Refugees of the Heart represents the newest example of Steve Winwood's musical vision. The creative team from Roll With It returns in peak form, with Winwood at the producer's helm and Tom Lord Alge engineering the recording sessions in England and Nashville. Will Jennings co-writes 7 of the 8 tracks with Winwood, a creative relationship that goes back to Arc of a Diver. As on Roll With It, Winwood also collaborates with Traffic bandmate Jim Capaldi on one song, the album's rousing lead-off single "One and Only Man".

Rocker Steve Winwood and his wife got an early Christmas gift this year, an 8-pound, 7-ounce daughter. Elizabeth Dawn Winwood was born Dec. 1 at Baptist Hospital to Winwood, 40, and his wife, Eugenia, 29.

The couple, who married Jan. 17, 1987, also have an 18-month-old daughter, Mary Clare. Winwood's latest album, "Roll With It," has sold more than 2 million copies this year, and his single "Holding On" is on Billboard's Top 40.