“Ordinary Soil brings to haunting life the desperate realities of the American heartland but also offers a glimpse into a better future… a call to action for all of us.”
– WOODY HARRELSON
Listen to legendary narrator Scott Brick (storytelling voice for Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, John Grisham, and many more) deliver the opening chapter of Ordinary Soil, and let us know if you’d like to be notified when we release the audiobook!
Haunted by a shadow from the past, a young farmer attempts suicide beneath a rotting burial elm, unearthing a dark ancestral history. But deep beneath the diseased generational roots lies a powerful secret—one that could save both the man and the land.
PRAISE FOR ORDINARY SOIL
“An epic, beautiful, and compelling story, rich in plot and characters, with a powerful message that needs to be heard by all of us.”
RANDY ZISK
Producer/Director, East New York, The Blacklist, Monk, The Mentalist, NCIS, NYPD Blue, Grey’s Anatomy
“Beautifully written . . . captivates readers with an urgent call to action and a message of pure hope. Woodard eloquently weaves a tale of relatable humanity that inspires us all to embrace our connection to the earth.”
EVAN HARRISON
CEO of Kiss the Ground
“Captivating…an essential love story between human and earth. They are one.”
JAY NAIDOO
Cabinet Minister for Nelson Mandela and Chairman of the UN Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
The Band from Ordinary Soil
You probably weren’t there that Wednesday night, in the tiny dive bar a few blocks from the beach.
If you were there, you’d know.
How four guys who’d never played music together blistered the small stage with Springsteen covers, then stood around at the set break, unsure how to answer questions about their next, non-existent show. Because they weren’t a band, of course. The drummer and singer had just met a few songs ago, even though they’d sounded like they’d been playing their brand of gritty Americana for years.
Which they had been, of course… playing for years, albeit in different bands, in different cities, leading different musical lives entirely, with resumes listing artists from Springsteen to local heroes and neighborhood pretenders, in stadiums and clubs and dive bars.
Dive bars, like that one a few blocks from the beach, where on a recent Wednesday night, four guys who’d never played music together, finally did.