Album Notes

Musically and lyrically the CD doesn't really fit a genre - Folk, Americana, singer songwriter - except all of the songs are provocative and interesting. From the hard edges of "There's No Just War" to the melancholic "Panic Attack," to the Spanish flavored "Must be the Ramblas Blues" or the evocative "Go with the Flow" the listener is drawn into these Jouneys to the edges of the world. The lyrics are finely honed and Grammy nominated and vertern musician Ric Hordinsk and a dozen studio musicians and performers help weave the music to evoke a range of moods. There are songs that are straight acoustic guitar pieces, a rock fiddle anthem, songs with string sections or cello or cuatro or mandolin or delta slide guitar. The themes range from political songs such as "There's No Just War," to the tribal rhythms of "Without Sanctuary" (about an exhibit of the same name about lynchings of black people in the South) to softer reflections on life like "Go with the Flow" or "The Road to El Dorado." Every song evokes a different sense and experience. The booklet with lyrics is recommended.