I’ve tried my hand at a few music styles in my time – from folk and country-tinged songs to what one reviewer called “pop in a different jacket”. Here, I feel I’m definitely in singer-songwriter mode. The songs are all about people, places, experiences – friends, Captain Cook, Mother Nature (don’t worry, only one love song – “Once Not Twice” – and even that one has a little sting in the tail).

But what you hear is not just the singer-songwriter picking his guitar. It’s my songs seen through the eyes of a very special Grammy-nominated producer, Gunter Pauler. Thanks to Gunter, I get to record with some fantastic musicians, who played their parts to perfection.

In the end, though, it’s thanks to Gunter that what you hear on this album is … the real me, finally “free to sail with the angels of the sea”.

– Paul Stephenson, March 2024

Paul Stephenson – Vocals & Guitar
Jens Kommnick – Guitar
Ian Melrose – Guitar
Justin Ciuche – Viola
Manfred Leuchter – Accordion & Hammond B3
Beo Brockhausen – Soprano Saxophone, Accordion, Keyboards & Percussion
Lars Hansen – Electric Bass
Lea Morris – Background Vocals