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Bill Scorzari, a New York-based singer-songwriter, recording artist, and performer releases his 6th independent studio album, Sidereal Days (Day 2), September 25, 2026. Sidereal Days (Day 2) is the second part of a double album. [Sound-it-out pronunciation of title: SIGH-DEER-ee-uhl Dayz — defined: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star which is about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day.]

Sidereal Days (Day 1) was released October 17, 2025 and was well regarded by the press and in Americana/Alt Country Radio. Influential and longstanding music critic Robert Christgau gave Sidereal Days (Day 1) an “A” rating in his “And It Don’t Stop – Consumer Guide” (10/8/25) noting Bill’s “amorous vulnerability,” and Tom Hull listed the album in his “Best Non-Jazz Albums of 2025” at #11.

The first single from Sidereal Days (Day 2), “I Stayed,” is out now on all streaming platforms. It’s a stunning love-lost ballad and features Scorzari’s lead vocals and acoustic guitar in a duet with Erin Rae on harmony and “The Shoal’s Sisters”—Marie Lewey and Cindy Richardson Walker—on backing vocals, Juan Solorzano on Pedal Steel, Danny Mitchell on piano and Hammond B3 organ, Chelsea McGough on cello, Eamon McLoughlin (The Ryman Staff Fiddler) on violin, Michael Rinne on upright acoustic bass, and album coproducer Neilson Hubbard on drums and percussion.

Americana Highways premiered “I Stayed,” with Melissa Clarke writing, “Bill can always be counted on to write the most heartfelt lyrics in the place. This one is about that feeling of being strung along in a relationship and trying to find either a solution or the way out: ‘I didn’t throw small words your way. I was faithful and true to your dreams each day, and I didn’t turn and go. I stayed. I stayed. I stayed.’ The harmony vocals by Erin Rae are a superlatively nice touch.”

Jim Hynes wrote in Making a Scene, “If this [(Day 1)] is your introduction to Scorzari’s one-of-a-kind music, be prepared for his exceptionally literate lyrics, nuanced guitar picking, and, primarily, his scratchy, leather-worn, half-whispery voice…The wide-ranging material is deeply personal, some songs that essentially wrote themselves, and others that took years to complete. To fully appreciate them, as I’ve said about his previous releases, find solitude and concentrate on both his words and the emotions he imparts.”

Nancy Posey calls Scorzari “A musician with a poet’s heart—and ear” in Music City Magazine going on to say, “Close listening is rewarded by the use of subtle internal rhyme, repetition, and imagery throughout the songs.”

John Apice writes in Americana Highways, “The Bob Dylan-Leonard Cohen-Rod Stewart gruffness is well-oiled, & the material is well sculptured if not contemplative. Each song is short story quality. In many respects, more moving, and powerful than the most exceptional vocalist who often lacks soul in their interpretations. Bill obviously understands what he’s singing about and is not going through the motions of just providing a good rendition.”

Meticulous with his words and musical craftsmanship, often called a “writer’s writer,” Bill’s been compared, in parts, with Sam Baker, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Townes Van Zandt, and Leonard Cohen. What distinguishes Scorzari as he examines the human condition is his distinctive voice, which can be subtle and striking at the same time.

Donald Teplyske writes in Fervor Coulee, “But damn—for those who lean in—each of his word-heavy creations feels like it is created by a master. Because they are… Part confessional, part documentation of love during our times, Scorzari takes his listeners on a journey through his heart and, as trite as it seems, soul.”

Bill self-recorded his instrumentation and vocals for the entire double album at his Huntington, New York studio, First Thunder Recording. It was there that, starting in July of 2022, Bill laid out all of his parts and fine-tuned his compositions over two years’ time before bringing those recordings to Skinny Elephant Recording in Nashville in August 2024 to continue with engineer Dylan Alldredge, with Bill and Neilson Hubbard co-producing. The final mixes were completed by engineer Nic Coolidge at Dead Pop Studios in Providence, RI, in early 2025, and engineer Hallie Melton completed the mastering in April 2025 in Nashville.

Bill Scorzari has independently released five studio albums to date, including Just the Same (2014), Through These Waves (2017), Now I’m Free (2019), The Crosswinds of Kansas (2022), and Sidereal Days (Day 1) (October 17, 2025).

Sidereal Days (Day 2) will be out on September 25, 2026 preceded by a series of monthly single releases starting in January up through its release date.

Stream the 1st single, “I Stayed”→ https://billscorzari.hearnow.com/i-stayed.