Laysongs
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 Béla Bartók'sSonata for Solo Violin.
Available Copies by Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Stamford | Available |
Browse Related Items
| Subject |
| Mandolin music. |
| Genre |
| Folk music. Gospel music. Bluegrass music. Sound recordings. |
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Physical Description
sound disc
1 audio disc (40 min., 41 sec.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher [New York] : Nonesuch Records, [2021]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | 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 Béla Bartok; "Won't you come and sing for me" by Hazel Dickens. Compact disc. Song lyrics printed on container insert. GMD: sound recording. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Laysong (4:50) -- Ecclesiastes 2:24 (4:15)-- God is alive magic is afoot (5:00) -- Salt (in the wounds) of the Earth, pt. 1 (3:27) -- Salt (in the wounds) of the Earth, pt. 2 (4:43) -- Salt (in the wounds) of the Earth, pt. 3 (4:50) -- Sonata for solo violin, Sz. 117. Presto (4:46) -- Dionysus (4:49) -- Won't you come and sing for me (4:07). |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Produced by Chris Thile and Claire Coffee. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Performed by Chris Thile, vocals, mandolin. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded 2020 August Future-Past Studio, Hudson, NY. |