They say, “Life is what happens on the way to what you planned.” Somewhere on the road between where we came from and where we’re going is where it hits us. The bitter pill of disappointment. The sting of a broken heart. The ache of grief. The cloud of doubt.

And when the hard stuff of real life gets to be too much, that’s when people of faith begin to cry out to God, “Where are you?”

More than two years in the making, Somewhere Between, Steve Green’s 25th release, charts a decidedly introspective and artistically progressive path toward that universal question. All but gone are the crescendo-building, killer-high-note endings and the expected inspirational approach to the music. Unmistakable, the vulnerable honesty that comes only from deep valley experiences. What remains for this Dove Award-winning, Grammy-nominated singer is the most expressive, most revealing work of his 21-year career.

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“Part of the excitement about this project is that I’m trying something different,” Steve says of Somewhere Between. “It moves into an ‘art song’ genre that I’ve never really attempted before. There’s only one song with a big ending; everything else is quieter. Lyrically, it’s less inspirational, as that’s defined. It’s an expression of hope and longing—in the most honest language I can offer—through the difficulties and hardships of life.”

Produced by Greg Nelson, with contributions from Brian D. Seiwert, Bernie Herms and Ronn Huff, Somewhere Between stretches beyond anything Steve Green has ever recorded (No small feat for an artist with 13 #1 songs and over 3 million in sales). As you listen, you’ll hear echoes of Andrea Bocelli’s modern classical sound, the theatrical pop overtones of Josh Groban and Steve Green’s incomparable vocal gift in its rawest, most organic form—powerful in its quietude, tender in its humanity, richly nuanced over time.

“For this project,” Steve says, “I’ve worked hard to listen, to learn, to change, to grow, to work on every detail, and most of all, to sing well. Every artist has his ‘go-to’ voice, that voice that is comfortable for him. But my goal was not to rely on what is comfortable for me, but to work on every inflection of the vocal until it’s as real as it should be.”

Another hallmark of Somewhere Between is Steve’s involvement in musical direction.

“I began working on the score for two years, writing and programming some music, aiming in this certain direction. I wanted to do a project of prayers, just honest expressions of the difficulties and struggles of life and how that leads us to look to God. And then I began talking with Greg Nelson, and he was writing some things that were along the same lines as what I’d been writing. And so it began…”