Joey Woodsman plays the old songs because they are safe.
In Atlanta’s Harmony Park, he busks with the folk songs his father taught him, carrying a family tradition that feels more like duty than choice. Joey is broke, grieving, and slowly vanishing inside music that no longer belongs entirely to him.
When a mysterious woman hears the original melody he keeps silencing, Joey is pulled toward the Landmark, a music venue where talent, ambition, and money move through the same crooked room. There, he meets Duke, a gatekeeper who knows how to sell a dream, and Cass, a singer whose voice has already paid more than anyone can see.
Then Joey finds the secret his father left behind: Track Seven, an original song hidden on an old record.
Now Joey must decide whether he will remain the keeper of inherited songs, or risk playing the one that is finally his.
Woodsman, Track Seven is a lyrical, gritty novel about music, grief, legacy, poverty, and the terrifying work of finding your own voice.
