I agree with BillW. "A Minor Ballad" seems a bit like an assignment for a music composition and theory class--"OK, for Friday write a song that sounds like a Renaissance madrigal". I like the melody, and his voice is excellent (like when he harmonizes with the cello). However, some of the lyrics are just plain awful. "Nor gowns of soft crimson hue...". Crimson by definition is a bright red; how can there be a "soft crimson hue?" "Within the valley so free..." A valley by definition is surrounded by mountains; a metaphor for being enclosed, or walled in, would have been apt than "free".
"Message to the Wind" sounds like he came up with a great title, but the song sounds a little abstract, like he had no personal connection to it.
Still, as they say, mediocre Gord is better than good almost anyone else!
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