Autumn Records is pleased to announce the release of The Song Within, legendary guitarist and singer/songwriter Phil Keaggy's debut instrumental project for the label.

When it comes to expressing the song within, few musicians of any genre, age or instrument have been as true to themselves and their art as Phil Keaggy. Throughout an incredibly prolific career that has spanned more than 30 years and produced more than 50 albums, that truth and honesty have permeated his work.

On The Song Within, Keaggy uses his command of his art to communicate rather than dazzle. The result is a project that is imminently accessible and radiantly brilliant. "I've done plenty of projects that were perhaps a bit self-indulgent," Keaggy confesses. "For The Song Within, I wanted to create music that would please people. I wanted to stay true to myself, yet create a collection of songs that was for others."

Armed with that desire, Keaggy consciously created songs with his considerable fan base in mind. Newer initiates will be amazed with the deft, apparently effortless, artistry of this 16-song collection, while older fans will be thrilled by the myriad of styles and influences that combine to make Keaggy's work impossible to categorize and equally impossible to mistake.

At once contemporary yet timeless, The Song Within is an acoustic amalgam of both cheerful and contemplative moods--a sound that can only be described as Keaggy-esque. While Keaggy owns a number of fine guitars, both electric and acoustic, he notes that he recorded The Song Within exclusively with a McPherson acoustic. "The McPherson is a wonderful instrument, a wonderful recording guitar," Keaggy declares. "It is very much loved by engineers who record acoustic guitars because its sound is very true. It sounds just like a guitar should sound."

Christian Retailing raves of Keaggy's work on The Song Within, "If Keaggy isn't the best guitarist in the world, he's close."

Phil Keaggy's The Song Within is available from Autumn Records/Christian Network International. For more information on Phil Keaggy and his new album The Song Within, visit www.autumnrecords.com.