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

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Source	Rating
Allmusic

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."

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