Album ANW 4343Timber and Tumbleweeds

Paul Dinletir (ASCAP) | Roman Soto (ASCAP) | Benjamin Knorr (SOCAN) | Cristobal Cruz Garcia (BMI)

Fiddle, banjo, slide guitar, mandolin and brushed percussion weave a rich sonic tapestry.

15 tracks
  1. Quilt of Competing Themes4343/1Plucked acoustic bass and fluttering guitar make time with waves of mandolin and crashing cymbals. Muted plucks of bass push the dramatic tempo as the mandolin hops along. A collage of the desert rises and fades with a final mandolin run.2:05
  2. Front Porch Conversations4343/20Layers of acoustic guitar punctuate a sliding fiddle as a banjo tinkers around, meshing together as a howling tin whistle joins the fray, whooping in the background while the host of acoustic sounds stroll home after a hard day's work.3:00
  3. Hitchhiker's Journey4343/26Rushing acoustic guitar strums and plucks alongside a jangling banjo as a bass thumps in the background. A dancing fiddle hops in and guides the banjo to the fore before taking its own time to shine, ceding to a finale of all elements in unison.3:05
  4. Angels Landing4343/40Acoustic guitar drearily bends around a humming cello as a distant harmonica groans out its complaint. The strings swell, daring to overwhelm, but the guitar ensures that its sad tale remains at the forefront until a fading conclusion.2:16
  5. Norman Rockwell Scene4343/47Nodding cellos joined by a strolling mandolin that waltzes the cello down the road as plucks of banjo sprinkle in. Airy crashes in the background gives a sense of looking back on days past or time lost, but smiling about it.2:36
  6. Saturday Evening Post4343/66Fingerpicked guitar sets off on a road trip with a wily harmonica companion, sliding into a mischievous backbeat and layers of country acoustics that stop, then lazily take off again at a trot, only to sprint forward in a final race towards the finish.2:24
  7. First Love Encounters4343/80Rolling banjo backed with layers of mandolin and acoustic strings jingle-jangle down the road over warm violins, tumbling forward aimlessly until a faint bass matures everything to a driven, focused country string choir that strolls to a close.3:03
  8. Bayou La Batre4343/86Acoustic guitar lead rocks out while a sliding banjo and whistles sprinkle in. Rattling chains are the point when mandolin and banjo take over and lead to a break; toms, guiro, chains, and blocks, until everything blends into a strolling finale.2:57

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