Laysongs Chris Thile

Album info

Album-Release:
2021

HRA-Release:
04.06.2021

Label: Nonesuch

Genre: Songwriter

Subgenre: Contemporary

Artist: Chris Thile

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  • 1 Laysong 04:50
  • 2 Ecclesiastes 04:14
  • 3 God Is Alive Magic Is Afoot 04:59
  • 4 Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth, Pt. 1 03:26
  • 5 Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth, Pt. 2 04:42
  • 6 Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth, Pt. 3 04:50
  • 7 Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: IV. Presto 04:45
  • 8 Dionysus 04:48
  • 9 Won't You Come and Sing for Me 04:07
  • Total Runtime 40:41

Info for Laysongs

Mandolinist, Sänger und Songwriter Chris Thile mit seinem ersten echten Soloalbum: nur Thile, seine Stimme und seine Mandoline, in neuen Aufnahmen von sechs Originalsongs und drei Coverversionen, die allesamt seine Gedanken zu Spiritualität thematisieren und sich spielerisch damit auseinandersetzen.

Aufgenommen in einer umfunktionierten Kirche in Upstate New York, bildet das Herzstück von "Laysongs" das dreiteilige "Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth", das von C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters" inspiriert wurde. Daneben enthält das Album einen Song, den Thile über Dionysos schrieb, eine Interpretation des vierten Satzes von Béla Bartóks "Solosonate für Violine", "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot" - das auf Buffy Sainte-Maries Adaption eines Leonard-Cohen-Gedichts basiert -, eine Coverversion von "Won't You Come and Sing for Me" der Bluegrass-Legende Hazel Dickens und ein neu komponiertes Instrumental, das lose dem Präludium aus J. S. Bachs Partita für Solo-Violine in E-Dur nachempfunden ist.

Chris Thile ist Gründungsmitglied der Punch Brothers, die insgesamt fünf Nonesuch-Alben veröffentlichten. Thiles andere Nonesuch-Releases umfassen ein Duo-Album mit dem Gitarristen Michael Daves, zwei Alben mit dem Bassisten Edgar Meyer (von denen eines einen Grammy gewann), ein Bach-Album mit Yo-Yo Ma und Meyer, ein Duett-Album mit dem Jazz-Pianisten Brad Mehldau und der von T Bone Burnett produzierte Soundtrack zu Inside Llewyn Davis der Coen-Brüder. Seine prägenden Jahre verbrachte er als Mitglied der Grammy-ausgezeichneten und in den USA mehrfach Platin-dekorierten Band Nickel Creek.

Chris Thile, Mandoline, Gesang




Chris Thile
of Punch Brothers, has changed the mandolin forever, elevating it from its origins as a relatively simple folk and bluegrass instrument to the sophistication and brilliance of the finest jazz improvisation and classical performance. For more than 15 years, Thile played in the wildly popular band Nickel Creek, with which he released three albums, sold two million records, and was awarded a Grammy in 2002. Recently, Nonesuch Records released the Grammy–nominated Sleep with One Eye Open, an impassioned collaboration/conversation between Thile and guitarist Michael Daves, in which the upstart duo acknowledges the history and tradition of bluegrass while exuberantly defying convention. Thile also recently collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma for The Goat Rodeo Sessions. As a soloist he has released four albums, as well as performing and recording extensively as a duo with double bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer and with fellow eminent mandolinist Mike Marshall. He has also collaborated with a pantheon of musical innovators from multiple genres including Bela Fleck, Dolly Parton, the Dixie Chicks, Brad Mehldau, Hilary Hahn, and Gabe Kahane. Punch Brothers released their new album, Who’s Feeling Young Now?, February 14, 2012, on Nonesuch Records. Completed over three weeks at Blackbird Studios in Nashville, the record was produced by Grammy Award winner Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Modest Mouse). Thile’s previous Carnegie Hall performances include a performance with Punch Brothers in 2009 and the New York premiere of his four movement suite The Blind Leaving the Blind in 2007.

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