Calsong

Telling of mountain peaks brushing Western skies, rainbows sparkling from a river’s spray and frontier sagas of yesteryear, Cyrus Clarke delivers up songs worthy of their own national park with Calsong.

Just listen to his clear as a mountain stream voice on “Cool Water Canyon” and “Across the Great Divide.” His self-penned ballad “The Hymn of Robert Clarke” is a heartfelt message of truths known yet, in a pinch, still ignored. Clarke has also included a fun jaunt south of the border with “Bonita Maria.”  —Sandy Whiting