Richard Daigle’s “I Still Say We” takes you through life’s quiet strength

Amidst a time of music that feels overwrought and overproduced, Richard Daigle’s new single, “I Still Say We,” comes rushing in as a breath of sincerity and contemplation. It’s an intimate time machine, telling a story through the experience, strength, and hope that define a life and how we craft that life through the soft art of making music. Richard Daigle, a retired writer and editor who helped shape stories behind the scenes, emerges as a singer-songwriter whose personal touch cuts with precious little friction. His roots in communications come through in “I Still Say We,” which has the rawness and wisdom of years of watching and knowing life’s unpredictable turns.

“I Still Say We” is an embodiment of coping with honest storytelling. For Daigle, songwriting is how he sorts out the highs and lows he knows life will throw at him. There’s a warmness in his voice, a comforting self-assurance to endure periods of weakness and loss and to find beauty and meaning along the way. The fact that everything is so simple serves to put the focus on the lyrics, underlining the emotional weight each line carries. It’s a song that encourages its listeners to slow down and meditate. Whether you’re dealing with change, loss, or growth, “I Still Say We” sounds like a confidant through that period of self-examination.

Daigle is sharing a part of himself that’s real. For lovers of music that reaches from the soul, “I Still Say We” is a gentle reminder that we all find ways to endure and sometimes, through music, find healing. End times are no end times. We’re in a tale of hurt and redemption, and so Daigle’s song applies to our present day, bringing us not news and muscling will to wing it so much as the first sounds of contact diagnosing this or that is wrong.