2 videos from Tom Russell's album of immigrants coming to and immersing in America. Lovely songs.

I found part of the album on You Tube, with two of my favorite songs from it.

About the album and Love Abides.

Published on Oct 25, 2012

From Tom Russell's great album "The Man From God Knows Where," which uses the talents of several of our best folk singers and songwriters to create a musical collage depicting the journey to and across the US and assimilation into American culture.

I had just heard Iris Dement for the first time in her theme song for The Leftovers. This is my favorite from the album. Also her theme song "Our Town" from the last episode of Northern Exposure.

She and Tom Russell sound good.



Another great song from this video of an immigrant's journey is Throwing Horseshoes at the Moon. His whole album is powerful and so descriptive of such a journey.

Tom Russell has invited wonderful guest artists and excellent back up musicians to make a great album, "The Man From God Knows Where", released in 1999. Tom traces his roots back to Ireland and Scandinavia. The family tree isn't perfect. The songs depict his heritage, warts and all. Iris DeMent joins Tom in this duet, "Throwin' Horseshoes at the Moon" and is an indication of the quality of the artistry on the album itself. There are historical photos and information on the liner notes, which almost becomes a mini-book. Russell has gone 'all out' to make a spectacular album. Enjoy!

Looks like you have to follow on to view this one on the You Tube site.

The entire album is up in segments at You Tube. I downloaded it from Emusic years ago, and its gets a lot of listening.