For many, Moondog was an obscure outsider musician, working on the streets of New York. However a new album of his "songs and symphoniques" might change your mind, especially with Kronos Quartet, the Ghost Train Orchestra, and Rufus Wainwright taking his case. William Dart is enthralled.
Album cover of 'Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog" Photo: Cantaloupe Music
Music Details
ARTIST: Texas Gladden
TITLE: Three Little Roses
ALBUM: Southern Journey: Songs form the Southern Mountains Vol 2
COMPOSER: Trad
LABEL: Rounder
ARTIST: Geneviève Soly
TITLE: Aria, from Suite in Bb HWV434
ALBUM: Handel in Darmstadt
COMPOSER: Handel
LABEL: Analekta
ARTIST: Mikhail Rudy
TITLE: Variations on a Theme of Handel
ALBUM: Brahms Variations
COMPOSER: Brahms
LABEL: EMI
ARTIST: Moondog
TITLE: All is Loneliness
ALBUM: More Moondog/The Story of Moondog
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: Prestige
ARTIST: Big Brother & The Holding Company
TITLE: All is Loneliness
ALBUM: Joplin in Concert
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: CBS
ARTIST: Rufus Wainwright, Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet
TITLE: Be a Hobo
ALBUM: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: Cantaloupe Music
ARTIST: Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet
TITLE: Bumbo
ALBUM: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: Cantaloupe Music
ARTIST: Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet
TITLE: Theme
ALBUM: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: Cantaloupe Music
ARTIST: Moondog
TITLE: Why Spend a Dark Night with Me
ALBUM: Moondog 2
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Joan as Police Woman, Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet
TITLE: Why Spend a Dark Night with You
ALBUM: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: Cantaloupe Music
ARTIST: Sam Amidon, Aoife O'Donavan, Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet
TITLE: Behold
ALBUM: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: Cantaloupe Music
ARTIST: Brian Carpenter, Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet
TITLE: Choo Choo Lullaby
ALBUM: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
COMPOSER: Moondog
LABEL: Cantaloupe Music
