David Ford is distinctly British in that he has no problem mixing orchestral arrangements with spry pop and boppy dancehall melodies, sometimes within the span of a single song. His latest album, Songs For the Road, consists of nine songs that don't stray, lyrically at least, from the topics of love won, lost, and lamented. Nothing really new there, huh? But the music behind the songs is a carefully crafted joy to listen to, and......