With this new album for White Cloud I've again drawn on my passion for Celtic and medieval stories; from the legends surrounding the Grail before it became a Hollywood image; from the Bardic tale of Deirdre, the 'Lady of Sorrows', who begged to be buried with her lover, and 'The Green Man' or 'Jack-o-the-Green', the forester who inspired the fable of Robin Hood.

Songs like 'To Hear the River Sing' and 'Shantyman' are from my own imagination, coming to life through Jayne Elleson's wonderful vocals. 'When a Knight won his Spurs' is a song half remembered from my early schooldays that just seemed to fit in perfectly with the mood of the new album.

Jayne and I love the emotional multi-layered vocal harmonies and lush warm string and pad sounds from 'The Blessing Tree' album (White Cloud 11036-2) so we're sure this new album will please others like ourselves who listen with their imagination as well as their ears.