Renée Gros wrote many of the songs that would ultimately end up on her new album, “Glad I’m Wrong,” in her mom’s backyard. At the time, the New Orleans singer-songwriter was living with her mom, also a musician, and was working on more songs to follow up her first EP, “Temporary Love.”
A vocalist who had grown up singing with other New Orleans performers, Gros made her first step into the world as a songwriter with “Temporary Love.” So although she continued to write, she says she still felt green and unsure.
In her mom’s backyard, though, Gros found inspiration. Sometimes, like on the reflective “Morning Song (Glad I’m Awake),” she just needed a moment to pause…