Dirty Linen (8/03, p.56) - "...Russell is a man who can write. MODERN ART is recommended for anyone who wants a lesson in how to tell a good story in song..."
Personnel: Tom Russell (vocals, acoustic, electric & resonator guitars, echo-harp, Hammond B-3 organ); Nanci Griffith (vocals, acoustic guitar); Andrew Hardin (acoustic, electric & resonator guitars, ukelele, tiple, percussion, background vocals); Gurf Morlix (pedal steel guitar); Elana Fremerman (violin); Mark Hallman (harmonica, accordion, electratone organ, tambo-drum, talking drum, sound effects); Steve Samuel (drums, percussion); Eliza Gilkyson (background vocals).
Producers: Tom Russell, Andrew Hardin, Mark Hallman.
Recorded at Congress House Studios, Austin, Texas in December 2002.