This is the debut album by respected author, journalist and co-founder of Greenpeace International, Rex Weyler. Weyler has made his foray into music relatively late in life, and perhaps this accounts for the wide variety of influences that seem to be in play here, in terms of both style and content throughout the album. While some of the songs follow fairly traditional country/roots structures, others, such as the opening track “I’ll Wait” abandon a chorus/verse structure altogether, becoming a more continuous narrative. He also showcases the range of his vocals throughout. In his higher registers, his voice is light and fluid amongst the instrumentation, such as on “If You Came By,” the first of many songs about love on the album. This is in sharp contrast with the grittier nature of his lower register, as heard on “How Do I Love You.” While love and nature are both recurring themes, Weyler does not shy away from politics either, with “Fallen Soldiers,” “Damascus Dawn,” and “Fifth of May” being the most clear examples. Despite the wide scope of the album, Weyler manages to achieve continuity between songs by focusing on the individual, even when he is talking about something as politically charged as the Troubles in Northern Ireland (“Fifth of May”). Catch the Light proves that Weyler still has a lot to say, and with the quality of this country/roots release, we are lucky that music has provided another outlet for him. (Salmonberry, rexweyler.com) Danielle Marion