Showing posts with label Natalie Merchant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natalie Merchant. Show all posts
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep (2010)
I'm getting much more into this album now, track by track. I'm now really pleased by the fact she's chosen different instrumentation for the different songs or musical settings of poems. At first I found the variety slightly overwhelming, now I'm growing into the expansive space offered by Natalie's wonderful album.
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep (2010)
Listening to NM's new album ... not sure what I think of it yet. It's a long one. Twenty-six tracks, I'm only four in. A celebration of writers and writing. I liked the track 'Vain and Careless' which Fiona Talkington played on Late Junction. It's a setting of a Robert Graves piece. I'm a big fan of Graves however unsettling he may be at times ...
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