After fifteen years of international touring, performing, writing and recording music, I have been sent off in other directions. I recorded my final album in December of 2018 with Malcolm Burn. With a title such as The Fallow Year I should have sensed that this major life change was about to occur. Perhaps somewhere in the cellar of my psyche, I did. This collection of songs is the deepest exploration I've endeavored into that liminal inner world. For now, The Fallow Year will remain unreleased. Yet, so much of myself went into this album, it bears acknowledging here. Perhaps down the road these recordings may see the light of day. Until then, I offer this distillation of my final musical creation: