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Folk, poetry.

10 en 13 jaar geleden werd er ook al eens wat van haar gespot hier. Daarna niet meer. Het is een fascinerend album. Muziek geschreven voor de gedichten van  en in samenwerking met Bob Jensen, met hier en daar wat ‘spoken word’. I like. 

Zelf zegt ze over het album: 

One of the things I loved about working on this collaboration was diving into Bob Jensen’s body of work. I was familiar with Bob’s poetry through his spoken word recordings with Tony McManus, and videos of his beautifully understated live performances; I knew him to be a fearlessly honest and committed writer, a curious observer of everything, with a gift for the arc of a story and for embedding a point of view into a narrative. When he suggested collaborating on a song, it was easy to say yes. And, then, impossible to stop with just one song. I immersed myself in Bob’s written world with a sense of awe and great discovery. The poems I chose spoke to me deeply and have grown even more profound as I read, and then sang, and then listened to them over and over in the process of creating this recording. Bob writes about a wide range of subjects and perspectives; what distinguishes his work and ties it all together is the keen intelligence and deep, dark loving kindness he shines on everything he writes. Bob’s trusting me to interpret his poems into songs is an extraordinary gift.

Bob Jensen zegt over het album: 

Her interpretations of my poems allowed me to hear them with fresh ears, almost as though for the first time, and that has been a wonderful gift. It has also been tremendous fun. At times she reminds me of Kate & Anna McGarrigle, who had their own musical language. That she thought my work was worthy of such loving and insightful treatment is the greatest compliment I have ever been paid as a writer, and I am immensely grateful to her for this incredible collection.

Tracks:
01 - For the Million Candles Burning
02 - Poor Man's Paris
03 - Surf at Cow River
04 - Run For Me
05 - A Heavy Millstone
06 - The Poet's Advice to His Younger Self
07 - Immortality
08 - Who But Daniel
09 - One For the Clover
10 - All Men Crave the Poison
11 - The Pale-Eyed Minstrel Girl
12 - Into the Peaceful Night

Staat er compleet op, 10% pars mee gepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster. Laat af en toe eens weten wat je van het album vindt. Altijd leuk, de mening van anderen. Oh ja, MP3 doe ik niet aan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDGALvMb4Ec