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Description The Unthanks - Diversions Vol. 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons [2011] [Live album][EAC/FLAC]  FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue Label/Cat#:Rabble Rouser Records #RRM 009 Country: UK Year: November 28, 2011 Genre: Folk Format:CD  01 Bird Gerhl 02 Man is the Baby 03 You Are My Sister 04 For Today I Am A Boy 05 Paddy’s Gone 06 Spiraling Robert Wyatt 07 Stay Tuned (Anja Garbarek) from Comicopera 08 Dondestan (Wyatt) from Dondestan (revisited) 09 Lullaby for Hamza (Wyatt/Benge) from Cuckooland 10 Lisp Service (Hopper/Wyatt) from Dondestan (revisited) 11 Free Will and Testament (Wyatt/Kramer) from Shleep 12 Out of the Blue (Wyatt/Elfriede Ellidge) from Comicopera 13 Cuckoo Madame (Wyatt/Benge) from Cuckooland 14 Sea Song (Wyatt) from Rock Bottom 15 Forest (excerpt) from Cuckooland Maybe it’s not possible to perform without ego, but Robert and Antony exude so much commitment and integrity in their music, their conversation with the human condition seems entirely selfless to me. There is never a spare note played or one struck to impress. They appear entirely consumed with the search for beauty and truth in a way that nourishes our philanthropic souls and reflects how we feel about folk music in its broadest sense. We’ve got a bit of a nerve associating ourselves with such beautiful men, but it’s the music and words we want to learn from and share with other people. We don’t look at this project as a major artistic accomplishment or statement.. we were just hoping to become more intimate and fascinated by music that we love and respect. Rachel and Becky Unthank have long found kindred energies in the proudly maverick English soul of Robert Wyatt. Their interpretation of his ‘Sea Song’ was one of the real jewels of Mercury Music Prize nominated second album ‘The Bairns’, and regarded by Wyatt himself as the finest interpretation by another artist of his songs. Wyatt was helpful and enthusiastic to the band in their preparations for this project, pleased that his songs are being performed live, given that he himself chooses not to perform these days. Similarly, they have previously dipped their toe in the water with Antony Hegarty’s music. ‘For Today I Am A Boy’ was a showstopper in the early days of Rachel Unthank & The Winterset. With a December tour to mark the release (dates below), a Scottish premiere at Celtic Connections in January and a promise of more Wyatt / Hegarty songs not featured on the album, the project appears to have a life of it’s own, as The Unthanks continue to explore two of the most adventurous songbooks of the last half-century.  Sharing Widget |
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