There has always been something magical about islands.  Maybe it’s their isolation and independence that makes them difficult to get to, or perhaps the fact that they are surrounded by water and have a totally different energy than the mainland.  But, it is also known that nature evolves differently on islands, probably because of the previously stated reasons.  Darwin’s discovery of evolution came from his visit to the Galapagos Islands and similar island oddities have been discovered on other isolands after Darwin.  People all over the world scurry to islands wherever possible.  There certainly must be something magic about islands.

Almost all the songs on t his CD are about going to or happenings on an island.  This magical magnetism that pulls on people to go to islands is causing a great deal of problems.  Islanders generally are willing to work and live on their islands without having to make a lot of money and just be happy with their family and friends.  However, people from elsewhere who have extra money want to have a place on these islands, as well.  They want what they are accustomed to, which may be much more extravagant than the islanders’ homes.  This then drives the cost of everything on the island up and up until the original islanders can barely exist there anymore.  Animosity has sprung up on many islands as a result of this set of circumstances.  In most countries, if costs drive you off the beach areas, you just move inland where it is less expensive.  Islanders have no place to go.  This is emoted in my song, “Don’t Make Me Leave My Island.”

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