Nashville musician, singer, and songwriter Phil Madeira drives east across the Newport Bridge, his wheels spinning, revisiting Rhode Island, land of his youth. His destination: the Newport Music Festival to hear his buddy John Scofield play. While Phil has lived in Nashville since 1983, this visit home strikes a chord in him, calling him to sing about his home state. After years of playing the music of others — Emmylou Harris, Garth Brooks, Alison Krauss — Phil is ready to record his own songs. Fittingly, he names the album Providence. In keeping with the spirit of this homecoming, it seemed only natural to revisit the foods of his youth as well.