''The Wilderness'' is an album by the

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alt-country band

Cowboy Junkies Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton (bassist), Michael Timmins (songwriter, guitarist), Peter Timmins (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist). The three Timminses ...

, released in 2012. It is Volume Four of the Nomad Series. This volume is the introspection of winter after '' Sing in My Meadows joyful visitation of spring.

Background

The album is a return to the folk vibe the band played with in the late 80s and early 90s. The songwriter, Michael Timmins, "started to think in terms of an album of songs reflecting on the lives of characters I'd written about early in the band’s career and bringing those characters 20 years into the future to see where their lives were at now. Some of those songs have little touch points where, if you're a real freak and analyze the music, you can see how they connect to earlier songs -- even character's names and stuff pops into them, and that's intentional. It was fun to sit and go over those older songs and some of the ideas I was thinking about and exploring and believed in and seeing 20 years later where I sit with some of those ideas. It's always fascinating to do that with yourself and with the songs. It's a treat for me, anyway." The style of the songs on the album resemble earlier Cowboy Junkies music more than the other albums in the Nomad series. The Cowboy Junkies had turned their back on major labels, which gave them the independence to explore various themes for the Nomad series, to experiment with their music.

Track listing

Personnel

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Margo Timmins Margo Timmins (born January 27, 1961) is the lead vocalist of Canadian alternative country and folk rock band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins, the band's lead guitarist, and Peter Timmins, the band's drummer. Her ethereal vo ...

– lead vocals *Michael Timmins – guitar *Alan Anton – bass *Peter Timmins – drums Additional musicians *Jeff Bird – mandolin *Matt Bailey – guitar *

Miranda Mulholland Miranda Mulholland is a Canadian fiddle player and singer. Biography Mulholland is a member of Great Lake Swimmers, Belle Starr, and The Rattlesnake Choir as well as the founder and lead singer for the Roaring Girl Cabaret. She makes select ap ...

– violin *Joby Baker – bowed bass, drums, organ, piano, Wurlitzer, background vocals *Michael Davidson –

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

*Jesse O'Brien – organ, piano, Wurlitzer Production *Michael Timmins – producer, engineer, mixed by *

Peter J. Moore Peter Joseph Moore is a Canadian music producer who was first recognized for his innovative recordings of the Cowboy Junkies, produced on a shoestring budget.Encyclopedia of Music in CanadaCowboy Junkies Retrieved on: September 23, 2008. Early l ...

– mastered at the E Room *Alice Phieu – graphics design *

Enrique Martinez Celaya Enrique Martínez Celaya (born June 9, 1964) is a contemporary Cuban-born painter, sculptor, author and former scientist whose work has been exhibited and collected by major institutions around the world. He trained and worked as a physicist, com ...

– cover image

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilderness 2012 albums Cowboy Junkies albums Latent Recordings albums