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For 25 years John McCutcheon, `Virginia's rustic Renaissance Man' (Washington Post), has been one of the most widely traveled and inventive American folk musicians. This, his first all-acoustic album in 15 years, is a chronicle of that musical curiosity. After learning directly from many of the traditional masters of his adopted Appalachia he has traveled the world working with musicians from Russia to Nicaragua to Australia to Africa. In the process he mastered a dozen different instruments and developed a world of ideas. In this wide-ranging collection he weds Aboriginal didgeridoos with old time banjo. African drums and mountain dulcimers. Appalachian fiddles with Cajun accordions. Old time sounds with new time ideas. Joined by singers Iris DeMent, Tim & Mollie O'Brien, and Robin & Linda Williams, John McCutcheon offers a rich gumbo of music that proves how fresh traditional music can sound.