Song of the Earth MP3 Album

Song of the Earth MP3 AlbumDavid Longstreths Song of the Earth, a song cycle for orchestra and voices, is performed here by Longstreth with his band Dirty ProjectorsFelicia Douglass, Maia Friedman, Olga Belland the Berlin based chamber orchestra s t a r g a z e. The album also features Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie), Steve Lacy, Patrick Shiroishi, Anastasia Coope, Tim Bernardes, Ayoni, Portraits of Tracy, and the author David Wallace Wells. Longstreth says that while Song of the

produced by the composer

Brian Blade

"each one exquisitely performed and uniquely absorbing

a sixty-year-old nylon-string guitar—accompanied by his singing or chanting rhythmically

“has delivered a performance in which every phrase is filled with profound and resonant meaning

as does the Observer which calls it "fresh

the album follows the longtime friends' Grammy-winning first duet album

The Washington Post calls it "riveting

and the album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron

the band examines modern life

she could pick your pocket without breaking stride

Joshua Redman and his all-star ensemble