CD and Music Release Update

By Damh the Bard on February 17, 2026

Hello, my friends!

I'd like to let you know about some changes in how my music will be available to you.

About half of my CD sales are sent to you lovely people in the USA, but sadly, with Trump's fluid approach to trade and tarrifs (I'm trying to be kind in my wording here…) it became very obvious to me that I could no longer trust that I'd be able to send any of the approaching 4th Branch albums to the USA with any confidence that they would reach their destination. For a while, I began to think I wouldn't be able to produce the final branch of the Mabinogi as a CD at all – without sales to the USA, it wouldn't be financially viable.

But I have good news.

I have been talking to the OBOD office, and they have now taken on all of my CD and songbook sales worldwide. It makes total sense because they are sending mail everywhere and therefore have to keep on top of Trump's tariffs to send to members in the USA. So I have officially closed my Shopify store, and all links to CDs and songbook sales on my website now point to a special page on the OBOD store dedicated to my music.

Click the image above, or that link is also here.

Regarding my CD back catalogue, as I run out of titles, I won't be repressing any more. I have already run out of The Cauldron Born, so if you have a copy of that CD, it's now a limited edition! The Y Mabinogi 4th Branch album may also be the last physical CD I produce. It might be the last album of songs I produce, too. Most of my music is heard through streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, and it doesn't look like people listen to entire albums so much anymore on those platforms. So going forward, I will probably release singles and EPs on streaming and on my Bandcamp download site. To be honest this feels like quite an exciting change. Instead of waiting until I've written and recorded 10 songs for an album, which can take over a year, I can write and record a song, Cerri can create the artwork, and I can release it right away.

This change, for me, helps make things really spontaneous, and it means that, when I write a song, you don't have to wait a year before you can hear it!

As ever, thank you for your support and for supporting independent music artists like myself!

See you online, or on the road!!