Riders of Mater's Junkyard Jamboree sit in a cart mounted to a baby tractor and the tractors square dance to sevensongs sung by Mater himself. (A simple ride, but it got big smiles from the kids).
The result with seven new songs by Mr. Robison and six from generation-crossing songwriters ranging from the veteran "gentle giant" Don Williams to Robert Earl Keen and Hayes Carll is a masterly collection, produced by Brad Jones, that is occasionally keyed to poignant storytelling but more often to rolling along with acoustic fiddle and banjo-driven grooves.
Ex-Beautiful South singer Paul Heaton will also be premiering one of the longest pop songs ever, an eight-chapter piece which considers the seven deadly sins.
Now, after a stunted solo record deal at age 17 and seven years edging on mainstream success with The Jealous Girlfriends despite lukewarm album sales, their songs made it into several high profile TV shows Miranda's debut has finally emerged the way she intended.