{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Not Far Now | type = studio | artist = Richard Shindell | cover =Not Far Now.jpg | alt = | released = April 7, 2009 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk | length = | label = Signature Sounds | producer = Greg Anderson & Richard Shindell | prev_title = South of Delia | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Careless | next_year = 2016 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5| }}<ref name=all>William Ruhlmann, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1512118|pure_url=yes}} Review: Not Far Now], AllMusic.com</ref> |rev2 = Compulsive Reader |rev2score = (favorable)<ref name=cr>Daniel Garrett, [http://www.compulsivereader.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2209 Art and Craft:Richard Shindell, Not Far Now], The Compulsive Reader</ref> |rev3 = CountryChart |rev3score = (favorable)<ref name=cc>[http://www.countrychart.com/2009/09/review-richard-shindell-not-far-now.html Review: Richard Shindell, Not Far Now], CountryChart.com, September, 2009</ref> |rev4 = ''FolkWax'' |rev4score = (8/10)<ref name = "FW">Sarah Craig, "Stretching The Boundaries of Conventional Reality" [Review], ''FolkWax'', July 16, 2009 ([http://www.visnat.com/entertainment/music/folkwax/mp3/album.cfm?aaa=zzz&reviewnumber=2998 link] requires free subscription)</ref> |rev5 = ''PopMatters'' |rev5score = (7/10)<ref name=pm>Steve Horowitz, [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/72838-richard-shindellnot-far-now/ Richard Shindell: Not Far Now], PopMatters.com, April 27, 2009</ref> |rev6 = Songs:Illinois |rev6score = (favorable)<ref name=si>Craig Bonnell, [http://www.songsillinois.net/2009/03/mp3-richard-shindell-not-far-now-signature-sounds-april-21/ Richard Shindell - Not Far Now], Songs:Illinois, March 2009</ref> |rev7 = ''Valley Advocate'' |rev7score = (favorable)<ref name=VA>Rob Weir, ''Valley Advocate/Northampton'', April 29, 2000</ref> |rev8 = LyricQuill |rev8score = {{rating|5|5}} }}
'''''Not Far Now''''' is Richard Shindell's eighth studio album and sixth album of original material.
== Track listing == All tracks written by Richard Shindell except where noted.
# "Parasol Ants" – 3:46 # "A Juggler Out In Traffic" – 4:35 # "Gethsemani Goodbye" – 4:14 # "¿Que Hago Ahora?" (Silvio Rodríguez) – 2:25 # "Bye Bye" – 4:02 # "Mariana's Table" – 4:36 # "State Of The Union" – 5:17 # "One Man's Arkansas" – 4:26 # "Get Up Clara" – 3:05 # "The Mountain" (Dave Carter) – 3:55 # "Balloon Man" – 4:11
== Personnel == * Alejandro Baccarat – photography * Mark Dann – engineer, mastering, mixing * Meghan Dewar – design, layout design * Seth Glier – Hammond organ * Lisa Gutkin – baritone violin * Steve Holley – drums, tambourine, claves, cajon, shaker, cowbell * Lucy Kaplansky – harmony vocals * Viktor Krauss – engineer, acoustic bass * Rich Lamb – engineer * Dennis McDermott – percussion, drums * Sara Milonovich – violin, viola, engineer, harmony vocals, string arrangements, baritone violin * Brian Mitchell – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer * John Putnam – pedal steel, electric guitar, tiple * Lincoln Schleifer – electric bass, engineer * Richard Shindell – acoustic guitar, bouzouki, percussion, piano, electric bass, electric guitar, vocals, engineer, harmony vocals, cajon, piano strings, 12 string electric guitar * Ben Wittman – percussion, cymbals, drums, tom-tom, shaker
== ''Mariana's EP'' == '''''Mariana's EP: Alt Versions and No Shows from Not Far Now''''' is a limited edition release with alternate versions and outtakes from ''Not Far Now''. It was first made available to participants in Shindell's fan-based financing program for ''Not Far Now''. It has since been available as a download only from his web site.
===Track listing=== # "Get Up Clara" (Alt mix) – 3:05 # "Balloon Man" (Alt version) – 4:28 # "Mariana's Table" (Alt version) – 5:06 # "State of the Union" (Demo version) – 5:24 # "I Am" (Unreleased) – 3:52 # "Hideous Grin" (Previously unreleased) – 4:31
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Category:Richard Shindell albums Category:2009 albums Category:Signature Sounds Recordings albums