Music: History, Storytelling & Musical Commercialism - Ethan Johns

Ethan Johns is a musician, producer and student of history - he lives a short distance from Stonehenge, in southern England. For him, music and history are both very present in his life. It seems like a natural fit, then, that his new album, "The Reckoning," transports listeners to the late 1800's following the deeds and misdeeds of a pair of brothers living on the American frontier. And while many of Johns' songs on The Reckoning might not immediately strike listeners as "happy melodies," he explains that "there's hope and redemption all throughout the record."