Martin,Steve / Steep Canyon Rangers Long-Awaited Album CD

2017 release from the musician, actor and comedian. Rather than a departure, Martin's musical career is an extension of the storytelling impulse that drove his work as a comedian, an actor, a screenwriter, a playwright, an essayist, and a novelist. The Long-Awaited Album, Steve Martin's project with the North Carolina Grammy-winning group the Steep Canyon Rangers, is full of stories that mix humor and melancholy, whimsy and realism, rich characters and evocative details. And lots of banjos. That instrument-so dexterously, even acrobatically picked and strummed-proves just as crucial to relating these tales as the lyrics themselves, each chord and riff revealing depths to Martin's narrators and to his musical talent.

1. Santa Fe 2. Caroline 3. All Night Long 4. Canadian Girl 5. Office Supplies 6. Bad Night 7. Strangest Christmas Yet 8. Always Will 9. So Familiar 10. Nights in the Lab 11. Angeline the Barista