nor is it valid to discriminate against “business documents and school-books”; all these phenomena are important. One must make a distinction however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not poetry, nor till the autocrats among us can be “literalists of the imagination” from "Poetry" by Marianne Moore Poetry is everywhere, ya just gotta learn how to read the stanzas of crinkled plastic wrap caught in a raspberry bush, in the car horn symphony of Memorial Drive, in the mysterious bird calls of a nation which no longer exists, or perhaps never ever did. Or in the bones of an ancient deer, backlight by stained glass windows in a chapel wearing the clothes of a museum. Here, let's listen to some literalists of the imagination, bards of observation, and songsters with shards of reality for plectrums. Enjoy a sprawling ramble, my sonic rovers!
Tracklist
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Patron Saint
Mariya Stokes • Mood Ring -
I Dream A World
Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble, featuring Laila Biali • Migrations -
Birds 1-39
Friendly Rich • Birds of Marsville -
Avinu Malkeinu
Siach Hasadeh • Hapam Yilaveh - This Time Will Come -
The Harvest
Mary Ancheta • Rituals -
Atlantis
Pascal Languirand • Minos -
The Murder Of Ann O'Brien
Theresa White • Songs From The Out-Ports Of Newfoundland -
Two Children's Songs
Eikichi Kazari • Folk Music Of The Amami Islands -
SHAPESHIFTER
Gabriel Pick, featuring Emily Steinwall • THE PORTAL -
Country Polka
Bono Gaspare • Folk Music From Italy -
La Tolota
Francisco Federico & Antonio Gonzalez • Heroes And Horses: Corridos From The Arizona-Sonora Borderlands -
Deportee - Woody's Home Tape
Woody Guthrie • Woody At Home Vol. 1 -
Belly Of The Beast
Buffalo Nichols • SINGLE -
Walt Whitman's Niece
Billy Bragg, featuring Wilco • Mermaid Avenue -
The Silver Spear / The Congress Reel / The Gleanntan Reel
Isipini Na hEireann • Worse Things Than Dying -
The Old Man's Ballad (Pan Ceddwn I Gynt Yn Fachgen)
Osian Ellis • Songs With Harp -
Lilac Wine
Motherlode • Tapped Out -
Funky
Albert Collins • Alive & Cool -
Marsa Reel
Lemon Bucket Orkestra • Moorka -
Sept Ans Sur Mer (Seven Years On The Sea)
Magnolia Sisters • Prends Courage -
Dream Catcher
Aysanabee • Edge Of The Earth -
Back To The Land
Lawrence Martin • Train Of Life -
Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail
Cisco Houston • Cowboy Ballads -
Preaching The Blues
The Gun Club • Fire Of Love