Journey Begun is a musical “genre-bender,” bringing together a folk/blusey singer, funk/classical pianist, groove/new music guitarist, classical/jazz bassist, and classical string quartet to create new musical fusions which set unique colors for this refreshing collection of Canadian and American poetry.

"The eight languages are ancient Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, German, English, Latin, and Russian, each of them carrying a whole history of negotiations between poetry and music, but John Plant only slightly alters his style as he approaches them."