The music world is agog with indifference with news that today sees the release of Cara's new album "The Notes in the Stones". Inspired by a huge gas bill, the official blurb from Cara's Management Company – the obscure, negligent and secretive Gamblemusic (branches throughout Barrow) drivels on:

"Cara is a group of musicians from North Lincolnshire UK, specializing in a spirited and contemplative blend of traditional and original Celtic music. Cara has performed together over the last two years, building a growing reputation for a sound that is distinctive, sensitive and evocative.

Cara's original material, though profoundly personal, is accessible. Its traditional material is respectful of both the origin and purpose of the music without being overly reverential. Cara embraces the tradition's natural tendency to evolve musically and the clarity of the instrumental voices and restrained arrangements combine with powerful, thought-provoking lyrics to produce the distinctive "Cara" experience.

The band has three members, John Rawlings on guitar, Oakley on violin and mandolin and Mike Ryan on guitar, whistles, mandolin, uilleann pipes and vocals. Each brings something very different to the music Cara performs, coming from a mixture of Irish traditional, rock, jazz and classical music backgrounds.

Cara's new release - The Notes in the Stones - is the culmination of a year of writing, arranging and performing. Thirteen tracks; in all, just under 45 minutes of instrumental music and songs containing one set of traditional tunes and twelve original compositions written by Mike Ryan and Oakley.

The Notes in the Stones is a faithful reproduction of Cara's sound in live performance. The sequence of tracks suggests a progression of musical ideas - a narrative that is an important and engaging element of Cara, in performance.

Cara's is a profoundly personal and beautiful take on ancient themes."

Unsurprisingly, this album is not available in the shops, but can be obtained by e - mail to david.oakley7@btopenworld.com or, by asking the normally shy and retiring small hairy farmer if you see him in the flesh. The cost is an abitious £12.00 plus £1 p + p. Shipping costs to Twillingsgate have yet to be agreed.

Why not visit cara's website www.carasmusic.com - I'll tell you why, because it isn't bloody finished yet that's why. But it will be soon and you can look at pictures of the band and become all aroused.