Children Running Through is Patty Griffin

Patty Griffin

Patty Griffin, born Patricia Jean Griffin, March 16, 1964, is an American Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and musician. She is especially known for her down-home crafting of songs and her connection to musicians including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, and the Dixie Chicks, who have played with...

's sixth commercially

Commerce

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 released album, and fifth studio album. It was released on 6 February 2007. The album features vocals from Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...

 on "Trapeze". "Heavenly Day" was the album's first single.

The album debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 in mid-February, the highest chart position achieved by Griffin in her career. It sold about 27,000 copies in its first week. As of January 2010, the album had sold over 168,000 copies in the United States.

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...

 performed a live cover version of "Up To The Mountain (MLK Song)" with Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He is one of three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds...

 on the "Idol Gives Back

Idol Gives Back

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" special edition of American Idol

American Idol

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 on April 25, 2007. Griffin is regarded as one of Clarkson's musical inspirations and she also covered "No Bad News" during the Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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 concert on her My December Tour

My December Tour

The My December Tour was the second headlining concert tour by American recording artist Kelly Clarkson, and followed the release Clarkson's third studio album, My December. Originally a large-scale summer tour timed to coincide with the June 2007 availability of the album, public career battles...

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Reception

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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said the song "Heavenly Day" gives "Griffin a chance to let that fine voice soar." According to Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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Griffin "effortlessly slow-burns her way through an evocation of good times."

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album

Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

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Track listing

All songs written by Patty Griffin.

1. "You'll Remember" – 2:07
2. "Stay on the Ride" – 5:17
3. "Trapeze" – 4:23
4. "Getting Ready" – 3:15
5. "Burgundy Shoes" – 3:26
6. "Heavenly Day" – 3:45
7. "No Bad News" – 4:02
8. "Railroad Wings" – 3:59
9. "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)
   Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)
   "Up to the Mountain " is a contemporary folk song written by Patty Griffin. The song touches upon emotions surrounding Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous 1968 "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, given the day before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee...
   
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10. "I Don't Ever Give Up" – 4:00
11. "Someone Else's Tomorrow" – 4:06
12. "Crying Over" – 4:37

Personnel

• David Angell – Violin
• Kristen Cassel – Cello
• David Davidson – Violin
• Christopher Farrell – Viola
• Traci Goudie – Art Direction, Design
• Patty Griffin – Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Producer, Vox Organ, Drawing
• Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
  
   – Vocals
• Jim Hoke – Baritone & Tenor Saxophone, Bass Harmonica
• Anthony LaMarchina – Cello
• Doug Lancio – Guitar, Autoharp
• Michael Longoria – Percussion, Drums
• Mike McCarthy – Producer
• Ian McLagan
  Ian McLagan
  Ian McLagan is an English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of the English rock bands Small Faces and Faces.-Small Faces and Faces:...
  
   – Grand Piano
• John Mark Painter – Horn, Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• Leslie Richter – Engineer
• Jane Scarpantoni
  Jane Scarpantoni
  Jane Scarpantoni is a classically trained cello player who has played on a number of alternative rock albums.She was a member of Hoboken, New Jersey's Tiny Lights in the mid-'80s, then went on to play with other musicians especially those associated with the Hoboken underground rock scene of the...
  
   – Cello, Soloist
• Pamela Sixfin – Violin
• Steve Squier – Assistant
• Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – Violin
• Jim Vollentine – Engineer
• Kathi Whitley – Production Coordination
• Kristin Wilkinson – Viola
• Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf
  Glenn Worf is one of the premier Nashville session bassists. He was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and has concentrated on the bass guitar since he was thirteen. He majored in music at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Inevitably his talents forced him to abandon the...
  
  – Bass, Tic Tac