Some of the finest ballad singing of old British Isles and American music since the Watersons classic Frost & Fire. Tracks are either sung in spin-chilling a acapella or feature rock accompaniment. Special guests include Kurt Bloch (Young Fresh Fellows, the Fastbacks, Sgt. Major), Jed Critter (The Goats), Jim Sangster (Young Fresh Fellows, The Picketts), and Mike Musburger (The Posies, Love Battery). Ballads on this CD are featured in the acclaimed new Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding) novel Misfortune, so CD will also benefit from Harding"s many appearances at bookstores as well. Appleseed. 2005.