This album grew from a band that Debbie, Gerry, Elaine and Kris were playing in a few years ago, called Precious. We were playing Gerry's arrangements of Celtic Folk music from Scotland, Ireland and America, employing Gerry and Elaine's past Folk experience. We played some 'Alternative Country' and songs by the likes of Nanci Griffith and Alanis Morrissette. We would then plug in and play Van Morrison, Dougie MacLean, REM, U2, Steve Miller, Cranberries, Radiohead and Sting covers. We would also throw in some blues-based stuff and a bit of Jazz. The gigs would sometimes last for 3 or 4 hours! We loved doing it and played to very receptive and appreciative audiences. However, deep down we wanted to write our own songs. Kris wrote quite a few poems whilst working up in Orkney and faxed them to Gerry to encourage and provoke him to turn his mind to writing songs again. Slowly but surely songs started to emerge from Gerry that excited the band enough to reform and invest money in their studio. Two years later, in January 2002, we had released our debut indie album 'Uncertain Wonders.'

Celtic Website Homepage in Oregon featuring the story behind some of the album tracks, general info and a special feature by Bernadette Price
www.celticcafe.com (a not-for-profit website and resource)
Direct link to special feature
http://www.celticcafe.com/music/rise/index.htm

Highlander Radio website - an internet radio station and Celtic resource site based in America. A not-for-profit website featuring 'Uncertain Wonders' as album of the month and lots of info about Celtic and Scottish music.
http://www.celticradio.net