This album is a cherished collection featuring some of my favourite pieces from the vibrant and musically rich continent of South America. The title Open Sky is a translation of the first track, Cielo Abierto. This work encompasses a lively rhythmical energy, celebrating a love for life intertwined with a strong sense of hope and possibility - as if it is aiming higher than the saying ‘the sky is the limit!” It has been a wonderful experience exploring the amazingly expressive qualities of these pieces, as well as finding ways to make this CD as exciting and unique as possible. It has been such a pleasure to collaborate with the legendary Sérgio Assad on an epically intriguing composition inspired by the Tupi Guarani peoples from Brazil, and also with the absolutely brilliant Colombian street artist Ledania, who through her bold use of colour and dynamic visual structure, created a cover art that radiates a contagious joy and confidence!