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Throughout her career, Natalie Merchant has thrived on exceeding only her own expectations. Her last album, 2003’s The House Carpenter’s Daughter, rooted in American and British Isles folk traditions, was a stepping stone toward Leave Your Sleep. Where the former's songs were made of originals and covers, the latter marries them in sung poetry and original music from various traditions.
Co-produced by Merchant and Andres Levin, the double-disc Leave Your Sleep contains 26 new songs recorded live in the studio. She 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. Poetry is but one part of the story, however. Merchant composed music from across the genre spectrum: New Orleans swing on “Bleezer’s Ice Cream” (Jack Prelutsky) and Crane’s “The Janitor’s Boy” are performed by Merchant fronting the Wynton Marsalis Orchestra; the Yiddish folk music of “Dancing Bear” (Albert Bigelow Paine) pairs her with the Klezmatics; Peake’s “It Makes a Change” is performed by Medeski, Martin & Wood with a horn section; “If No One Ever Marries Me” (Laurence Alan-Tameda) is Appalachian backporch music with hammered dulcimer, banjo, upright bass, and guitar. “The Blind Men and the Elephant” (John Godfrey Saxe) is cabaret jazz played by Hazmat Modine with the Fairfield Four and the Ditty Bops on backing vocals. Stevenson’s “Land of Nod” is a gorgeous orchestral piece with a Celtic flavor. Speaking of Celtic, Rosetti’s “Crying, My Little One" is performed by Lunasa backing Merchant. Through it all, of course, is that voice, Merchant’s throaty trademark. It expresses itself emotionally, honestly, and precisely, without resorting to dramatic tropes to get meaning across. The album closes first with Hopkins' contemplative, melancholy “Spring and Fall: To a Young Child,” with a symphony orchestrated by Merchant and Sean O’Loughlin, and finally with Lydia Huntley Sigourney's haunting “Indian Names” by a string quartet accompanied by Joseph Fire Crow on Native American flutes, drums, rattles, and narrative, with chanting by Jennifer Kreisberg. It sends the set off much where it begins, illustrating poetry's ability to provide its own musical instruction, comfort, poignancy, and sense of wonder to the experience of everyday living. Merchant succeeds in spades; the extensive research and discipline pay off handsomely. Leave Your Sleep is easily her most ambitious work, yet because of that welcoming voice, it provides familiarity enough to gather listeners inside this world of sound.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Paul Meehan, Acoustic Guitar - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Jeremy McCoy, Bass - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Jeanne LeBlanc, Cello - Karen Dreyfus, Viola - Ann Lehmann, Violin - Lisa Kim, Violin - Robert Rinehart, Viola - Sandra Park, Violin - Sharon Yamada, Violin - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Eileen Moon, Cello - Matt Lehmann, Violin - Trevor Hutchinson, Bass - Kevin Crawford, Whistle - Arnaud Sussmann, Violin - Sean O'Loughlin, Arranger - Shan Jiang, Violin - Seán Smyth, Fiddle - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Cillian Vallely, Bagpipes - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Minyoung Balik, Violin
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Greg Cohen, Bass - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Karen Dreyfus, Viola - Sandra Park, Violin - Sharon Yamada, Violin - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Eileen Moon, Cello - Daniel Grabois, Horn - Benjamin Herrington, Trombone - Jon Nelson, Trumpet - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Raymond Stewart, Tuba - Artis Wodehouse, Organ - Brian McWhorter, Trumpet - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Mark Murphy, Bass - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Gabriel Gordon, Guitar - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Judy Hyman, Fiddle - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Bill Spence, Dulcimer - Richard Stearns, Banjo
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Ali Jackson, Drums - Carlos Henriquez, Bass - Walter Blanding, Saxophone - Robert Hamlett, Vocals - Doug Wamble, Guitar - Isaac Freeman, Vocals - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Joseph Thomson, Vocals - Edward Hall, Vocals - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Daniel Nimmer, Piano - Joe Rice, Vocals
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Chris Wood, Bass - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - John Medeski, Piano - Billy Martin, Drums - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Michael Leonhart, Trumpet - Katell Keineg, Vocals - Dan Levine, Alto Horn, Tuba, Bass Trombone - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Dieter Hennings, Acoustic Guitar
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Stephen Barber, Arranger - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Karen Dreyfus, Viola - Sandra Park, Violin - Sharon Yamada, Violin - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Katell Keineg, Vocals - Eileen Moon, Cello - Sun Li, Pipa - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Weng Po Wei, Flute, Erhu
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Lorin Sklamberg, Accordion - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Frank London, Alto Horn, Trumpet - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Richie Barshay, Drums - Lisa Gutkin, Fiddle - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Matt Darriau, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Paul Morrissett, Horn, Acoustic Bass
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Uri Sharlin, Accordion - Erik Della Penna, Guitar - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Marc Friedman, Bass - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Dan Aran, Drums, Percussion - Gilad Harel, Clarinet - Greg Hefferman, Cello
