Christine Fellows’ latest album, Burning Daylight, comes wrapped up within a collection of poetry of the same title. Musically, the 14 songs are along the same vein of baroque-pop Fellows has been mining. Lyrically, they find themselves complementing the larger collection of poems. Reflecting and refracting Fellows’ experience north of 60, echoing Jack London, Hannibal Hamlin Garland and other southern writers and explorers who have mined the north before, Burning Daylight is an ambitious project, no doubt. Beautifully, curiously illustrated throughout by Alicia Smith, the volume is ripe for repeated readings, whether in silent meditation or accompanied by the album. Burning Daylight, while challenging, remains accessible to both casual listener/reader, and rewarding for those who wish to spend more time, further exploring the territory mapped out within. (Arbeiter Ring Publishing/You’ve Changed Records, arpbooks.org) Sheldon Birnie