Taking inspiration from the earth, the sky, and the works of James Joyce, composer Caroline Shaw’s album with the ensemble So Percussion, Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part, brings us through a shimmering curtain of voice and sound texture, exploring the connections between heaven and earth and celebrating the riches of life and nature. Unusually, she performs herself here, and her simple and direct delivery of her material draws the listener close, in the manner of all great storytellers. It’s my album of the week on Vespertine.
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