Compass Rose Music

Steve and Cindy and their partnership Compass Rose Music represent the very best in contemporary and traditional folk music. These pages offer descriptions of their recordings and books, biographies of Steve and Cindy, reviews, streamed audio, and tour schedule. There's information on their most recent CDs, Berrymania (November 2013), Home By Dark... (January 2012), The Man , and Cat Tales ; and a press release for Steve's book, Songwriting and the Creative Process ; even a few jokes! We have a digital download capability in the online store here at our site, and we're excited to offer new songs as we write and record them. Now that most people already play digital music, this seems like the best way to get new work out into the world. We have "hi-res" MP3s (320 kbps) and lossless FLAC files, which are CD-quality. We're very excited to now have ten previously unavailable songs available (mostly original, one cover). Click here to see the list and descriptions of the songs, and to listen to clips. We also have downloads available for three of our older CDs ( Live in Concert , The Ways of the World , A Sense of Place ). And if you're interested in PDFs of sheet music, we currently have seven leadsheets to offer here (working on more, so stay tuned). We are excited to announce the launch of a new website for songwriters. It's called About the Song , and you can visit it right now. Each week we will post a new article about songwriting, about the craft and the steps that led to the creation of the work, and the story of what has happened to the song since its creation. The first one is devoted to our song " Darcy Farrow ." We're hoping you will find the new website instructive and encouraging for your own songwriting. Almost every family has someone who is an aspiring songwriter, and many just love to follow the creative arts with an interest in improving their own communication skills. Soon to come is a membership area where songwriters of any level of experience can submit their own songs for analysis and review ...Read More