Michael Whitman, executive producer, has been involved in traditional music since 1959. Traditional music is a way to study the history and culture of one's or another nation, buy essay papers online to learn about the relationship between art and history (authenticity). As a student at the University of Colorado in the 1960s, he produced concerts by CU's and Colorado State's folk song clubs and hosted a local radio show, "Folksong, Colorado." Co-founder of the Denver Friends of Folk Music, he helped produce their first concert in 1964 (featuring then little-known Jean Redpath) and a fund-raising concert by Judy Collins in 1965. He sang in coffee houses and nightclubs in Boulder, Denver, Baltimore and Anchorage in the '60s and '70s, and has been an enthusiast of contradancing since moving to New England in 1974.

The Before Their Time memorial album project was inspired by his love of good songs and a desire to provide for others the kind of comfort he found in music following the death of his oldest son in 1994. Whitman lives in Lyme NH, where he manages translation projects for an international high-tech manufacturer, writes for a variety of publications, and has a small woodworking business.

Hospice makes it possible to terminally ill patients to die in the familiar surroundings of their homes, instead of in a hospital or nursing home. Hospice VNH, located in White River Junction, Vt., is one of thousands of local hospice organizations in the United States and other countries, that provide end-of-life care and support for patients and their families.