Reunion Hill is a 1997 album by singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Richard Shindell

Richard Shindell

Richard Shindell is an American folk songwriter. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York. He currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, a university professor, and their children....

. It was Shindell's third and final studio album for Shanachie Records

Shanachie Records

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. Allmusic calls the album "songcraft at its finest." The album includes a cover of "I'll Be Here in the Morning" by Townes Van Zandt

Townes Van Zandt

John Townes Van Zandt , best known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American Texas Country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet...

 who died earlier that same year.

The title song was covered, later in 1997, by Joan Baez

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, who included it on her Gone From Danger

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Gone From Danger is a Joan Baez album from 1997. Rather than relying on her own songwriting, Baez instead selected work by younger folk and rock artists to perform. She included Dar Williams' "If I Wrote You", Richard Shindell's "Reunion Hill", and Betty Elders' "Crack in the Mirror"...

album, as well as by Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention

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 on their 2011 CD Festival Bell

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.

Track listing

All songs by Richard Shindell except where noted

1. "The Next Best Western"- 4:35
2. "Smiling" (Campbell
   Larry Campbell (musician)
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   , Shindell) - 4:43
3. "May" - 4:37
4. "I Saw My Youth Today" - 3:18
5. "Reunion Hill" - 4:28
6. "Beyond the Iron Gate" - 5:24
7. "Darkness, Darkness" (Young
   Jesse Colin Young
   Jesse Colin Young is an American singer / songwriter / folksinger and a founding member of the group The Youngbloods.-Early life:...
   
   ) - 3:56
8. "Money for Floods" - 3:46
9. "Easy Street" - 3:58
10. "The Weather" - 3:49
11. "I'll Be Here in the Morning" (Van Zandt
    Townes Van Zandt
    John Townes Van Zandt , best known as Townes Van Zandt, was an American Texas Country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet...
    
    ) - 4:18

Personnel

Musicians:

• Richard Shindell
  Richard Shindell
  Richard Shindell is an American folk songwriter. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York. He currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, a university professor, and their children....
  
   - vocals, acoustic guiatar, harmony, percussion
• Larry Campbell
  Larry Campbell (musician)
  Larry Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist who plays many stringed instruments in genres including country, folk, blues, and rock...
  
   - acoustic, electric and baritone guitars, bouzouki, mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel, fiddle, percussion
• Lucy Kaplansky
  Lucy Kaplansky
  Lucy Kaplansky is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky also has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University.-Biography:...
  
   - harmony
• Frank Vilardi - drums, percussion
• Radoslav Lorkovic - piano, Hammond B3, harmonium, accordion
• Dave Richards - electric and upright bass
• Robby Walsh - Bodhran
• Teresa Williams - harmony

Production

• Produced by Larry Campbell
• Recorded by Tim Conklin at Sorcerer Sound New York City
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• and by Al Hemberger, Matt Baxter and Roy Matthews at The Loft Bronxville, New York
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• Mixed at The Loft by Larry Campbell, Al Hemberger, and Richard Shindell

External links

• Reunion Hill page at richardshindell.com