FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue
Label/Cat#: Hightone Records / HCD 8099 
Country: USA
Year: March 16, 1999
Genre: folk,americana
Format:CD

01 - The Man from God Knows Where
02 - Wayfarin' Stranger
03 - Patrick Russell
04 - Mary Clare Malloy (American Wake)
05 - The Outcast
06 - Ambrose Larsen
07 - The Dreamin'
08 - The Old Northern Shore
09 - The Man from God Knows Where
10 - Anna Olsen
11 - Rider on an Orphan Train
12 - Acres of Corn
13 - The Man from God Knows Where
14 - Sitting Bull in Venice
15 - The Old Rugged Cross
16 - Anna Olsen's Letter Home
17 - Eg er framand
18 - When Irish Girls Grow Up
19 - Casey Jones
20 - Chickasaw County Jail
21 - Wayfarin' Stranger (Passage of Time)
22 - Throwin' Horseshoes at the Moon
23 - The Man from God Knows Where
24 - The Outcast (revisited)
25 - Wayfarin' Stranger (revisited)
26 - Love Abides

Tom Russell had been releasing great records for about 25 years by the time he issued this album, but he outdoes himself here. Eight years in the making, The Man from God Knows Where is a song cycle inspired by America's pioneers and, particularly, Russell's own immigrant ancestors; but it probably comes at least as much from the artist's imagination as from historical fact. Be that as it may, he does a terrific job of conjuring up the hard realities faced by America's early immigrants. The performances, meanwhile, are even more adventurous than you've come to expect from Russell. Featuring guest spots by Iris DeMent, Dave Van Ronk and others, the album mixes music of the American West with that of Ireland and Norway and, somehow, it all holds together. A fine, fine collection