In Your Own Backyard documents the wealth of vocal talent Nick Anderson has been bringing to his Seattle-area house concerts for the last several years, and the new musical partnerships he's created between the mainly out-of-region vocalists and their mainly in-region accompanists. With Jo Lawry, John Proulx, Cathy Segal-Garcia, & Patti Wicks among many others, this recording reflects what can be heard from the concert series - total spontaneity with no written music, arrangements, or after-the-fact fixes; just pure music-making from some of the nation's great interpreters of song.