If healing has a landscape, what do you see? Or a voice, what do you hope to hear? Vessel of Gold could be cheaper than therapy if comfort, reassurance and upbeat honesty are what you need. The songs read like self-portraying ballads and personal prayers yet speak of what’s common to everyone. Melodic lyrical lines and great hooks with the savvy instrumental layers of producer Ian Townend, this album invites you into varied terrain. Some canvases you will see: fields of morning light, a darkened backstage, an abandoned desert; some yearnings you will feel: hanging on to love, thirst for rain, the pain of waiting. Unearth the folksy strumming of Two Worlds and the Enya-like strains of the title song, Vessel of Gold, or explore the upbeat rock pop of Backside of the Desert. Restorative, peaceful, yet fused with up-tempo energy, discover that Vessel of Gold has a healing magic all its own. Originally from New England, Nancy now resides...