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Sterling Campbell, Drums - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Stephen Barber, Arranger - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Karen Dreyfus, Viola - Sandra Park, Violin - Sharon Yamada, Violin - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Eileen Moon, Cello - Erik Della Penna, Guitar - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Marc Friedman, Bass - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Mark Murphy, Bass - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Gabriel Gordon, Guitar - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Bill Spence, Dulcimer - Richard Stearns, Banjo
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Nina Stern, Recorder - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Deidre Rodman, Harpsichord - John Roberts, Vocals - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Dominic DeJoseph, Video Director - Motomi Igarashi, Viola - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Dieter Hennings, Guitar
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Pete Smith, Electric Guitar - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Steve Elson, Clarinet, Saxophone - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Michael Gomez, Dobro - Joseph Daley, Tuba - Robert Hamlett, Vocals - Isaac Freeman, Vocals - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Edward Hall, Vocals - Wade Schuman, Harmonica - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - William Barrett, Harmonica - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Joe Rice, Vocals - Joseph Thmpson, Vocals - Pan Fleming, Trumpet - Rich Huntley, Drums
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Pete Smith, Banjo - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Steve Elson, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Amanda Barrett, Vocals - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Michael Gomez, Guitar - Joseph Daley, Tuba - Robert Hamlett, Vocals - Isaac Freeman, Vocals - Pam Fleming, Trumpet - Joseph Thompson, Vocals - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Edward Hall, Vocals - Wade Schuman, Harmonica - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Joe Rice, Vocals - Rich Huntley, Drums - Addy DeWald, Vocals - William Barret, Harmonica
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Blake Miller, Accordion - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Mark Murphy, Bass - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Gabriel Gordon, Guitar - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Judy Hyman, Fiddle - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Richard Stearns, Banjo
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Paul Meehan, Acoustic Guitar - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Trevor Hutchinson, Bass - Kevin Crawford, Drums, Vocals, Whistle - Seán Smyth, Fiddle - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Cillian Vallely, Flute - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Gerald Johnson, Saxophone - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Joanne Williams, Vocals - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Larry McDonald, Percussion - Paul Sutton, Drums - Clark Gayton, Arranger, Trombone - Eddie Allen, Trumpet - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Horace James, Keyboards - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Andrew Bassford, Guitar - Kimberly Miller, Vocals - Hoova Simpson, Bass
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Wycliffe Gordon, Trombone - Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Wynton Marsalis, Arranger, Trombone - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Amanda Barrett, Vocals - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Ali Jackson, Drums - Carlos Henriquez, Bass - Walter Blanding, Saxophone - Doug Wamble, Banjo, Guitar - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Daniel Nimmer, Piano - Aby DeWald, Vocals - Victor Goins, Clarinet
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Bobby Emmons, Organ - Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Bobby Wood, Keyboards, Piano - Wayne Jackson, Trumpet - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Gene Chrisman, Drums - Reggie Young, Guitar - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Jack Hale, Trombone - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - James Spake, Saxophone - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Michael Leech, Bass - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Jeremy McCoy, Bass - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Jeanne LeBlanc, French Horn - Karen Dreyfus, Viola - Ann Lehmann, Violin - Lisa Kim, Violin - Erik Ralske, French Horn - George Flynn, Bass Trombone - Mike Davis, Trombone - Robert Rinehart, Viola - Sandra Park, Violin - Sharon Yamada, Violin - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Philip Myers, French Horn - Eileen Moon, Cello - Erik Charlston, Percussion - Arnaud Sussmann, Violin - Shan Jiang, Violin - Ina Zdorovetchi, Harp - Marc Goldberg, Flute - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Lino Gomez, Bass Clarinet - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Michelle Baker, French Horn - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Howard Wall, French Horn - Kyle Turner, Tuba - Minyoung Baik, Violin - Sherry Sylar, Oboe
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Nina Stern, Recorder - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Motomi Igarashi, Viola - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Dieter Hennings, Lute
