"I am in awe of Karen's singing. Her voice is one of those rare gifts that make singing seem effortless"   - Slaid Cleaves, Rounder recording artist

“Karen Mal 's songs are like the old time remedy that mixed honey and lemon....They are sweet without being precious and have a lasting bite to them that makes them both memorable and good for you. Add a voice to match, and you have a musical panacea, curing our ills and adding to the grace of living.”   - Michael Jaworek, The Birchmere

Karen Mal follows up her acclaimed Celtic collection, Dark-Eyed Sailor, with a new batch of original songs. Bill Small produced her third solo CD including Karen Mal’s award-winning songs “Suitcase Full of Memories” and “When I Was Three”. The title track was inspired by a 224 mile river rafting trip in the Grand Canyon in August, 2004. The Space Between also includes co-writes with the late Fred Alley, Jonathan Byrd, David Glaser and Steve Key, plus Rachel Ries’ “You Only” and a previously unrecorded gem from Jonathan Byrd, “White Cloud.”

1. Falling
2. Surprise
3. When I Was Three
4. The Space Between
5. For You Only
6. Beneath My Quilt
7. Flavia
8. A Sailor Returns to the Sea
9. Suitcase Full of Memories
10. Everything About You
11. Te Acuerdo En Mis Suenos
12. White Cloud

Karen Mal: vocals, guitar and mandolin; Bill Small: bass, percussion, harmony vocals; Eleanor Whitmore - harmony vocals; Colin Brooks - dobro; Warren Hood - fiddle Marvin Dykhuis - lead guitar; Chris Gage - Piano, lead guitar, accordion Gabriel Donohue - whistles and accordion