Welcome to Hands Across the Water, a project set up to raise funds to help rebuild the lives of the children so badly affected by the recent disaster in South East Asia. With the help of our friends in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America we have put together a CD of collaborations between those in the world of Celtic music and their counterparts in American roots and country music.

Hands Across The Water has secured the support of Vince Gill, Altan, John Prine, Maura O'Connell, Rodney Crowell, Paul Brady, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Sharon Shannon, Alison Brown, Lúnasa, Jim Lauderdale, Pauline Scanlon, Jerry Douglas, John Cowan, Jon Randall, Darrell Scott, Máirtín O'Connor, Ciaran Tourish, Blue Merle, The Duhks, Danu, Mindy Smith, Solas, Tim O'Brien, and more.

With the help of Compass Records and the generosity of artists, engineers, studio owners and many others in the music world the costs for this project are at a bare minimum and so the greatest percentage of the money generated from sales will go directly to help children in need through one of the major children's charity organizations.

Order the album now
You can now order the Hands Across The Water CD and we will ship it to you on the day it is released. Our release date has been moved up in time for the Holidays after retailers asked if we could get it to them earlier than the intended January release so it will now be available in the US on December 20th. Check the Hands Across The Water website for availability in your own country.
Click HERE to order the CD now!

What People Are Saying;
“(Hands Across The Water) is giving me constant goosebumps!  Compass is really a wonderful label.  Thank you so much for the great music I get to play on the radio.”

Sara Willis
Maine Public Radio
MORE PRESS HERE

New Audio Samples Added
We have just added short clips of all the tracks to our Music page. Have a quick listen to see what is in store for you when the CD is released.

	Hands Press Conference			List of International Release Dates
	Thanks to all the artists and press who turned out for our official release of the hands Across The Water project in Nashville yesterday. It was a huge success and we were very moved by the amount of goodwill shown by everyone involved.			While the CD is already on sale in the USA and online via the download services and through our web sites, the commercial release dates for the rest of the world are staggered through January. Click below for a full list of dates.