tell?

No.

Yeah.

Well, I could say a lot.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, you're like, I don't know what's going on over here.

So this is kind of the proverbial punch to the face near the intro of my under the

sun concept album.

And so, you know, it's speaking about the journey of humanity under the sun, right?

And I don't have to say a lot about the reality of corruption is all around us.

And it's supposed to be a kind of grab, grab you by the neck and shake you up a little

bit and wake up like we're in this thing together as humans.

So let's, let's try a little justice instead of corruption.

So it's a good time with the full band.

I'll try to do my best with the acoustic.

Yeah.

I can't wait to hear this.

All right.

Here it is.

We have Travis Agnew and his song Corruption is King.

Take it away.

I'm seeking over, justice is falling through the floor, it bothers to walk away from home.

The golden rule is sold to make some more.

The freedom's in the streets, the children can not eat, and everything is green, and I

want yours.

When corruption is king, you say whatever they'll believe, and trample them underneath

your feet, can't you see your hands, can't you understand, you're digging your own grave

in your champion.

When corruption is king.

That was incredible.

Imagine some really monster guitars, and some drums, and some screams, and sirens.

Yeah.

You do that kind of with an electric band then.

Oh yeah.

On the album, it's full band, it's in your face, it's huge.

I think we'll be talking about that in a minute.

Your songs are often deep and meaningful.

Who are your inspirations to become a storyteller?

Yeah.

I mean, you know, starting off with some of that old stuff like Bob Dylan with my dad.

I mean, that was definitely a big piece of it.

In the emo kind of post-grunge days, a band called Sunny Day Real Estate, still one of

my favorite bands, if you've heard of them, out of the Seattle scene.

But Jeremy Enoch has these amazing, gorgeous layered acoustic albums with orchestral arrangements

and these soaring melodies.

That's a big one.

John Foreman is another artist.

He does a lot of story songs and a kind of folk feel.

Yeah.

I'm inspired by real life stories and the deep emotion that binds us and connects us as

human.

So, man, you do go deep too.

Even just listening to the words of this first song we heard from you, it says so much.

There's a lot of messages there to take away.

And I think anybody who listens to your songs, probably anybody, could learn a little bit

from those and just think a little more too.

Thank you.

What's your hope when people hear your music?

Yeah, that's a great question.

I hope that people are kind of shaken out of the slumber of whatever distraction we find

ourselves sucked into and we're reminded that there's a bigger purpose that we're connected.

Like I said, as humans, that love is all around us and we're connected.

We should be that good Samaritan for each other.

That community piece for me is a huge piece and everything I do, you know, but there's

a space.

I want to be authentic in the grieving process, which we'll talk about later as well.

But like I think that speaks to people, you know?

Yeah.

Here we are.

With singer, songwriter Travis Agner, Travis, your music is inspired by music you love,

but also your diverse travels around the US and beyond.

Tell us about your travels.

Was it like music, business, military, what were you traveling around?

Done a kind of a mix of things early on.

Yeah, this is pretty wild, but one of our first ventures out of the States, actually, we

went to Russia and we went to some wild stories in there.

And I'll keep it brief.

But yeah, the band I was in at the time, there was this open door basically to come and

share hope with the prisoners, right?

So in Russia, in Russia, we're talking maximum security prisons.

Wow.

And you know, you could feel the beads of sweat drip down your face when they open the

gate and you can see all the AK-47s and stuff and you're rolling through and you're like,

wow.

Am I?

Are they going to let me leave?

Oh my gosh.

Oh, I'm American.

Rock and rule.

Wow.

Okay.

Yeah.

Wow.

Yeah, so that's one thing.

I think, you know, I've got twins that we adopted from Ethiopia as well as part of our

family.

I've had the chance to travel to Africa, different countries in Africa.

And I will say, music is the universal language.

Yeah.

I know you guys know that.

You feel that anywhere I go, if I've got to have some kind of instrument, even if I've

to buy something when I'm over there.

But, you know, one other thing I've learned is that Bob Marley makes people happy everywhere.

