I had read much about the album in Marc's book, "In Search of the Pleasure Palace: Disreputable Travels", which was my "launderette book" a few months ago. Marc had been asked to visit Russia and record a variety of traditional Russian songs with a wider variety of Russian artists. There were many reasons for his acceptance, but the main reasons were probably boredom and a desire to see the country & sample the culture again. The result is this truly magical album, "Heart On Snow" which I'd recommend to anyone, regardless of what you think your musical compass encompasses !
Just about every track is a gem and some of the lyrics are just downright beautiful. His voice really comes into it's own with these songs, which he sings in a mixture of English and (phonetic) Russian. The album will also give you a chance to hear Marc duet with the amazing Russian diva, Alla Bayanova, who was 88 years old when the album was recorded.
Buy it now !
4 comments:
Who knew you were a writer!? Nicely said. I'd love to hear this. Thanks for sharing!
It's such a lovely, diverse album. I've had it playing on the car stereo for nearly a week now (but have just done a Deftones compilation of a possible setlist for when we see them in March, so....)
Do you use Firefox ? If so, have you downloaded the AllPeers add-on ? You can share music files safely via a secure p2p connection ;-)
I do use Firefox. I love it. I have not added the AllPeers add-on, but I will look into it! :P In fact...I'll do that right now!
I added it! :)
Post a Comment