''Coming Home'' is the debut album by the O'Connor Band. The album was produced by Gregg Field,

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Mu ...

, and Forrest O'Connor, and it was released by

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in August 2016. It debuted at No. 1 on the ''

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'' Top Bluegrass Albums chart and won the

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for Best Bluegrass Album at the

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in February 2017.

Critical reception

A critic at the web site ''No Depression'' wrote, "There are some albums that are so sonically gorgeous, they sound as if the music has arrived from another plane; the players are so connected to each other, weaving their own parts so tightly together, the sound encloses you in its warmth and beauty…The twelve songs on ''Coming Home'' display the elegance, polished style, and supple songwriting of a group that's been playing together for years…Every song on ''Coming Home'' is a treasure."

Track listing

Personnel

– producer, violin, background vocals * Maggie O'Connor – violin, vocals * Forrest O'Connor – producer, mandolin, vocals * Kate Lee – violin, vocals * Joe Smart – guitar, background vocals * Geoff Saunders – bass, banjo, background vocals * Gregg Field – producer, percussion

References

{{Reflist Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album