Joe Lombardi - EPK - Winding Way Records, LLC.

Guitarist | Vocalist | Songwriter | Composer

For Joe Lombardi, music has always been a part of life. Raised in a musical family, Joe has spent more than four decades exploring the guitar, developing a style rooted in classic rock while embracing the expressive possibilities of classical guitar and world music. An architect by profession, Joe brings a designer’s sensibility to his compositions, building musical landscapes that balance structure, emotion, and imagination.

Best known as a guitarist and vocalist with The Paul Waltz Band, Joe has recently embarked on a remarkable new chapter as a solo artist, experiencing an extraordinary burst of songwriting and creative exploration.

Joe Lombardi - Ship Wreck

Joe Lombardi - The Answer

Joe Lombardi - Time

Joe attributes this prolific period to a profound personal awakening and his daily experiences with hypnagogic states—the mysterious threshold between wakefulness and sleep, where the conscious mind relaxes and creativity can emerge in unexpected ways. Through these moments of heightened awareness, Joe has discovered what he describes as a deeper connection to the universe, opening a seemingly endless stream of musical ideas, melodies, and lyrical inspiration.

His music reflects that journey. Moving fluidly between classical guitar influences, world rhythms, and the familiar energy of classic rock, Joe’s compositions explore themes of love, time, human connection, introspection, and the mysteries of existence. His songs are at once personal and universal, inviting listeners to experience the world through a different lens.

And, as Joe might suggest, the universe has responded.

His evolving musical vision has brought together a remarkable group of collaborators, each contributing a distinctive voice and texture to his recordings. His wife, Cathy Lombardi, adds the organic beauty of recorder and flute. Kat Bowman, a composer and multi-instrumentalist, contributes accordion, piano, and keyboards, enriching the arrangements with harmonic depth and color. Bryan Medina brings rhythmic vitality through congas, while Melissa Braun adds the expressive warmth of cello. John Fisher, serving as producer, recording engineer, and percussionist, helps bring Joe’s expansive musical vision to life.

Together, these musicians create a sound that crosses genres and traditions, weaving acoustic instrumentation, layered melodies, and rhythmic textures into compositions that are both intimate and cinematic.

Joe’s forthcoming 14-song album, anticipated in early 2027, represents the culmination of this creative awakening. Featuring songs such as For Eva, Daybreak, Road Trip, Ship Wreck, The Answer, Silence Cuts Deeper, and Time, the collection promises a musical journey through reflection, discovery, relationships, and the passage of life.

For Joe Lombardi, songwriting has become more than an artistic pursuit. It is an exploration of consciousness, a dialogue with the universe, and a celebration of the creative possibilities that emerge when we learn to listen.

After four decades with a guitar in his hands, Joe Lombardi may only now be discovering where the music can take him.