Take eighteen William Soutar poems, add three composers, a little bit of folk and jazz, some fabulous musicians, and IN A SMA ROOM is what you get. It is a project that is first and foremost about the beautiful poetry of Soutar (1898-1943) and how his words inspired Debra Salem, Kevin MacKenzie and Paul Harrison to write these songs originally for a music and theatre piece where only thirteen could be performed. This album, and the songbook that has be published alongside it, contain all eighteen of these original songs.