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This debut solo album by veteran studio performer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Keith Little has the combination of expert playing and heartfelt singing that has made him a featured part of many of today?s best bluegrass recordings. Keith was raised in Northern California, and is an alumni of many national groups including the Country Gentlemen and Ricky Skaggs? Kentucky Thunder. He forges his own sound on this album with a fine assortment of carefully chosen pieces including three self-penned originals, new songs from Claire Lynch and Robert Gateley, along with obscure titles associated with the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, and the Stanley Brothers. Also carefully chosen are the supporting musicians which include Robert Bowlin on fiddle, mandolinist Mike Compton, Dennis Crouch on string bass, and banjo wizard Ronnie Stewart, with Claire Lynch and Robert Gateley adding vocal harmony parts. Finely crafted and assembled, this album is rooted in Keith?s lifelong love of traditional music, and springs from these roots in a style that is easily recognized as being both genuine and original. ?Distant Land To Roam? shines as a soulful example of artistically unique, and tasteful bluegrass music.