William Dart undertakes his customary mid-year catch-up, looking at the tracks and albums he wasn't able to fit into a programme earlier this year.
Marianne Faithfull Photo: Guillaume Laurent CC2.0
He features two albums primarily:
A Mind of Your Own, an album for children by The Bright Siders (Kari Groff and Kristin Andreassen) ... "it’s a tuneful hip flask of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. It might sound a little terrifying, and even perhaps dull, but in fact it’s absolutely packed with cuddly cheer." William plays songs featuring The War and Treaty, Gaby Moreno, and Punch Brothers.
She Walks in Beauty, by Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis ... Faithfull speaks some of her favourite romantic poems (Byron, Tennyson, Wordsworth et al) with musical backings from Ellis. Despite some reservations, "... somehow it’s wormed its way into my affections ... there is something strangely hypnotic about this woman sharing with us a few poetry anthology favourites from her youth."
Music Details
'Song title' (Composer) – Performers
Album title
(Label)
'The Man that Got Away' (Arlen, Gershwin) – Judy Garland
The Best of Judy Garland
(Capitol)
'I Know Moonrise' (Russell) – Catherine Russell, Tony Trischka
Shall We Hope
(Shefa)
'The Song about Songs' (Groff, Andreassen) – The Bright Siders feat. The War and Treaty
A Mind of Your Own
(Smithsonian Folkways)
'Vamos a jugar' (Groff, Andreassen) – The Bright Siders feat. Gaby Moreno & Joey Ryan
A Mind of Your Own
(Smithsonian Folkways)
'Punch Bowl' (Punch Brothers) – Punch Brothers
Punch
(Nonesuch)
'Bully This' (Groff, Andreassen) – The Bright Siders feat. The Hokes (aka Punch Brothers)
A Mind of Your Own
(Smithsonian Folkways)
'I get along without you very well' (Carmichael) – Marianne Faithful
Give My Love to London
(Naïve)
'Full Fathom Five' (Marks, Shakespeare) – Marianne Faithful
Come My Way
(Decca)
'She Walks in Beauty' (Ellis, Byron) – Marianne Faithful
She Walks in Beauty
(Panta Rei)
'The Man that Got Away' (Arlen, Gershwin) – Judy Garland
The Best of Judy Garland
(Capitol)
