Songs Born From Silence
Sarah White
Feb 4, 2025
10 min read
Music
From Grief to Music
When you lose someone, words often fail. In the months after his grandmother passed in Dublin, Andrew Byrne found himself unable to talk about it. But he could write. And he could sing.
What started as one song — a simple melody about her kitchen in Dublin — became six albums. 65 songs about memory, regret, legacy, and hope.
The first song came in the middle of the night. A melody about the smell of bread baking, the sound of rain on the window, the feeling of being safe in her kitchen. By morning he knew this was how he would process this loss.
Why Music?
Music has a unique power to preserve emotion. A photograph shows you what someone looked like. A recording preserves their voice. But a song captures how someone made you feel. The specific ache of missing them. The joy of remembering them. The hope that their memory will endure.
These songs aren't just about one grandmother. They're about everyone's grandmother. Everyone's father. Everyone's loved one whose voice now exists only in memory.
From Grief to Music
When you lose someone, words often fail. In the months after his grandmother passed in Dublin, Andrew Byrne found himself unable to talk about it. But he could write. And he could sing.
What started as one song — a simple melody about her kitchen in Dublin — became six albums. 65 songs about memory, regret, legacy, and hope.
The first song came in the middle of the night. A melody about the smell of bread baking, the sound of rain on the window, the feeling of being safe in her kitchen. By morning he knew this was how he would process this loss.
Why Music?
Music has a unique power to preserve emotion. A photograph shows you what someone looked like. A recording preserves their voice. But a song captures how someone made you feel. The specific ache of missing them. The joy of remembering them. The hope that their memory will endure.
These songs aren't just about one grandmother. They're about everyone's grandmother. Everyone's father. Everyone's loved one whose voice now exists only in memory.
When words fail, music speaks. These songs are for everyone who carries a voice in their heart.
A photograph captures a moment. A voice captures a soul.
When words fail, music speaks. These songs are for everyone who carries a voice in their heart.
A photograph captures a moment. A voice captures a soul.
The Six Albums
If Not Now, When? (9 tracks) — The album that started it all. Written from a hospital room in Dublin. Songs about the voices we're losing and the urgency of capturing them now.
She Was Always Meant to Fly (12 tracks) — A parent's journey from a baby's first breath to a daughter's mission call to a son's refinement by fire.
Still Here (10 tracks) — For the ones who stayed. The ones who showed up. The ones still sitting in the chair.
Called (11 tracks) — The complete missionary experience — from the call letter to the curb, from doors slamming to Sunday nights alone.
Generations — A Musical (11 tracks) — A Broadway-style concept album set at Grandma Ruth's 90th birthday. Three generations. One evening. A lifetime of stories.
Twenty-Something Sacred (12 tracks) — For the ones still figuring it out. Doubt isn't the opposite of faith — it's the soil faith grows in.
Music as Movement
These songs have connected with listeners who share the same feelings. People write to say they played a UNA song while recording their grandparents. Others say the music gave them the courage to finally ask the questions they'd been avoiding. The songs aren't just for mourning — they're for motivation.
The Six Albums
If Not Now, When? (9 tracks) — The album that started it all. Written from a hospital room in Dublin. Songs about the voices we're losing and the urgency of capturing them now.
She Was Always Meant to Fly (12 tracks) — A parent's journey from a baby's first breath to a daughter's mission call to a son's refinement by fire.
Still Here (10 tracks) — For the ones who stayed. The ones who showed up. The ones still sitting in the chair.
Called (11 tracks) — The complete missionary experience — from the call letter to the curb, from doors slamming to Sunday nights alone.
Generations — A Musical (11 tracks) — A Broadway-style concept album set at Grandma Ruth's 90th birthday. Three generations. One evening. A lifetime of stories.
Twenty-Something Sacred (12 tracks) — For the ones still figuring it out. Doubt isn't the opposite of faith — it's the soil faith grows in.
Music as Movement
These songs have connected with listeners who share the same feelings. People write to say they played a UNA song while recording their grandparents. Others say the music gave them the courage to finally ask the questions they'd been avoiding. The songs aren't just for mourning — they're for motivation.
Conclusion
Listen to all six UNA albums on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, or wherever you stream. Search "UNA Band."
65 songs. 6 albums. One question: If not now, when?
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65+ Songs
6 Albums
5+ Streaming Platforms
Every Voice Matters
The stories inside your family won't wait forever. Start preserving them — one song, one question, one moment at a time.
Every Voice Matters
The stories inside your family won't wait forever. Start preserving them — one song, one question, one moment at a time.