Alison Brown & Steve Martin - Safe, Sensible And Sane (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

With a cast as large as a movie's, Steve Martin's latest bluegrass album—a collaboration with fellow banjoist Alison Brown—is dizzy with stars, starting with the two impressive headliners. After several albums with Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell, Martin has joined forces with Brown, renowned for her work with Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck and Michelle Shocked. Together, their playing feels loose in the way of people so secure in their work—so, yes, safe, sensible and sane—that they can flash a little flair without risk. No wonder power players are drawn to their environment. Vince Gill brings sincerity and potency to "Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)," with Stuart Duncan of Nashville Bluegrass Band on virtuosic fiddle and those complimentary—not dueling!—banjos full of emotion. Tim O'Brien takes the mic, mandolin in tow, on plucky "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back," singing Martin's charming lyrics about road life. ("Give a little wave to the fans/ 5 days out and 2 days back … I come home, give a little shout/ 2 days home then I head out.") For "Girl, Have Money When You're Old," the Indigo Girls settle in alongside an all-star band that includes Molly Tuttle on guitar, Sierra Hull on mandolin, and the group Della Mae. Amy Ray's shadowy rasp and Emily Saliers' honeysuckle sweetness sound great as they offer wisdom about having fun when you're young but taking care to think ahead, and the music unfurls with a luxuriating, easy stretch.

TRACKLIST

1. Alison Brown - Friend Of Mine
2. Alison Brown - 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back
3. Alison Brown - New Cluck Old Hen
4. Alison Brown - Michael
5. Alison Brown - Evening Star
6. Alison Brown - Statement Of Your Affairs
7. Alison Brown - Dear Time (Prelude)
8. Alison Brown - Dear Time
9. Alison Brown - Girl, Have Money When You're Old
10. Alison Brown - Bluegrass Radio
11. Alison Brown - Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)
12. Alison Brown - Let's Get Out Of Here



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