Category: album

The holidays are now upon us. I was surprised recently by friends asking me how to get hold of additional copies of the Hidden Gold CD to give as gifts. I’m deeply flattered to know that people not only have enjoyed the album, but consider it something they would want to give to their friends.

We have now raised over $1,100 for early intervention programs, and the holidays present us with an opportunity to help these programs even further, and get this music out to new listeners who might appreciate it. So, in the spirit of enabling savvy online shoppers, I’ll remind you that Hidden Gold is as easy as ever to order online. Kunaki will deliver beautiful, professional-quality CDs to you in about a week, anywhere in the world, and while CDs cost a little more than online downloads, they also raise more for our efforts than any other form of purchase. So if you enjoy the album (or are listening on our music page for the first time and think it’s pretty cool), I invite you to consider it as a simple option for your holiday shopping.

I wanted to share with you that with the handful of Hidden Gold CD’s that were purchased at Winter Nights, the total amount of funding we have raised for The Therapeutic Nursery has just passed the $1,000 mark. There will be more still, as funds are trickling in from streaming services and iTunes singles and the like. I want to thank you all again for supporting this project and making this possible. We’ll send a second check for the additional balance to the Nursery at year end.

I also want to mention that I’ve heard recently from a few SCA performers who have told me they’ve been inspired by this project to work on bardic recordings of their own, and are considering using them as donation platforms for worthy causes. If that were to be the lasting legacy of our work on this project, nothing would make me happier.

It is with great pleasure and pride that I announce that we have just sent our first check, for $800, to The Therapeutic Nursery. This comprises all of our net proceeds, after expenses, for the first two months since the release of Hidden Gold.

I’ve spoken in this space before about the vital importance of early intervention programs for children with special needs, and I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this project through their purchase, as well as everyone whose support made the album possible. I’m forever in your debt, and I hope we’ll have the opportunity to help the Nursery still more over the next couple of years. (Yes, we will continue donating all proceeds from the album sales for the next 22 months.)