2010 Many Colored Kite   CD  Rykodisc 

1 Little Bird of Freedom   
2 Morning Dove   
3 Many Colored Kite   
4 Bluebell Song   
5 Beehive   
6 No Time to Live Without Her   
7 Your Life Beside Us   
8 Scholastica   
9 King Snake   
10 Wind and Rain   
11 More Hours 

Many Colored Kite is easily Mark Olson's best solo work, and it's on par with the Jayhawk's classics "Tomorrow the Green Grass" and "Hollywood Town Hall". 

The top tracks are the calm, wistful "Beehive", the moody "King Snake" and the simple acoustic masterpiece "More Hours", which laments the quick passage of time. This is a more difficult album than his previous effort (the fine Salvation Blues), but at the same time more interesting and ultimately a superior work. 

Olson's use of flashing, effective imagery and out-of-the-mainstream arrangements lend the album a magical and peculiar quality that deserves a bit more attention than the insincere, thoughtless filler which plagues most indie music. 

Highly recommended and easily album of the year at this point. There's nothing out there as well executed from start to finish.

cd ripped by dBpoweramp

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