Many Colored Kite

Many Colored Kite
Studio album by Mark Olson
Released	July 27, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Alternative country
Length	42:43
Label	Rykodisc
Producer	Beau Raymond
Mark Olson chronology
Ready for the Flood (2008) Many Colored Kite (2010) Good-bye Lizelle (2014)

Many Colored Kite is an album by American singer/songwriter Mark Olson, released in 2010.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Deming called the album; "a deeply introspective set of songs, with a keenly spiritual undertow running through these meditations on love, nature, and humanity. Not as cohesive as The Salvation Blues, Many Colored Kites is still a worthy and brave album that finds Mark Olson continuing to find new ways of sharing what life has taught him through his music."^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Mark Olson except as noted.

1. "Little Bird of Freedom" (Mark Olson, Ingunn Ringvold) – 4:11
2. "Morning Dove" – 4:34
3. "Many Colored Kite" – 3:53
4. "Bluebell Song" – 3:38
5. "Beehive" – 3:42
6. "No Time to Live Without Her" – 3:49
7. "Your Life Beside Us" – 4:58
8. "Scholastica" – 3:22
9. "Kingsnake" – 3:05
10. "Wind & Rain" (Olson, Ringvold) – 3:41
11. "More Hours" – 3:50

Personnel

• Mark Olson – vocals, banjo, bass, dulcimer, guitar, piano, Melodica
• Danny Frankel –drums, percussion
• Phil Baker – bass, double bass
• Beau Raymond – glockenspiel, percussion, background vocals
• Vashti Bunyan – harmony vocals, background vocals
• Jolie Holland – harmony vocals, background vocals
• Ingunn Ringvold – djembe, percussion, piano, harmony vocals, background vocals
• Shay Scott – Hammond B3 organ
• Neal Casal – bass, guitar, slide guitar
• Michele Gazich – viola, violin
• Ashia Grzesik – cello

Production notes

• Beau Raymond – producer, engineer, mixing
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Jeremy Sherrer – engineer
• David Gorman – design
• Michele Gazich – string arrangements

References