The highly anticipated follow-up to 2012’s critically acclaimed Finding You Again proves once more that time has not diminished Bob Lind’s brilliance. Magellan Was Wrong contains 12 new recordings including a rare cover of Tom Paxton’s Bottle Of Wine and is a testament to Lind’s evolution 50 years after Elusive Butterfly, he continues to hone and reshape his style. From the cry-from-the-guts opener I Don’t Know How To Love You, to the symphonic closing piece A Break In The Rain, these songs demonstrate a wide melodic variation. Lind s lyrics are as romantic and imaginative as those of any songwriter alive. But unlike the work of many of his troubadour-poet contemporaries, Lind s work is more than just literary and sharply constructed. It s highly listenable. Delivered with that ageless voice as strong and expressive as ever this music reaches the heart every bit as much as it reaches the mind. Long-time fans Richard Hawley and Dion both write introductions to the sleeve-notes and give new insight into Lind and what he has meant to so many of the younger artists who credit him for inspiring and informing their musical styles.
