Ybarra’s evocative, emotional lyrics display a hard-won wisdom that belies an old soul in a young man’s body. The characters in his stories invite comparisons not only to his songwriting heroes but also to his favorite authors such as George Saunders, Stephen Vincent Benet and Ernest Hemingway.
Armed with these heartfelt tales on Something In The Water, Jake Ybarra is bending ears and pulling on heartstrings wherever he plays. “It is very gratifying when I get on stage, and I see people reacting emotionally,” he says. “I know they’re into the words as much as the music.”
