Pilgrims on the Heart Road explained

Pilgrims on the Heart Road
Type:studio album
Artist:Peter Ostroushko
Cover:PilgrimsOnTheHeartRoadCover.jpg
Released:Mar 18, 1997
Genre:Americana, folk
Length:70:48
Label:Red House
Producer:Peter Ostroushko
Prev Title:Heart of the Heartland
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Sacred Heart
Next Year:2000

Pilgrims on the Heart Road is an album by Peter Ostroushko, released in 1997. It is the second of the three albums Ostroushko calls his "heartland trilogy" — Heart of the Heartland, Pilgrims on the Heart Road, and Sacred Heart.

Guests include Prudence Johnson, Butch Thompson and Bobby McFerrin.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic William Ruhlman complimented the instrumental work, but wrote that in contrast to Ostroushko's previous albums, this album is "...a collection of songs with vocals, songs that treat a number of personal and political issues of obvious importance to the musician and which he treats at length... Ostroushko is as determined to display his instrumental dexterity on guitar and mandolin as he is to explore the lyrical subject matter... All of this makes for an ambitious, seriously intended album that sometimes comes off as preachy and self-important, sincere as it may be."

Track listing

All songs by Peter Ostroushko.

  1. "Miracle" – 6:50
  2. "Mandela" – 8:34
  3. "Twilight of Our Years" – 6:00
  4. "My People" – 6:08
  5. "Down on the Plain of Reeds" – 9:30
  6. "Once Again" – 6:30
  7. "I'm So Glad You Came into My Life" – 6:30
  8. "You Don't Know What Lonely Is" – 6:47
  9. "Baby, Bring Your Sweet Lovin' to Me" – 6:44
  10. "Like Memories Often Do" – 7:15

Personnel

Production notes

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