Ezra Vancil is an American singer/songwriter based in Dallas, Texas. While in the past he has written and recorded in the rock, pop, and experimental genres, a more mature Vancil has now found a sense of permanent belonging and connection within the community of Americana artists. His life experiences shared in a song can be serious and contemplative - touching on themes of addiction, depression, and divorce - but Vancil chronicles his escape from the darkness with expressions of hope and love of life that are both inspiring and healing.

After a decade of severe depression and a near-deadly battle with addiction, Ezra disavowed his old life of lonely creative seclusion and embraced the community around him. His latest release 'Ezra Vancil & The Congregation - Live From the Deep' is a live album representing his own personal experiment in a more communal way of life and also the mu