Storytelling is key to Cuchetti’s way of thinking, in the vein of singer/songwriters like Kris Kristofferson, Guy Clark, and Townes Van Zandt, who combine compelling details and situations with music that creates an intrinsic connection with fellow human beings. When the Minnesota State Arts Board awarded him an “Inspired Collusion-Fine Art Interpreted Thru Song, Advancing Artist Grant” in 2019, Cuchetti accepted 200 art submissions of various media from local artists, picked twelve, and proceeded to write songs inspired by those art submissions. The results were the pieces we find on his album, Hid It On The Sly.