If Tim O'Brien and Alison Brown ever had a love child, it might just be Frank Solivan. This newgrass/bluegrass foursome spirals through skin-tight banjo picking, razor-sharp mandolin and jazz-tinged concentric circles – all with a degree of control that balances technical precision and improvisational virtuosity. The joyous musicianship is shot through with a lyrical warmth long associated with bluegrass. Solivan's mandolin and fiddle are a force to be reckoned with as they go string to string with Danny Booth's bass, Chris Luquette's guitar and Mike Munford's banjo. O'Brien's guest vocals on Solivan's The Edge of Letting Go bring further colour to what is a lovingly crafted, highly cohesive, marathon finger-pickin' and effortlessly inventive debut.
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