Title from disc label. Songs written by Chris Thile, except "God is alive magic is afoot" by Buffy Saint-Marie and Leonard Cohen; "Sonata for solo violin" by B�ela Bartok; "Won't you come and sing for me" by Hazel Dickens. Compact disc. Song lyrics printed on container insert. Performed by Chris Thile. Recorded 2020 August Future-Past Studio, Hudson, NY.
Contents:
Won't you come and sing for me. Ecclesiastes -- God is alive magic is afoot -- Salt (in the wounds) of the Earth, pt. 1 -- Salt (in the wounds) of the Earth, pt. 2 -- Salt (in the wounds) of the Earth, pt. 3 -- Sonata for solo violin, sz. 117. Presto -- Dionysus -- Won't you come and sing for me.
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. Recorded in a converted upstate New York church during the pandemic, its centerpiece is the three-part Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth, which was inspired by C.S. Lewis'sThe Screwtape Letters. The album also features a song Thile wrote about Dionysus; a performance of the fourth movement of �Bla Bar�tk'sSonata for Solo Violin.
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