Gavin DeGraw checked in from a car driving through Switzerland while on tour, thanking fans coming to the shows in Europe and apologizing the those in Paris show that got canceled. DeGraw said they were returning to the U.S. in a couple days to continue touring. Watch below.

‘Nightline’ spoke with Gavin DeGraw on Friday (April 24) about his new album ‘Free’, which is inspired by personal experiences and songs from the past. Watch the singer songwriter talk about some of those songs below.

‘Today’ show co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford talk to singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw about his recent trip to a refugee camp in Uganda and his new album ‘Free’. “This particular record, I didn’t want to sit around and try to perfect it,” DeGraw said of the CD recorded in two weeks. “What I wanted to do is more importantly capture the discovery elements of the performances. Putting together musicians who I didn’t typically play with, who were fabulous musicians, who I heard of, who I met before, who I respected, and all of us sort of find our way on this recording.” Watch the segment, aired Monday (April 20), below.

Footage of Gavin DeGraw in the studio working on ‘Stay’ and discussing his new album has been posted online. The song is the first release from the singer songwriter’s third album ‘Free’. “It’s just a bit more earthy,” DeGraw says of the CD, “and not quite as commercial sounding as the other records were that I was making. A lot of that has to do with the sound of the room and the way we’re recording it. The gear. We’re not spending so much time on the album too so we’ll try to avoid overthinking.” Watch the video via YouTube below.

Gavin DeGraw’s latest webisode at his MySpace TV channel is titled “The Band”, which he talks about playing with other musicians. “You try to give them the initial feeling of the song, as you design it,” DeGraw explained. “They’re gonna bring their interpretation of what they got from how you made them feel when you play it for them for the first time. So it’s important when you play the song the first time you really give them the sensation that the song is designed to give.” The video features DeGraw and his band in the studio working on the songs ‘Stay’ and ‘Mountains To Move’, both off his new album ‘Free’, out March 31st. Watch the clip below.