No Time To Be Tender

'The entire 10 song work is one incredible song after another.' - Red Line Roots Blog 'The songs here are so good it will take many well spent hours listening to them just to figure out how good. One of our favorites of the year so far!' - The Alternate Root Though perhaps technically a singer-songwriter, Ian Fitzgerald prefers the term 'folk singer,' as it more accurately describes the tradition in which Ian's music is rooted. From early twentieth century field recordings through Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Gillian Welch, and hundreds of artists in between, Ian has been influenced by one of the sturdiest strains of American music. No Time To Be Tender was recorded by four people over four days using analog equipment and acoustic instruments. The result is an album which belies the time in which it was made yet sacrifices none of it's immediacy.