Laysongs / Chris Thile.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 075597916188 | Nonesuch RecordsPublisher: New York, NY : Nonesuch Records, [2021]Copyright date: ℗2021Description: 1 audio disc (40 min., 47 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Related works:
  • Container of (expression): Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Sonatas, violin. Presto; arranged
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 782.421642 23
Contents:
Laysong (4:50) -- Ecclesiastes 2:24 (4:15)-- God is alive magic is afoot (5:00) -- Salt (in the wounds) of the Earth. Pt. 1 ; Pt. 2 ; Pt. 3 (13:00) -- Sonata for solo violin, Sz. 117. Presto (4:46) -- Dionysus (4:49) -- Won't you come and sing for me (4:07).
Production credits:
  • Produced by Chris Thile and Claire Coffee.
Chris Thile, vocals, mandolin.Summary: The album is his first truly solo album: just Thile, his voice, and his mandolin, on new recordings of six original songs and three covers, all of which contextualize and banter with his ideas about spirituality.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Audio CD Training Library CD/INSTRUMENTAL/THILE/LAYSONGS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 255558752457

Title from disc label.

All songs written by Chris Thile, except "God is alive magic is afoot" by Buffy Saint-Marie ; Leonard Cohen, "Sonata for solo violin" by Béla Bartok ; and "Won't you come and sing for me" by Hazel Dickens.

Lyrics on container insert.

Laysong (4:50) -- Ecclesiastes 2:24 (4:15)-- God is alive magic is afoot (5:00) -- Salt (in the wounds) of the Earth. Pt. 1 ; Pt. 2 ; Pt. 3 (13:00) -- Sonata for solo violin, Sz. 117. Presto (4:46) -- Dionysus (4:49) -- Won't you come and sing for me (4:07).

Produced by Chris Thile and Claire Coffee.

Chris Thile, vocals, mandolin.

Recorded 2020 August Future-Past Studio, Hudson, New York.

The album is his first truly solo album: just Thile, his voice, and his mandolin, on new recordings of six original songs and three covers, all of which contextualize and banter with his ideas about spirituality.