The Promise Is Out Now: A Cantina Blues Slow Dance

October 1, 2026

"The Promise" is out now on every major streaming platform.

Most people know the song as When In Rome's 1988 new-wave hit, written by Clive Farrington, Michael Floreale and Andrew Mann. I took it apart and rebuilt it as a slow country dance song. I imagined it as the song for the end of the night: the band eases off, the lights come down, and you take your lover onto the floor for a slow dance.

The guitar carries this one. I play a Telecaster-style Babylon guitar, and on "The Promise" that sound gets as much room to tell the story as the vocal does.

[DRAFT QUOTE - KELO TO APPROVE] I pictured that moment late in the night when the band slows it down and you walk the person you love out onto the dance floor. That's what I wanted "The Promise" to feel like: a slow dance you don't want to end.

This is Cantina Blues, the sound I've been building on stage for years: country, Southern rock and blues with a spice of ranchero. It took shape over more than 600 live shows across South Padre Island and South Texas, and you'll hear it live with Kelo McKane & Devilla Band.

Listen to "The Promise" here:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4bDRpTGL0vvv4bPquTKuRP
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/song/the-promise/6809714445
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRQ-vM9O9I
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRQ-vM9O9I
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0HJ5CYKVQ?trackAsin=B0HJ5DSDVW
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/track/4272790402
Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/kelo-mckane/the-promise/the-promise/TRnXVp52qV3kX4X

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