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To tumble from grace is to find yourself! There is a certain freedom attached to being so low that the view from above can be an inspiration. If you have everything then you are too afraid to lose it and The Fall Of Eden is a long and bumpy road in which there is heartache, pain and grief, but there is also the chance of redemption in liberty. It is a redemption and liberty in which Kenneth J. Nash captures exquisitely in The Fall Of Eden.

Life is a collection of stories, the narrative missing out the dull and the mundane if possible, for who really revels in the idea of the ordinary? For everyone has the potential to have a tale within them every day but it takes the extraordinary feat of imagination in which to frame it together, to make sense of it all and to see the goodness in the day offered.

For Kenneth J. Nash, the story is one that is all, it is the saving from a heavenly sounding damnation. The words he sings have a melancholic beauty and fly past softly but with great personal meaning as if a rare butterfly had found that it truly was the cause of all the world’s storm with just a gentle flap of its tiny wings.

The Fall Of Eden is an album of poise, of truths and acceptance of mistakes, of confused apprehensions and the damage caused by certain actions in life and it is a collection of songs in which the listener cannot help but to be impressed by and take to their hearts. Tracks such as Slow Burn, the delight in Carol Ann, the burden of unexplained ignorance in the departed in New Holes in Old Shoes, St. Mary’s Heart and the subtly of emotion in Come Show Me Your Love

In a career, in a life, that has perhaps known extreme lows as well as perfect, understandable highs; Kenneth J. Nash has provided a sense of purpose for his fans to cling on to. He shows that the path out of paradise is not just paved with good intentions but can also lead to a redemption of the soul.

Ian D. Hall