Band Together for Peace is a theme CD that breaks the rules, lights the way and raises the bar. No matter how much I care about a topic, I’ve rarely found a full CD of songs about a single issue or cause that didn’t wear thin by the halfway point. Nevertheless, I think just one listen will convince you that this peace CD has totally overcome the “Curse of the Theme CD.” In this respect, it's an impressive musical accomplishment--as unexpected as the baseball stunner when the Boston Red Sox beat the “Curse of the Bambino” to win the World Series. Band Together does it by combining wonderful music from a wide variety of genres with engaging lyrics that take many different, interesting and entertaining approaches to the CD's peace theme. Holding a generous 18 songs, the CD also serves as a sampler of the work of a variety of singers and musicians clearly performing at the top of their game. Even more amazingly given the diversity of the material, the tracks have been laid out with such care that they not only match in volume and punch, but flow smoothly from one to another throughout. The CD looks great visually and it sounds even better. Don’t miss this one!

The CD is great, and Barton Gill makes it so - what an awesome voice! He is sure to become a big start someday!