Mother Nature

First published in 1974 and even more relevant today, a natural and whole foods guide the voice of black consciousness, cultural icon Dick Gregory, the incomparable satirist, human rights and environmental activist, health advocate, social justice champion, and author of the NAACP Image Award–winning Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies and the classic bestseller Nigger: An Autobiography.

Paul Stephenson is not only a very delicate and refined guitar stylist but also a genuine poet. These songs bring to mind a time when Simon & Garfunkel songs received regular air-play on the radio. Lyrics remind us to appreciate the life we've been given be grateful for people in our lives. Intricate, finely crafted and sensitive to life's mutability, the songs are performed with understated passion and tenderness.

Written by Paul Stephenson and arranged by Paul Gunter, these songs bring to mind a time when Simon & Garfunkel songs received regular air-play on the radio. Lyrics remind us to appreciate the life we've been given be grateful for people in our lives. "You might think that, having written the songs and made demos of the, rehearsed them and laid down the basic tracks, this album would be familiar territory for me. But, thanks to Gunter Pauler's arrangements, it's something of a magical mystery tour for me - and, I hope, for you too. Gunter always finds a new unexpected angle that I'd never have thought of.