Yes.

It's wild.

You must have a little don't worry.

And then like, I like you, man.

It is funny how music really busts down barriers for anybody and singing a song like that

or any of your songs.

I can absolutely see how that would just open up a door to a wonderful conversation.

For sure.

Yeah.

Well, let's get back to live music from the Mad City with Travis Agner presented by the

Aaron Weber group.

We are hearing songs from your album Under the Sun.

And this one is called Vanity.

It's one of the seven deadly sins does Vanity really kill?

Well, I'll tell you this.

It can kill if you're checking your lipstick while you're driving.

So I've got one of the lyrics in, I think it's verse two, but it talks about, check, perfect

your makeup in the car.

You can't let them see who you really are.

And so it's about how we put masks on, right?

And we, right?

It's as much as, you know, looking at myself and my own narcissism as anybody else.

But again, it's a critique on humanity.

Like we tend to fall into the shallow places when there's a deeper reality going on.

So I would say Vanity can kill.

I appreciate that question.

All right.

It's like Eminence Funt, but it's Vanity.

You are listening to live from the Mad City.

And we're here with Travis Agnew.

Wake up the first thing on these shoes, and I sing my song.

Look at my hair in the mirror how long can I still?

I want to look like the magazines, the pretty images on the screen.

Oh, wow.

Ruffing like a disease, break me out, I'm going to scream.

Look at me, it's so Vanity.

Everything, it's so Vanity.

The fact that makeup in the car, you can't let them see me really are, don't know.

But if we really see, I choose sales underneath.

Look at me, it's so Vanity.

All I see, it's so Vanity.

All I see, it's Vanity.

Look at me, it's so Vanity.

Everything, it's so Vanity.

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow.

Wow, that was pretty cool.

Wow.

Thank you.

You are amazing.

I'm just going to say it.

I've been thinking at this whole time.

It just came out of my mouth.

Really kind.

No, not at all.

You deserve it.

I mean, I didn't exactly know what you'd be like for just watching the video.

I know.

I know.

So bring them in.

I'm pleasantly surprised.

Yeah.

It's really great.

I mean, I'm not surprised, but it's pleasant.

Yes.

In a minute, we're going to hear another song from here under the song.

Are there other musicians on the, where did you record this?

Yes.

So we recorded this one at Blasthouse Studios in Madison.

Oh.

And I got to give a shout out, Landon Arkins, Beast.

You have an engineer, also a good buddy.

He don't play around, man.

He does top notch work over there.

I also had some great, great musicians.

You want some shout outs?

Yeah.

Absolutely.

All right.

Of course.

That's what we're about.

Well, my good, long time collaborator and buddy, Dan Wenzel, who's been playing a music

scene for many years around Madison, many bands.

He's one of those guys that's more gifted than pretty much everybody around you.

And you know, when you're in the studio and you can't play the riff, he's, you know,

he's usually playing drums with me, and he'll be like, well, I could try it one time

drive.

And he hits it first take.

You're like, come on, man.

He's so humble and such a beautiful friend.

It's been a pleasure.

He's also releasing a new album right now, Danny, Danny and the Duplicates, actually,

is his side project.

Oh, nice.

And it's, it's a blast.

And some 80s kind of synth wave vibes, but right in it down so we can get him on here.

Danny and the Duplicates.

Yeah.

So we got, but we had Matt Rogers on bass, who also plays in quite a few bands around town.

He also played on our 30 minute music hour show on Wisconsin Public TV.

And then we had Britt Rice on drums for that one.

And then Mark Wise is my current kind of live drummer.

So I got to give him a shout out too.

He's amazing.

You're the drummer, son.

That's right.

Give the drummer some.

And then Hannah Bussi, who's also a mama awards winner and a good friend of mine.

She plays keys.

Does a lot of the vocal harmonies, the female harmonies on the album.

So.

Well, we have, I think we're going to be getting something here in pre-tea.

So we'll definitely be playing that in the future and then we'll be right now.

Right.

Right.

We're coming up to the break soon.

One more song and it's from here under the sun album.

