TIM O'BRIEN
Traveler (Sugar Hill)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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Tim O'Brien draws on his roots in and affection for bluegrass and Celtic sounds on Traveler, but those influences are only accents on Traveler, a set of 12 original songs of the road, both literally and metaphorically. By and large it's pretty straight singer/songwriter folk music, offered by one of the best singer/songwriters in folk music.

Of course, he's also one hell of a picker and there's plenty of virtuoso guitar and mandolin work. Along the roads he's traveled, he's also picked up some pretty fine musical friends, and among the tracks here you'll find performances by the likes of Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck and Dirk Powell, among others.

It's an altogether satisfying release, one that continues to establish O'Brien as a talented and entertaining solo artist, in addition to his well earned fame as a founding member of the late, great Hot Rize.

Track List:

Kelly Joe's Shoes * I've Endured * Turn The Page Again * Let Love Take You Back Again * Another Day * On The Outside Looking In * Forty-Nine Keep On Talkin' * Family History * Fell Into Her Deep Blue Eyes * Travelers * Less & Less

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