Many Colored Kite
# Many Colored Kite

Many Colored Kite is an album by American singer/songwriter Mark Olson, released in 2010.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
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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.

* "Little Bird of Freedom" (Mark Olson, Ingunn Ringvold) – 4:11
* "Morning Dove" – 4:34
* "Many Colored Kite" – 3:53
* "Bluebell Song" – 3:38
* "Beehive" – 3:42
* "No Time to Live Without Her" – 3:49
* "Your Life Beside Us" – 4:58
* "Scholastica" – 3:22
* "Kingsnake" – 3:05
* "Wind & Rain" (Olson, Ringvold) – 3:41
* "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
