'Mark Hammond puts the meaning of muse back into music. His songs think, as well as feel, as well as sing along the marrow of the bone. They are head-strong, heart-felt, and are a brimful of ideas and imagery. Uncomfortably honest or tenderly expressive, lively or lyrical, Mark means what he says and says what he means..love and loss, travelling and stillness, about self, soul and the savages down the road.or maybe just about the sunlight on a rain washed roof.. In any case, it’s best to listen, or better still, to listen again.' Peter Dale, Music Teacher, Reviewer, Composer 20/7/07.