title: Many Colored Kite
text: # Many Colored Kite
  
  Many Colored Kite is an album by American singer/songwriter Mark Olson, released in 2010.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Deming called the album; "a deeply introspective set of songs, with a keenly spiritual undertow running through these meditations on love, nature, and humanity. Not as cohesive as The Salvation Blues, Many Colored Kites is still a worthy and brave album that finds Mark Olson continuing to find new ways of sharing what life has taught him through his music."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs by Mark Olson except as noted.
  
  * "Little Bird of Freedom" (Mark Olson, Ingunn Ringvold) – 4:11
  * "Morning Dove" – 4:34
  * "Many Colored Kite" – 3:53
  * "Bluebell Song" – 3:38
  * "Beehive" – 3:42
  * "No Time to Live Without Her" – 3:49
  * "Your Life Beside Us" – 4:58
  * "Scholastica" – 3:22
  * "Kingsnake" – 3:05
  * "Wind & Rain" (Olson, Ringvold) – 3:41
  * "More Hours" – 3:50
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Mark Olson – vocals, banjo, bass, dulcimer, guitar, piano, Melodica
  * Danny Frankel – drums, percussion
  * Phil Baker – bass, double bass
  * Beau Raymond – glockenspiel, percussion, background vocals
  * Vashti Bunyan – harmony vocals, background vocals
  * Jolie Holland – harmony vocals, background vocals
  * Ingunn Ringvold – djembe, percussion, piano, harmony vocals, background vocals
  * Shay Scott – Hammond B3 organ
  * Neal Casal – bass, guitar, slide guitar
  * Michele Gazich – viola, violin
  * Ashia Grzesik – cello
  
  ## Production notes
  
  * Beau Raymond – producer, engineer, mixing
  * Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  * Jeremy Sherrer – engineer
  * David Gorman – design
  * Michele Gazich – string arrangements
  