Album Notes

"Mike Mitchell is another one of those multi-talented, self-produced artists who’s a pure joy to uncover…”

- Bluegrass Now Magazine

Mitchell is a smooth and talented fiddler and also sings smoothly in (what I would describe as) a contemporary style. His ‘Jerusalem Ridge’ is more ethereal than hard-edged, more laid-back than ominous. ‘Music In Our Souls’ is about the life of a musician. ‘Eat My Dust’ is a more ethereal piece, and Mitchell’s fiddling is just right.”

- Bluegrass Unlimited

I have been really enjoying this disc, especially Mike’s originals, ‘Young Love on the Mountain’, ‘Music in Our Souls’ and the title track; by far the best mining disaster song written to date.

The instrumentals really have some pop to them. I thought ‘Money Musk’, ‘Whitlock Run’ and ‘Darmagi’ were really stand-out tracks. I’ll be doing my best to get the word out in Nashville and in our other syndicated locations.”

- Dave Higgs, Nashville Public Radio

…the title song, a ballad written in commemoration of the miners who died in Sago, WV in January 2006, is more than that. Among the finest songs I’ve heard in this very good year for roots music, it tears straight to the listener’s heart and soul from its first line, ‘I was a man…’ If that haunted melody sounds a little like something you’ve heard before, well, it’s at least an echo of the one that carries the Grateful Dead’s beloved ‘Ripple’. Nothing wrong with that. What matters is that Mitchell’s way of telling its profoundly sad yet ultimately affirming tale is utterly unforgettable.”

- Jerome Clark, Rambles.net