# Not Far Now

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Not Far Now
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Richard Shindell](/source/Richard_Shindell)
| cover      =Not Far Now.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 7, 2009
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Folk
| length     =
| label      = [Signature Sounds](/source/Signature_Sounds)
| producer   = Greg Anderson & Richard Shindell
| prev_title = [South of Delia](/source/South_of_Delia)
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = Careless
| next_year  = 2016
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5| }}<ref name=all>William Ruhlmann, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1512118|pure_url=yes}} Review: Not Far Now], [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/Valley_Advocate)''
|rev7score = (favorable)<ref name=VA>Rob Weir, ''[Valley Advocate](/source/Valley_Advocate)/Northampton'', April 29, 2000</ref>
|rev8 = LyricQuill
|rev8score = {{rating|5|5}}
}}

'''''Not Far Now''''' is [Richard Shindell](/source/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](/source/Silvio_Rodr%C3%ADguez)) – 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](/source/Dave_Carter)) – 3:55
# "Balloon Man" – 4:11

== Personnel ==
* Alejandro Baccarat – photography
* Mark Dann – engineer, mastering, mixing
* Meghan Dewar – design, layout design
* [Seth Glier](/source/Seth_Glier) – Hammond organ
* [Lisa Gutkin](/source/Lisa_Gutkin) – baritone violin
* [Steve Holley](/source/Steve_Holley) – drums, tambourine, claves, cajon, shaker, cowbell
* [Lucy Kaplansky](/source/Lucy_Kaplansky) – harmony vocals
* [Viktor Krauss](/source/Viktor_Krauss) – engineer, acoustic bass
* Rich Lamb – engineer
* Dennis McDermott – percussion, drums
* [Sara Milonovich](/source/Sara_Milonovich) – violin, viola, engineer, harmony vocals, string arrangements, baritone violin
* [Brian Mitchell](/source/Brian_Mitchell_(musician)) – 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](/source/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

== References ==
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Category:Richard Shindell albums
Category:2009 albums
Category:Signature Sounds Recordings albums

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