Jon Foreman/Heavy and Light Tour at Irving Plaza

To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. Since its start in 2006, TWLOHA has donated over $1,000,000 directly into treatment and recovery and responded to more than 170,000 messages and emails from more than 100 countries. TWLOHA now brings the “Heavy and Light” tour to 16 U.S. cities to raise awareness of resources where at-risk people can get help for self destructive impulses. “Heavy and Light” is an evening of songs, conversation and hope that says rescue is possible.

Due to other commitments, I caught only the last half hour of the concert at Irving Plaza tonight, but it could have been my favorite concert of the year so far, principally because of what I heard of the closing performance by Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Fiction Family. Foreman is a singer songwriter who uses abstract yet engaging poetic stylings to positive effect in his feel-good lyrics. His unique vocals combine the human yearning for search and the confidence that everything is going to be alright. This was particularly the case as the band performed Fiction Family's "Up Against the Wall." For the encore, he brought together all of the evening's performers for a country-ish version of David Bowie's "Heroes."