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Old songs in the public domain get makeovers with a purpose
The vocalist Liv Warfield, who sings on #NewBornAgain, at Sear Sound recording studio in New York, April 17, 2021. The producer Ray Angry and the visual artist Katherine McMahon lead a project that reimagines songs freely available for public use for the current moment. Nathan Bajar/The New York Times.
by Olivia Horn
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- One Saturday in April, at a Manhattan recording studio strewn with antique lamps and masked technicians, singer Liv Warfields face was clouded in concentration as she layered harmonies into the outro of a rousing soul number. She noodled for a while, trying to work out which notes to add next. We might have to go to the rafters, she concluded.
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Sony Music Publishing UK has announced it has signed hit songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Jackson-Cook to a worldwide deal.
Jackson-Cook is known for his close creative relationship with Rag’N’Bone Man, having co-written and co-produced his new album Life By Misadventure in its entirety.
In the latest midweeks, Rag N Bone Man s Life By Misadventure is in contention to become the biggest first-week seller of 2021. The LP has racked up 34,117 sales to date to close in on the 42,486 copies moved by Foo Fighters 10th studio album Medicine At Midnight in its first week of sale back in January.
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Verdict: Needs an edit
Keen to avoid the sophomore slump that afflicts so many artists on that tricky second album, Rag’n’Bone Man flew to Nashville in a bid to step away from the blues and soul of 2017’s Human, a polished debut that topped the charts and turned him into a major star.
A change of scenery has certainly had an impact on the imposing singer from Uckfield in East Sussex, who uses Life By Misadventure to try his hand at acoustic folk, Coldplay-like balladry and guitar-driven numbers with a country-rock feel. Such an eclectic approach can sometimes work a treat, but the effect here is merely scattergun.
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