Dwight Smith developed his catalog of songs over a decade of roaming The Americas--from the timbered hills and coastal wetlands of his native New England to the fire-swept chaparral of California; from Alaska’s snow hooded peaks to the jungle-steeped, ruin-littered sierras of Peru--an itinerant bard in restless pursuit of creative communion as antidote to modern specters of estrangement and spiritual atrophy, rallying towards exaltation in shared catharsis. His work, which combines elements of indie folk and baroque pop, has been called "haunting and delightful" (Terrascope) and "a fascinating personal take on folk" (Folk World). Photo by jinni j