It continues: the year that instrumental music totally demolished and owned the landscape of “amazing records that were released” and George Jackson‘s ‘Time and Place’ hits that nail directly on the head…and sends it through the floorboards and digs itself down into the earth, unwavering in its delivery and sticking there for the long haul.

This video for the first track on that new album came out a few months ago, but the record was just released last Friday.

Even if two of my favorite musicians are involved on this project (that gentleman with the blue hat -YEAH! and Mando Marlin himself) Jackson’s arrangements and tunes are standouts in their melodic catchiness and overall vibe. They have a movement to them. You get caught up in the tidal wave of sound, but never lose sight of that melody. Sounding and feeling like traditional songs you have played around jams for decades, but there is something more. The flow is dynamic. The fiddle sprightly and pushing the band to follow along in its path. A band leader commanding the group without the use of words. Hanging on every note.

This is how you throw yourself into Spring and the warmer weather. Jackson’s arrangements put a smile on my face and the light he emits from those songs is something special.