Ad Vanderveen has earned a reputation as a fine singer/songwriter in the new folk and roots genre.His work is often compared to greats like Neil Young, Bob Dylan or Townes Van Zandt. In Final Refuge‘s lyrical content, spiritual and mystical themes alternate with more mundane affairs, covering subject matter that most serious and grown up music lovers could relate to like reflections on transience, love and faith, as well as more personal inquisition, self-knowledge and worldly philosophy.