William Fitzsimmons - took acoustic live, 2013

"This version of “Took” was recorded live at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles and Fitzsimmons conveys these dark sentiments in gentle fashion – but despite the song’s tenderness, the brutality of it all still comes across."

William Fitzsimmons - your song cover, 2023

"As much as my own catalog is filled with heartbreak and sadness, I’ve always been a sucker for a good love song. Just unabashedly declaring your devotion and feeling for another. I recorded this song as a private gift for my then girlfriend who was living far away as a Valentine’s Day gift. A couple years later she walked down the aisle to Elton’s “Your Song” on the day she became my wife. With her blessing I chose to make this gift the first song I recorded for my covers album. It became a special moment in our relationship and it is my hope that others might have that same experience too."

William Fitzsimmons - annie's song cover, 2022

"The first song I ever remember hearing is John Denver’s masterpiece ode to his wife, “Annie’s Song”. I can still picture the tattered double vinyl sitting on my parents record cabinet, John’s smiling face looking out while my mother would sing along with every word and I would sit on the living room floored, mesmerized and happy to just be still in these peaceful sensations. Years later, when I began teaching myself the guitar, I would fumble through the chords and sing the same song with my mother in the evening; the same feelings of peace and nostalgia filling the room many years later. If there was only one song I could play for the rest of my life, it’d be this."

William Fitzsimmons - futile devices cover, 2022

"Some of the songs remind me of my childhood. Some of the songs are low-key messages to individuals from my past—and they’re not necessarily positive. Some of the songs are just pure joy. Ultimately, they are all songs I love and respect from artists I think are incredible.”

William Fitzsimmons - in the light, 2018

"My parents got divorced and it fucked me up a lot. And I don’t want to do this to my own kids. I need to be able to tell my kids later when they asked what I did to save the marriage that I did the best I could."

William Fitzsimmons - i am easy to find cover, 2020

"William Fitzsimmons is an Illinois-based singer/songwriter specializing in a gentle mixture of folk-rock and electronica applied to carefully written and often autobiographical songs that deliver a quiet emotional power."

William Fitzsimmons - weird fishes cover, 2023

"Does a broken heart heal easier with a certain age? Probably not. But there are other aspects that help to set things in perspective. The beloved bearded songwriter knows a thing or two about that issue and now has to face it again on his upcoming album, almost exactly ten years after the last time. Time for a reflection about the past, present and maybe also the future."

William Fitzsimmons - o come o come emmanuel, 2018

"The hymn has its origins over 1,200 years ago in monastic life in the 8th or 9th century."

William Fitzsimmons - everywhere cover live, 2016

"Fitzsimmons’s sense of humor and in-between song jokes complemented his music. He spoke sarcastically about the positivity of some of his lyrics, talked about his mother and her desire for him to write happier (which he obliged with the major-key sounding “Ever Could”), and even at one point quipped, “This music will send you over the edge.”

William Fitzsimmons - light years cover, 2020

"Fitzsimmons was born the youngest child of two blind parents and was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.(...) Fitzsimmons' writing often includes references to personal and family subject matter. His 2006 sophomore album, Goodnight, also self-produced and recorded at home, is said to have been based largely on his parents' divorce during his adolescence, and his 2008 work, The Sparrow and the Crow, his first recorded in a studio, was written entirely about and following his own divorce."