This is an interview with New York-based band Girlfriend (Robin Cryer and Phil Hyland), who had recently recorded an album in Richmond, VA. They came by WMWC (Mary Washington College) for an interview where they discussed the band's history, their…

As I write a song, I feel it first like a summer rain on my face or a punch to the gut, then I see it in my mind, and it is always cinematic. I imagine the places, the atmosphere…

One. It's a natural high! Being on stage, singing and performing your own material (or cover songs) is truly a natural high, especially if the audience is with you! When your band is in sync, the vibe is right, and…

I am happy to announce that “Too Good” is featured in the latest edition of SoundBites by SoundCorps! If you like learning about great new local music, check out www.soundcorps.org/SoundBites 

SoundCorps wrote, that "Phil Hyland introduced himself to us…

Released Tuesday, January 24th, 2023

PERSONNEL: 

Steve Dole:  Lead guitar & backup vocals 

Phil Hyland: Acoustic guitar & lead vocals 

Rene Stevens: Mandolin, cajon 

Dave Berrey: Bass 

Matt Tye: Woodblock & soft shake, additional percussion 

David Soltes: Classical guitar and…

My wife, Robin, and I drove up to McLemore on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. We took in the breathtaking vista and also read the plaques on the wall in the clubhouse.  We enjoyed learning about the history, the variety of…

2007. I was in London working for the motion picture camera company, PANAVISION.  I did about five weeks over there both times staying at the Hotel Kempinski in Oxford Circus.  This was the old magistrate building where Keith Richards…

Robin and I wrote "Hold Me Close" after our album Girlfriend,  "The New Me" was released.  It was the summer of 1998 and we were driving up to play at A Day in the Garden, Woodstock '98…

Funny how things never turn out the way you think they should.

My song, "Help Myself", is a reflection of life in the gutter.  Desperate for change and redemption...desperate for true love.  Attempting to fill that God shaped…

The weather has been so extreme from fire to rain.  One day there is chaos and a deluge and then 24 hours later I wake up to an incredible sunrise and a day of calm.

It is no wonder…

I recorded a new version of my classic song Lost Point.  It's called Lost Point (Out of Time).

I was challenged by my producer and co-writer, Jon La Croix, on this new version to come up with a…

"Don't Fade Away"...I walked over to Straus Park early one evening looking for inspiration.  I was living with Robin on West End Avenue which is a beautiful neighborhood.  I remember when we met she said she lived on W. 103rd…

Like Liv Tyler's character, Arwen, in The Lord of the Rings, Catherine would show up and then quickly disappear.

She was a free spirit and liked to hang out downtown with us Open High School kids.  Open High…

Celebrate National Girlfriend Day with this top Girlfriend track, "Girlfriend" written by Robin & Phil (drums, Dale May, Bass, Pemberton Roach, Guitar, Phil Hyland, Vox, Robin Hyland)!  Produced by John Morand, Exec. Producers Nancy Shefts & James Simon, Photo: Dale…

UPDATED 9/26/2016:  In memory of Miami Marlin's star pitcher, Jose Fernandez, who, after 4 attempts, fled Cuba as a child and became a MLB sensation in the USA.

What's the fascination with the ocean, the sea, the one you…

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When I sat down to write this song in New York, Robin and I were loosely modeling our band, Girlfriend, on a British band called Everything But the Girl and Latin bands like Brasil '66.  …

UPDATED:  Special thanks to Pacific Longboarder Magazine for publishing some of this blog on July 13th 2016!

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EXT. [Establishing shot:  MALIBU, California USA COASTLINE]
 
Ominous waves crash on the shore.  A young rugged surfer enters the water. 

Cutaway…

I just used @LANDR_music to master this .wav file of my song "Lost Point".  Man...I wrote "Lost Point" after a particularly bad break up.  The majority of the songwriting took place in one sitting in my railroad apt. at 100…