Leave your sleep

Leave your sleep

Leave Your Sleep contains 26 new songs recorded live in the studio. Merchant used the poems, anonymous nursery rhymes, and lullabies of 19th and 20th century British and American writers as source material and set them to original music. Among the authors included are Ogden Nash, e.e. cummings, Robe...

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Corporate Authors: Lúnasa (Musical group) (Performer), Meridian Arts Ensemble (Performer), Klezmatics (Musical group) (Performer), Ditty Bops (Musical group) (Performer), Hazmat Modine (Musical group) (Performer), Fairfield Four (Performer), Medeski, Martin & Wood (Performer), Memphis Boys (Musical group) (Performer)
Other Authors: Merchant, Natalie (Performer), O'Loughlin, Sean, 1972- (Performer), Hutchinson, Trevor (Performer), Crawford, Kevin (Performer), Meehan, Paul, guitarist (Performer), Vallely, Cillian (Performer), Smyth, Seán (Musician) (Performer), Park, Sandra (Violinist) (Performer), Yamada, Sharon (Performer), Kim, Lisa (Performer), Lehmann, Ann (Performer), Sussmann, Arnaud (Performer), Baik, Minyoung (Performer), Jiang, Shan, violinist (Performer), Lehmann, Matthew, violinist (Performer), Rinehart, Robert (Performer), Dreyfus, Karen (Performer), Moon, Eileen (Performer), Leblanc, Jeanne (Performer), McCoy, Jeremy (Performer), Friedman, Marc, bassist (Performer), Della Penna, Erik (Performer), Aran, Dan (Performer), Heffernan, Greg (Performer), Sharlin, Uri (Performer), Harel, Gilad (Performer), Barber, Stephen, 1952- (Performer, arranger of music.), Nelson, Jon, 1966- (Performer), Grabois, Daniel, 1964- (Performer), Herrington, Benjamin (Performer), McWhorter, Brian (Performer), Stewart, Raymond G., 1962- (Performer), Wodehouse, Artis Stiffey (Performer), Cohen, Greg (Performer), Barshay, Richie (Performer), Sklamberg, Lorin (Performer), Morrisset, Paul (Performer), Darriau, Matt (Performer), London, Frank (Performer), Gutkin, Lisa (Performer), Gordon, Gabriel (Performer), Hyman, Judy (Performer), Stearns, Richard, banjo player (Performer), Murphy, Mark (Double bassist) (Performer), Spence, Bill (Musician) (Performer), Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- (Performer, arranger of music.), Nimmer, Dan (Performer), Jackson, Ali (Performer), Blanding, Walter, 1971- (Performer), Henriquez, Carlos, 1979- (Performer), Wamble, Doug (Performer), Goines, Victor (Performer), Gordon, Wycliffe (Performer), DeWald, Abby (Performer), Barrett, Amanda, vocalist (Performer), Huntley, Rich (Performer), Smith, Pete (Guitarist) (Performer), Elson, Steve (Performer), Fleming, Pam, trumpet player (Performer), Gomez, Michael, musician (Performer), Schuman, Wade, 1962- (Performer), Barrett, William, musician (Performer), Daley, Joseph (Performer), Freeman, Isaac (Singer) (Performer), Hamlett, Robert, singer (Performer), Hall, Edward, singer (Performer), Rice, Joe, singer (Performer), Thompson, Joseph, singer (Performer), Gayton, Clark (Performer), Simpson, Hoova (Performer), Bassford, Andrew (Performer), McDonald, Larry (Performer), Sutton, Paul, drummer (Performer), Johnson, Gerald, saxophonist (Performer), Allen, Eddie (Performer), Williams, Joanne (Vocalist) (Performer), Miller, Kimberly, musician (Performer), Medeski, John (Performer), Martin, Billy (Performer), Wood, Chris (Musician) (Performer), Leonhart, Michael (Performer), Levine, Dan, 1949- (Performer), Hennings-Yeoman, Dieter (Performer), Keineg, Katell (Performer), Miller, Blake, musician (Performer), Guo-Wei, Wang (Performer), Po Wei, Weng (Performer), Li, Sun, pipa player (Performer), Roberts, John, 1944 May 5- (Performer), Igarashi, Motomi (Performer), Rodman, Deidre (Performer), Stern, Nina (Performer), Campbell, Sterling (Performer), Sylar, Sherry (Performer), Goldberg, Marc (Bassoonist) (Performer), Gomez, Lino (Performer), Myers, Philip, 1949- (Performer), Baker, Michelle (Horn player) (Performer), Ralske, Erik (Performer), Wall, Howard (Performer), Davis, Michael, 1961 August 13- (Performer), Johnson, Birch (Performer), Flynn, George (Trombonist) (Performer), Turner, Kyle (Performer), Charlston, Erik (Performer), Zdorovetchi, Ina (Performer), Wood, Bobby (Pianist) (Performer), Emmons, Bobby (Performer), Chrisman, Gene (Performer), Young, Reggie (Performer), Leech, Michael (Bassist), Jackson, Wayne, 1941-2016 (Performer), Hale, Jack (Trombonist) (Performer), Creditor, Bruce, 1953- (Performer), Lizak, Jessica (Performer), Jojatu, Mihail (Performer), Young, Owen (Performer), Parrini, Alberto (Cellist) (Performer), Fire Crow, Joseph, 1959- (Performer), Kriesberg, Jennifer (Performer), Levin, Andrés (Producer), Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887, Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881-1965, Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894, Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865, Causley, Charles, 1917-2003, Field, Rachel, 1894-1942, Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937, Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, Crane, Nathalia, 1913-1998, Macy, Arthur, 1842-1904, Rands, William Brighty, 1823-1882, Prelutsky, Jack, Peake, Mervyn, 1911-1968, Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971, Carryl, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1841-1920, Alma-Tadema, Laurence, 1865-1940, Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962, Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: New York : Nonesuch, [2010]
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Saxe, John Godfrey, > 1816-1887 > Musical settings.
Farjeon, Eleanor, > 1881-1965 > Musical settings.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, > 1850-1894 > Musical settings.
Graves, Robert, > 1895-1985 > Musical settings.
Rossetti, Christina Georgina, > 1830-1894 > Musical settings.
Sigourney, L. H. > (Lydia Howard), > 1791-1865 > Musical settings.
Causley, Charles, > 1917-2003 > Musical settings.
Field, Rachel, > 1894-1942 > Musical settings.
Paine, Albert Bigelow, > 1861-1937 > Musical settings.
Lear, Edward, > 1812-1888 > Musical settings.
Crane, Nathalia, > 1913-1998 > Musical settings.
Macy, Arthur, > 1842-1904 > Musical settings.
Rands, William Brighty, > 1823-1882 > Musical settings.
Prelutsky, Jack > Musical settings.
Peake, Mervyn, > 1911-1968 > Musical settings.
Nash, Ogden, > 1902-1971 > Musical settings.
Carryl, Charles E. > (Charles Edward), > 1841-1920 > Musical settings.
Alma-Tadema, Laurence, > 1865-1940 > Musical settings.
Cummings, E. E. > (Edward Estlin), > 1894-1962 > Musical settings.
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, > 1844-1889 > Musical settings.
Rock music > 2001-2010.
Folk-rock music.
Alternative rock music.
Popular music > 2001-2010.
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Item Description:
  • "All songs composed by Natalie Merchant with texts by various poets"--Container.
  • Compact discs.
  • Song texts and notes on the poets in book ([80] pages : ill., ports. ; 13 x 14 cm.).
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Summary:Leave Your Sleep contains 26 new songs recorded live in the studio. Merchant used the poems, anonymous nursery rhymes, and lullabies of 19th and 20th century British and American writers as source material and set them to original music. Among the authors included are Ogden Nash, e.e. cummings, Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti, Edward Lear, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Mervyn Peake, Eleanor Farjeon, Nathalia Crane, and Robert Graves. --Imbd.com.
Physical Description:2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (80 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 13 x 14 cm)
Production Credits:Produced by Natalie Merchant and Andres Levin.
Participant or Performer:Natalie Merchant, vocals ; with acc. musicians.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded at the Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
FOLIO link:View instance in FOLIO

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