Co-founding member of The Jayhawks, Mark Olson emerges with a new album that distills the essence of his gifts down to the elements of heartfelt performance inspiring lyrics, and a pure melodic core. Many Colored Kite is the follow-up to his 2007 personal milestone Salvation Blues, a soul-searching album of loss and change that further cemented Olson's reputation as one of the true heroes of the folk/roots scene. The album was a New York Times Critics pick and received rave reviews for its autobiographical, often painful songs. It's a hopeful Olson that greets the listener on Many Colored Kite, with its earthy, neo-folk feel that encompasses classic and 60s British folk as well as the desert country he's been associated with in the past. Produced, mixed and engineered by Beau Raymond (Devendra Banhart) and featuring the core group of Olson, Neal Casal and Danny Frankel, this is a wide-eyed, uplifting album with soaring, ethereal harmonies contributed by Ingunn Ringvold.
- Little Bird Of Freedom (feat. Jolie Holland)
- Morning Dove
- Many Colored Kite
- Bluebell Song
- Beehive
- No Time To Live Without Her (Feat. Vashti Bunyan)
- Your Life Beside Us
- Scholastica
- Kingsnake
- Wind And Rain
- More Hours
