Publication: LA Times Author: Irene Lacher, Special to the Los Angeles Times Date: June 28, 2013 Harry Connick Jr.'s 29th and latest album, "Every Man Should Know," features 12 tracks for which the singer wrote the music, lyrics and arrangements. In a phone interview from his home in Connecticut, where he lives with his wife, former model Jill Goodacre, and their three daughters, he discussed how this disc explores new territory for him. What inspired you to write "Every Man Should Know"? Two years ago I just started writing tunes, and some of them sounded like Mardi Gras music and some of them were bossa nova tunes and some were gospel tunes, just all over the place. I wrote about 25 of them and I did something I've never done before: I asked a couple of people at [Columbia Records] if they would listen. They said this is too much music for one record, so they came up with the idea of splitting them in two, the first one being a CD called "Smokey Mary," which came out a few months ago, and that's all Mardi Gras, funky party music. That came out on the 20th anniversary of a [New Orleans] parade I founded called Orpheus. Then they said these other tunes will fit well together on the record. I was concerned because there was a bossa nova tune and some country tunes and I was like, the theme is me, I guess. I feel like this guy who's got a lot to share. Click here to read the full interview.