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After 8 years on the road with Chad Stokes and Pete Francis as Dispatch, the trio parked the van at the Hatch Shell in Boston where 110,000 fans from across the globe came to bid them farewell. Three years later, Dispatch rolled that van onto the floor at Madison Square Garden for three sold out benefit shows where all proceeds benefit organizations fighting disease, famine and social injustice in Zimbabwe.

The new record from Braddigan, The Captive, continues to invoke the optimistic and care-free mentality of Watchfires while exploring the darker side of life exemplified by his experiences in the trash. In fact, the song "Ileana" directly relates to the experiences that led to Love, Light and Melody's creation. While Braddigan penned the lyrics from his journals, the Captive is his first truly collaborative musical writing experience since Dispatch. The trio embraced not only their heritages (both Portuguese and Spanish are featured on the record) but also the musical stylings of the cultures they have visited.

Braddigan will continue to keep one foot in his life as a musician, recording and touring with his bandmates, and will find balance with the other foot walking with the people of the trash dump. In his own words, "its never what you do in life, but the heart with which you do it."