Album of the Day

After returning to longtime label Warner Bros. in the 1990s, Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers pulled out all the stops for the inspiring LIFELINES. The album serves as a statement of purpose for the trio, putting the folk tradition they love into a broader context with a little help from their friends. As they put it, "we share the music on this album as if Peter, Paul and Mary had expanded and added new members. And in a way, that's what has happened ~ some are our mentors, some our contemporaries, and some are younger friends who carry on the legacy we inherited some three and a half decades ago." Among the guests lending a hand are Emmylou Harris, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, B.B. King, Judy Collins and the surviving members of The Weavers. An appealing mix of standards, originals and material by emerging songwriters shines in spare acoustic arrangements that highlight these matchless voices. LIFELINES breathes new life into folk music, making it the perfect album to celebrate Peter Yarrow's birthday.