It's called Toa.

It's a love song.

Let's just get right into it.

Okay.

We're listening to Travis Agnew right here live from the Mad City.

This is the song Toa, Aksink Radio.

I want to thank you, my love, for saving my life, I was a lonely man, living in

castles of sand, and you opened my eyes, see the beauty of life, I said that to you,

a better than one, because when one falls down, you can't think you're a girl, a girl

when I saw your eyes.

The colors were so alive, and all of the pain in the world will overcome, and you

and me girl, when I said that to you, a better than one, because when one falls down,

you can't think you're a girl, and you know that I said to you, a better than one,

because when one falls down, you can't think you're a girl, together we can stand against

all this hate, and love will win at the end of the day, you know it's true, yeah, you

know it's true, yeah, you know it's true, yeah, yeah, it's you, a better than one, because

when one falls down, you can't think you're a girl,

Wow, that was so live here from Mad City, right in the WMDX studio, that's a love song I wrote

from my wife called to that's right nice, well we are going to take a little break, we're

going to come back in just a second for part two of live in the in the Mad City with Travis

Agnew, you listen to Max and Gradio, we are local music, who knew that Wisconsin sounded so good,

it's Max and Gradio, all right, here we are right back in live in the Mad City, I'm rocker here

with Jane, and Terry, and Chloe is even here, we're having a great time with Travis Agnew, he's

coming here to perform songs and tell us about all this crazy stuff he's doing that we saw

at the Mama Awards and now we're going to find out, Travis where were you and what were you doing

when you heard about the abundant life Christian school shooting, I was working my day job as an

electrician actually, my wife works in the Madison school district and she's just across the

street from the school where it was happening and she heard from some staff members they came in

with ghostly white faces and said you've got to leave and go try to find your kids and so my wife

called and she her voice is quivering on the phone and she's like bawling and like I could hardly

understand her, she's like there's a shooter at the school we have to leave right now, you know

and I'm like I drop my tools, call my boss, I'm like I got a jet right now and try to get

to find my kids right, your kids go to that school they do okay that's that's obviously why this is

wow okay super person yeah I'm a dad yeah I'm a dad on this thing and so wow yeah man

so what did you do then when when you were you know running to make sure your kids are okay

I mean you hit the shock phase right where you're like I'm not sure what's going on right now

and you're praying right you're like yeah God I hope my kids are okay you know and I hope

everybody's okay yeah and you're you're driving try not to speed too much and I literally had to

drive through a police barricade by SSM health because they're they're blocking it off and I

blazed up to the barricade and I put my window down and I shout it out to the police like my kids

are in there man I got to get through here and then they were cool thankfully they let me roll

through you know then we proceeded to find out you know the kids were in a safe zone at the

church next to the school right and which thank God they were there they had they had the the

leadership really stepped up you know you know you talked a lot about I'm going to take this

back again to the Madison area music association awards last Sunday you presented this and shared

this and your story um but you really brought together the power of music to heal and to help

why do you think that is such an important thing for community members to know about yeah thanks

for the question yeah I think uh we've we've touched on this earlier but the you know the power

of music and art and how it breaks through the walls of the mind and the barriers of the heart

and uh there's something about coming together to create something beautiful

lean on each other and that's what it felt like when the song started to come together

it felt like this is more it's more than me it's it's got to be about more than me it's got to be

about the community coming together and so Lincoln Arms uh and you know I think having that shared

experience right to create out of the sorrow to enter into that grief cycle to to you know not to

minimize it or run from it which or Medicaid it right like we all we we easily do in life but it

was like we you know the community's got to come together and there's something beautiful about

we created something out of this dark space that now can shine light for others absolutely

how long after what happened there were you able to say hey let's let's do this this is important

yeah I mean it was you know it was about a week before Christmas when this all went down and so

you imagine the holidays were were wacky man wow but we were playing we were trying to kind of

normalize life and we're playing Christmas carols in the living room at some good friend's house

and you know I started just riffing and I felt like this chorus started coming out of me it was

like this guttural angsty you know the beauty of music in that place of pain and it was out of

this passage from the New Testament this John 15 that the school had been sharing since the tragedy

they shared it at all the funerals and it was this this line of comfort you know and I was like

this there's a chorus here and then for my first instinct was like this this feels too sensitive

