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To begin again. What a great opportunity we all have as human beings! To begin again... and again, and again. And even have a specially appointed time of year to do so. The New Year. This, to me, is the real Inspirational concept behind the whole idea of New Years Eve.

You may have heard him featured on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" or playing in one of several Broadway musicals. You may have also caught his magical fingers strumming with the likes of Mark O'Connor, James Taylor, Richie Havens, Noel Redding, Bo Diddley, Susan Tedeschi, Maureen McGovern, Donny Osmond, The Platters, Fabian, Charlie Daniels, only to name a few.

The classical crossover world is of great interest to me. This is the world of Josh Grobin, Andrea Bocelli, The Boston Pops Orchestra, Il Divo, John Williams, etc. My wife, Julia Wade, our best selling artist, fits snuggly into this category. So when I heard the music of Leon Williams, I knew we had a man who could carry the flag in this genre.

Faith is not the ignorance of reality; it is the entrance into a reality that the world cannot begin to see.