Song of the Earth CD + MP3 Bundle exclusiveDavid Longstreths Song of the Earth, a song cycle for orchestra and voices, is performed here by Longstreth with his band Dirty ProjectorsFelicia Douglass, Maia Friedman, Olga Belland the Berlin based chamber orchestra s t a r g a z e, conducted by Andr de Ridder. The album also features Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie), Steve Lacy, Patrick Shiroishi, Anastasia Coope, Tim Bernardes, Ayoni, Portraits of Tracy, and the author David Wallace Wells. Longstreth
It features the legendary singer and her acoustic backing band performing songs by Bill Monroe
” says the New York Times
The Dan Auerbach–produced album is a contemporary twist on a traditional sonic tapestry of orchestral strings
Chaney balances her original compositions with a broad array of covers she has newly arranged
For her first studio recording in seven years
Brad Mehldaus Variations on a Melancholy Theme features the pianist/composer and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
great voice of 20th-century popular song and the singer who helped bring fado into the 21st century
The New Yorker says it's "a wondrous album
It is performed here on original period instruments by the Bach Ensemble
Produced by Tucker Martine and Colin Meloy at Martine’s studio in Portland
percussion
and Amidon’s wife