I'm just gonna put it on the shelf I'm not gonna finish it I don't want it to be about me right

and then I felt like I just it wouldn't leave me alone weeks weeks after Christmas it was like

finished the song you know and I pulled it off the shelf and it you know it was one of those

things it the lyrics the the rest of the song came together it just felt natural and then you

know my my real guy your counter is like play it for my wife because she's gonna cut through all

the yeah all my own like you know myself he grandizing realities and and she finished the song

and she was she had tears coming down her face and and I said I think we're supposed to include

the students and teachers on this project I think it's supposed to be a healing spit like space

for everyone wow and we just kind of balled together and it was like all right I got to take this

to the school staff and see if this can even happen if this feels right and it went from there

and really now we'll talk a little more about the short film like shines in the darkness in just a

moment but let's get to live music in the man city with Travis Agnew presented by the Aaron

Weber group the next song you have for us tonight it's a companion track to the film and it's

your response to the violence that occurred and it's called wait for the light a pre to the video

it is it is well so I had been sitting on this song and this idea for a bit and then again

when this when this light shine song came together it felt like this is the companion track this

this has to go with this project and so there's instrumental music under the first half of the

short film while the kind of making of story is happening and that's the instrumental for

wait for the light and so it really speaks to this waiting in this this liminal space of tension

you know where you don't know what's going to go on and it's this horrific violence all around us

and you're waiting for that that sunrise to come and so one of the lines you know

it's always darkest before the dawn you know that's out there that's I'm not sure where I

stole that one from but copyright whoever did that one nice work but yeah that's that's that's

on this one so okay well here you go then this is Travis Agnew and he's going to play

