In an enchanted forest live magical fairies who delight in music and dance, however they always follow the old path through the woods, having been told to do so will keep them safe. It happened one afternoon, when the sun was casting its hypnotic patterns through the branches above, that from somewhere out of sight, a new and unheard music reached the delicate ears of those magical creatures. It began as a flute but then turned into a pipe. It moved like a drum but then pulsed like a stamp. The music reached high and yet still rumbled down low and it moved them all as it filtered so invitingly from its origin unknown. One fairy is bold enough to leave the path in search of the source of this beautiful sound…
Jamie Catto is a founder member of dance supergroup Faithless and the co-creator of the double-grammy nominated global music and philosophy project 1 Giant Leap. He has been a musical and artistic collaborator with Dennis Hopper, Michael Stipe, Carlos Santana, Alanis Morissette, Robbie Williams, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Brian Eno, Dido, Carrie Fisher and artists all over the world. Now in 2024 he has expanded from music and film into children’s stories with a stunningly illustrated and spellbinding fable called ‘The Old Forest Path’.
Kanako Wakabayashi is an artist and illustrator who creates the gentle world of fairytales and fantasy, using a variety of materials. Her inspiration comes from nature, the spirits inhabiting it, and also her imagination and dreams. Kanako holds an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, U.K., and her work has also been widely exhibited in her home country, Japan.