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To dare, in this day and age, to produce a cover version of the whole of the album Lady in Satin by Billie Holiday, the late masterpiece released shortly before the legendary singer's death, one would either have to be ambitious to the point of pretension, or else approach the project very cleverly. Singer-guitarist M. Ward, an unassuming fixture of American pop and Americana for about twenty years, has, naturally, chosen the second option: his approach is gentle and careful. Whereas in 1958 Billie Holiday sang amidst a forty-strong orchestra, like a shipwreck amid a storm, Mr. Ward approaches the songs of Lady in Satin alone, with an acoustic guitar and a Tascam 4-track. Mr. Ward has always been a friend of female singers. He has played with Cat Power, Norah Jones and Zooey Deschanel on the duo She & Him. Maybe in addition to thinking about spring, he was dreaming of accompanying Billie Holiday on this record. In any case, his singing draws out the torpor and detachment from Lady Day’s works. His guitar playing is deceptively simple and minimalist, like idle chords strummed at home when no one is listening. Sometimes they sound like hoarse little jazz bossas, hanging out of time. Recorded on a tight budget and finished during the Covid epidemic when Mr. Ward could no longer do concerts, Think of Spring sounds like an album of domestic demos, a pyjama record. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz.
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HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Songs Of Peer (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Sherman Edwards, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Elise Bretton, ComposerLyricist - Donald Meyer, ComposerLyricist - Songs Of Universal Inc. (BMI) / Keith-Valerie Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Sony ATV Harmony (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Bill Carey, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Carl T. Fischer, ComposerLyricist - SOUTHERN MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Matt Dennis, ComposerLyricist - Tom Adair, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Music Sales Corp (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Sam M. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Sis N Bro Music Company (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music (ASCAP) / Toy Town Tunes Inc. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Bourne Co. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Maraville Music Corp. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Joel Herron, ComposerLyricist - Frank Sinatra, ComposerLyricist - Jack Wolf, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - WB Music Corp. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Barton Music Corp. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - MPCA Lehsem Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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ALEC WILDER, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Ludlow Music Inc. (BMI) / Regent Music Corp. (BMI), MusicPublisher
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Gene DePaul, ComposerLyricist - Don Raye, ComposerLyricist - M. Ward, MainArtist - Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Album review
To dare, in this day and age, to produce a cover version of the whole of the album Lady in Satin by Billie Holiday, the late masterpiece released shortly before the legendary singer's death, one would either have to be ambitious to the point of pretension, or else approach the project very cleverly. Singer-guitarist M. Ward, an unassuming fixture of American pop and Americana for about twenty years, has, naturally, chosen the second option: his approach is gentle and careful. Whereas in 1958 Billie Holiday sang amidst a forty-strong orchestra, like a shipwreck amid a storm, Mr. Ward approaches the songs of Lady in Satin alone, with an acoustic guitar and a Tascam 4-track. Mr. Ward has always been a friend of female singers. He has played with Cat Power, Norah Jones and Zooey Deschanel on the duo She & Him. Maybe in addition to thinking about spring, he was dreaming of accompanying Billie Holiday on this record. In any case, his singing draws out the torpor and detachment from Lady Day’s works. His guitar playing is deceptively simple and minimalist, like idle chords strummed at home when no one is listening. Sometimes they sound like hoarse little jazz bossas, hanging out of time. Recorded on a tight budget and finished during the Covid epidemic when Mr. Ward could no longer do concerts, Think of Spring sounds like an album of domestic demos, a pyjama record. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz.
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:36
- Main artists: M. Ward
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Anti - Epitaph
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2020 M. Ward, under exclusive license to Anti 2020 M. Ward, under exclusive license to Anti
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