Eyes Closed, Dreaming is the third album of Nashville-based, Canadian musician Steve Dawson’s “Pandemic Trilogy” and possibly the best (the previous two instalments being Gone Long Gone and Phantom Threshold).
It was recorded under lockdown conditions with artists contributing from Nashville, Los Angeles, Toronto and Vancouver. Five of the eleven tracks are original, with four of them written with his old friend Matt Patershuk. The remaining tracks are smartly chosen covers written by Ian Tyson, Bobby Charles, Jack Clement and John Hartford plus the traditional song The House Carpenter and the

1920s tune Singin’ The Blues (best known from the Bix Beiderbecke recording with known composers and not trad as stated
on the credits). The originals and covers blend wonderfully and the accomplished remote contributions are from top musicians, including Allison Russell, Fats Kaplin and Tm O’Brien.