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Paul Meehan, Acoustic Guitar - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Trevor Hutchinson, Upright Bass - Kevin Crawford, Flute - Seán Smyth, Fiddle - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Cilliam Vallely, Low Whistle
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Mark Murphy, Bass - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - John Roberts, Concertina - Gabriel Gordon, Guitar - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Judy Hyman, Fiddle - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Bill Spence, Dulcimer - Richard Stearns, Banjo
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Paul Meehan, Acoustic Guitar - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Trevor Hutchinson, Bass - Kevin Crawford, Low Whistle - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Cillian Valley, Low Whistle - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Bruce Creditor, Clarinet - Ina Zdorovetchi, Harp - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Jessica Lizak, Flute - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Jeremy McCoy, Bass - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Jeanne LeBlanc, Cello - Karen Dreyfus, Viola - Ann Lehmann, Violin - Lisa Kim, Violin - Erik Ralske, French Horn - George Flynn, Bass Trombone - Mike Davis, Tenor Trombone - Robert Rinehart, Viola - Sandra Park, Violin - Sharon Yamada, Violin - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Birch Johnson, Tenor Trombone - Philip Myers, French Horn - Eileen Moon, Cello - Matt Lehmann, Violin - Erik Charlston, Percussion - Arnaud Sussmann, Violin - Shan Jiang, Violin - Ina Zdorovetchi, Harp - Marc Goldberg, Bassoon - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Lino Gomez, Bass Clarinet - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Michelle Baker, French Horn - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Howard Wall, French Horn - Kyle Turner, Tuba - Minyoung Baik, Violin - Sherry Sylar, Oboe
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Nick Brophy, AdditionalEngineer - Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Wollage, RecordingEngineer - Adam Deane, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Brian Thorn, Assistant Mix Engineer - Robert C. Ludwig, Masterer - Derik Lee, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Rick Kwan, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - STEVE ROSENTHAL, MixingEngineer - Angie Teo, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Joseph Fire Crow, Drums, Flute, Percussion - Kabir Hermon, Assistant Mix Engineer - Eli Walker, Assistant Mix Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Peter Wolford, Assistant Additional Recording Engineer - Dustin Wicksell, Assistant Recording Engineer - Owen Young, Cello - Alerto Parrini, Cello - Mihail Jojatu, Cello
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2009 Nonesuch Records
Andres Levin, Producer - Natalie Merchant, Producer, Writer, MainArtist
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2010 Nonesuch Records
Presentación del Álbum
Throughout her career, Natalie Merchant has thrived on exceeding only her own expectations. Her last album, 2003’s The House Carpenter’s Daughter, rooted in American and British Isles folk traditions, was a stepping stone toward Leave Your Sleep. Where the former's songs were made of originals and covers, the latter marries them in sung poetry and original music from various traditions.
Co-produced by Merchant and Andres Levin, the double-disc Leave Your Sleep contains 26 new songs recorded live in the studio. She 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. Poetry is but one part of the story, however. Merchant composed music from across the genre spectrum: New Orleans swing on “Bleezer’s Ice Cream” (Jack Prelutsky) and Crane’s “The Janitor’s Boy” are performed by Merchant fronting the Wynton Marsalis Orchestra; the Yiddish folk music of “Dancing Bear” (Albert Bigelow Paine) pairs her with the Klezmatics; Peake’s “It Makes a Change” is performed by Medeski, Martin & Wood with a horn section; “If No One Ever Marries Me” (Laurence Alan-Tameda) is Appalachian backporch music with hammered dulcimer, banjo, upright bass, and guitar. “The Blind Men and the Elephant” (John Godfrey Saxe) is cabaret jazz played by Hazmat Modine with the Fairfield Four and the Ditty Bops on backing vocals. Stevenson’s “Land of Nod” is a gorgeous orchestral piece with a Celtic flavor. Speaking of Celtic, Rosetti’s “Crying, My Little One" is performed by Lunasa backing Merchant. Through it all, of course, is that voice, Merchant’s throaty trademark. It expresses itself emotionally, honestly, and precisely, without resorting to dramatic tropes to get meaning across. The album closes first with Hopkins' contemplative, melancholy “Spring and Fall: To a Young Child,” with a symphony orchestrated by Merchant and Sean O’Loughlin, and finally with Lydia Huntley Sigourney's haunting “Indian Names” by a string quartet accompanied by Joseph Fire Crow on Native American flutes, drums, rattles, and narrative, with chanting by Jennifer Kreisberg. It sends the set off much where it begins, illustrating poetry's ability to provide its own musical instruction, comfort, poignancy, and sense of wonder to the experience of everyday living. Merchant succeeds in spades; the extensive research and discipline pay off handsomely. Leave Your Sleep is easily her most ambitious work, yet because of that welcoming voice, it provides familiarity enough to gather listeners inside this world of sound.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 27 pista(s)
- Duración total: 01:49:01
- 1 Libreto digital
- 1 Videoclip
- Artistas principales: Natalie Merchant
- Compositor: Natalie Merchant
- Sello: Nonesuch
- Género Pop/Rock Pop
© 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc. ℗ 2010 Nonesuch Records, Inc.
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