I've never been a particular fan of Sting until recently. I have never disliked his work, it's just never grabbed me. Then I was so impressed that he went out on a limb, tried to learn the lute and did the Dowland album. Now he's doing trad material. This is a man who follows his musical curiosity and takes the music seriously. As with Dowland, he has done his research. He has certainly won my respect. Buy his winter album. It's beautiful.

If Sting can get an album with a lot of trad material into the charts, then maybe, just maybe ...