In this TED clip, Natalie Merchant sings haunting arrangements of old poetry from her new album, Leave Your Sleep (2CD)
I'd forgotten how moving Merchant's voice is. I'll definitely be ordering this one when it's released.
Watch an interview with Natalie Merchant about this project at Granta.
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It was released today. She was on NPR this morning, talking about it and singing a little. My kids liked it and said they wanted it so I ordered the CD this morning.
I've always liked Merchant. I was interested in hearing her arrangement of "maggie and milly and molly and may" since I was already familiar with a different arrangement. There's a poem more complex than it appears at first sight!
Many thanks! This is fabulous stuff.
Jessica, I SHOULD NOT be using the Amazon 1-click button. Bad influence.
oh no! I'm sorry! Bad shopping enabler. . .