PAPER FLOWERS - AVAILABLE NOW!!
For streaming/download https://howdyskies.lnk.to/paperflowers
Physical CD now available at https://timobrien.net/
Vinyl coming soon!
A set of 15 new originals by O’Brien and Fabricius, many of them co-written with the venerable Tom Paxton, 'Paper Flowers' drops June 6th on Howdy Skies Records. From the breezy swing of Atchison and This Gal of Mine, through the rockabilly of Blacktop Rag Mop, to country duets like Hungry Heart and Yellow Hat, the couple share lead vocals and tell stories of their life together.
A West Virginia native who burst on the scene with Colorado bluegrass group Hot Rize in the late 1970’s, O’Brien has since earned renown with a solo career built on his soulful songs,
heartfelt vocals, and collaborations with everyone from Steve Earle to Steve Martin. The multi- instrumentalist started dating Kansas native Jan Fabricius in 2011. A cardiac ICU nurse, later doing sedations in Radiology and single mother, Jan grew up singing in church and school, playing mandolin and singing informally around festival campfires on weekends. Moving to Nashville in 2013, she took a crash course in the music business as tour manager and bookkeeper for Grammy winner O’Brien. It wasn’t long before she started joining him onstage, in the studio, and in the songwriting room.
O’Brien’s own Howdy Skies Records celebrates 25 years with this release, and the memorable stories and sweet harmony of Paper Flowers is an overdue statement from the musical husband and wife team of Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius.
RECENT PRAISE FOR PAPER FLOWERS:
*O’Brien possesses a warm, reassuring baritone and his and Fabricius’s voices fit together hand-in-glove when they duet."
—Bluegrass Unlimited
*"The married musicians contemplate the passage of time through semi-autobiographical lyrics and surprising compositions...this is a highly listenable set that can go to unexpected places."
—Wall Street Journal
*"The album is just wonderful! I am proud to be a part of it. All I want is to carry on with this. Yodel on!"
—Tom Paxton
*"Vocally, O’Brien has never sounded better and likewise that goes for Paper Flowers too. Fabricius lends stellar harmony vocals." —The Rocking Magpie
*"I’m mighty excited for Tim O’Brien’s beautiful, introspective new record ‘Paper Flowers.’ Along with partner Jan Fabricius, Tim weaves an even more heartfelt song cycle than usual, full of soulful balladry and thoughtful notions of love, loss, and learning. Run out, get you a copy, and crank up one of the prettiest sounding new records to come out of Nashville this year."
— Ketch Secor, Old Crow Medicine Show
https://youtu.be/jdSvXJAA8aU?si=pxaW_yT0SetCZrVz
Paper Flowers : Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius