Mayluna

Mayluna

Author: Kelley McNeil Listening Length: 11h 11m

In the 1990s, Carter Wills was the lead singer of the English alt-rock band Mayluna, securing his place among music legends. His tortured-heart lyrics struck a chord. And so did his secret connection to a woman whose love changed all their lives. Who was she? Evie Waters’s two grown children discover an iconic photo i...

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It’s odd how clearly I remember that Grammy performance, watching it on the television, just like any regular person from the sofa of my apartment, completely outside of their world.

Tommy playing his heart out in a driving rhythm on the drums; Alex’s hair tucked behind his ears, bent over the guitar; and Carter gripping a microphone with a dark intensity backed up with a production of screens and lighting, while music royalty sat mesmerized in the rows at the front.

They became stars that day. I see it as this sort of slow build to a beautiful explosion, making Carter’s world open up, a mass expansion of matter and energy heading out into the universe, unlimited, while at the same exact point, mine began telescoping inward.