18 August 2008
CD of the Week - Loudon Wainwright III
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Since he was a young man, Loudon Wainwright has been writing songs about getting old, so the 13 songs he revisits on his new CD, Recovery, the last one composed in 1974, have a richness gained from the singer-songwriter’s actual ageing.
Joe Henry and Loudon worked together on his previous release, Strange Weirdos, Music From and Inspired by the film ‘Knocked Up’, and it was Joe who finally got Loudon to respond with more than a shrug to the idea of reworking some of his early catalogue. The new arrangements build subtly on Loudon’s original guitar-only accompaniments and the songs are still great - no one plumbs the emotional life of the self-obsessed as funnily, or as lovingly and insightfully, as Loud-O.
Presenter
Lucky Oceans
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Lucky Oceans