wait for the light thanks Travis

and I wake up in the morning

yes I hate what I see

you

countless dead again no warning

violence in the city streets

do

all these troubles weighing on me

oh

don't these troubles should not be

wait for the light

wait

stop looking down on each other

you

you and me the sisters and brother

give a say slow to see

and

the beauty of diversity

wait

for

the light

wait

for the light

would you

come

make

things right

would you

come

make

things right

start

with me

love

love

love

love

in peace

love

love

in just too long

as i always

dark before the dawn

wait

for

the light

oh my goodness

wow

live from the mad city with

Travis Agnew right here on

monsoon credio

um i think you're making all of us speechless

but i appreciate that

Travis your music is incredible wow

and in a moment

we are going to be so fortunate to be able

to share right here your new song

and the soundtrack to the video

light shines in the darkness

so before we talk about that

and listen to it

tell us about the video for this song

and who you got involved

and obviously the meaning behind it

and if you really

feel that it's helping

yeah thank you

i got to give a few shout-outs

so when we kind of came up with this crazy idea

of a multi-art media

kind of healing project

it felt like

if we can film this and capture imagery

live while we're recording

the song in the studio with students

and teachers and parents

and at the same time

paint a memorial mural

that kind of depicts the visual

for the song and the project

that would be amazing

and so we got the art teacher

and some art students

including a couple of my kids

to paint the mural

that was simultaneously

going along with the music

and so we got

shout-out key media

Michael Keene

and TJ Hill

a local video production crew

they were on board

they said let's do it

we want to give back to the community

and it felt like this could be something

that would break out of the

you know the school walls

and really bring encouragement

to journey through that grief

cycle no matter what kind of grief

any of us are walking through

and find that road to healing

and so it was about

really just entering into that dark space

and creating and leaning on each other

let's get back to live music

in the man city with Travis Agnew

presented by the Aaron Webberg group

the next song you have for us tonight

it's the soundtrack for your new video

we've been talking about it

just quickly tell us about the song

before you play it

yeah so I mentioned this

in the short film

but the opening lyric

is a reference to

an old British

author C.S. Lewis

who

you know Narnia right on

shout out Aslan man

that's what I'm saying

so he lost his wife

to a terrible cancer I believe

and so he wrote this book

called a grief observed

and it's all about how he questioned everything

when he lost his wife

and he called this world

the shadow lands it's this place of pain

and grief

and somehow you've got a surrender

from that space

to get out of it

like you have to reconcile

in that darkness and that letting go

and so that was kind of

the shadow lands felt like the inspiration

for the start of the song

I had the chorus ahead of time

and I think I mentioned that earlier

before the break

and it felt like

let's not minimize grief

let's lean into the darkness of this

and there's a lot of pretty deep

as well in the lyrics

and some of the other students

that were part of this and so

yeah it felt like

it's a cry for help

it's a coming together

to heal and so

that's kind of what it embodies

wow well let's take a listen

this is your new song

light shines in the darkness

this is Travis Agnew

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the shadow lands

this place we live

and fight for life

so little time

and life is torn from our hands

and what is the plan

remind me I've lost my sight

as tears in my eyes

light shines in the darkness

the darkness

will not overcome it

light shines in the darkness

the darkness

will not overcome it

so much pain

I am frozen in fear

so much hate

somehow stepped in the way

like a flame

burning faith is that

hope will rise

light shines in the darkness

the darkness

will not overcome it

light shines in the darkness

darkness

will not overcome it

we need your help

we're crying out

all this pain

it's just broken down

we need your help

we're crying out

all this pain

light shines in the darkness

darkness will not overcome it

light shines in the darkness

darkness

will not overcome it

light shines in the darkness

light shines in the darkness

darkness

will not overcome it

wow

that is Travis Agnew

in the song

like shines in the darkness

and again that was a group efforts

led by Travis

and then so many other people

that came together

to try to find some healing

after the abundant life Christian

school shooting

you're in the Madison area

you do have some shows coming up

and I can now not wait to go to one of your shows

wow

what is the best way to keep up with you

yeah my uh Travis Agnew.com

will send you kind of to my

music facebook page

I usually post events there

my instagram at Trav Agnew

um yeah

I'm not uh not any higher tech than that

that sounds good

July 4th you're at the mill in peole

and July 5th at the brand new hop

garden in Belleville

nice

gorgeous gorgeous

I also want to mention you're working on a memorial event

with first responders

and looks like you're planning that around this fall

and what can you tell us real quick about it

this sounds amazing

yeah I mean it's really being

spearheaded by the first responders

uh Madison police

um they want to honor

everybody that stepped up bravely the day of the tragedy

and so they're they're putting together

some some ways to honor those folks

and also honor those that have lost

their lives

and we're going to hopefully share the song

maybe with some of the singers

the students from the school

uh wow

it's uh and I want to give a shout out to epic

because epic is donating their auditorium

uh and so first responders

are going to get loved on

and the school staff uh those

those in leadership and so uh

yeah man it's there's there's good

in the world right when you when you feel

like it's too dark

you we're reminded right here and right now

I want to let everybody know we're we're going to post this video

on the maxing radio

uh Facebook page

other social media wherever else we can

because I think it's an important

message that everybody needs to hear

right on thank you

Travis what's coming up in your future

what are you what are you planning

in the near future

oh I've got new album

I've got so many songs

that are burning a hole

like they need to get recorded

I've got probably four albums worth the stuff

but it's uh it's a trick

you never know how it's uh how am I going to pull it all off

but we'll see what happens

maybe I'll just join the circus instead

and your show is coming up

July 4th and July 5th

that's going to be the most powerful band

you never know what you're going to expect

as you maybe can tell already today

there's a little bit of everything

Yes I try to go deep with the heart

but we have a good time as well

Wow! thank you

this this has been a pleasure

this evening sharing your music

and your stories

and again um just sort of knowing

everything that's going on in the news

as we have been live on the air tonight

um your songs have really

and I hope that we can continue to share

and these days I had

because I think we're going to need some more light

Hey men to that thank you guys

Thanks Travis for coming down man

we really appreciate it

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