A quick look at the instrumentation on this CD immediately signals that the music is anything but ordinary. Is it jazz, folk, traditional Eastern European tunes, Appalachian melodies, or a form of melodic modern classical music? The answer is both all of these and none—the title track makes it clear that Cam Newton occupies a category entirely his own, blending influences into a sound that defies simple classification.

Track Listing

The Motive Behind the Smile
Local Color
Desert Spaces*
Day Is Done
Whirlpool Fantasia
Still Life Forest
Rearview Suspension
Leo's Mode
The War Is Over
Renaissance Retrieve/In an English Garden
Shimmering Waters