I’m someone who is more familiar with Nick Drake’s tragic story than his rather limited catalog of music. Most of my listening of his songs has been in the form of covers, actually, so this double LP that corrals 23 tracks is right up my alley.<\/p>\n
Fontaines D.C. get things off to a loud and rhythmic start, where \u201c’Cello Song\u201d is full of atmosphere and exploration that carries much expressive singing. It isn\u2019t long before \u201cRoad,\u201d performed by Bombay Bicycle Club & The Staves, brings a very cultured climate that welcomes vocal harmonies and a unique dreaminess.<\/p>\n
David Gray is present and places his distinct voice in the soft and wise \u201cPlace To Be,\u201d while Ben Harper\u2019s \u201cTime Has Told Me\u201d focuses on piano and Harper\u2019s inimitable pipes for the very soulful delivery. <\/p>\n
Further on, the sublimely textured \u201cPoor Boy\u201d showcases Nadia Reid\u2019s gorgeous vocals via the rich folk presence, but it\u2019s the stunning duet between Joe Henry and Meshell Ndegeocello on \u201cTime Of No Reply\u201d that really makes the record essential, where poetic guitar and stirring flute won\u2019t go unappreciated.<\/p>\n
Liz Phair makes an appearance near the end with the crisp and jangly melodic \u201cFree Ride,\u201d and The Wandering Hearts finish the listen with the acoustic guitar-fueled \u201cVoices.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s certainly no lack of artists tackling songs by Drake, but not quite like this. This project has each musician ignoring the structure of the original and instead playing each song as if it were their own. This idea, combined with the purposeful song selection and strategic flow of the listen, which is intended to make the album a total listening experience rather than just a bunch of random tracks, does much to preserve Nick Drake\u2019s short but impactful life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":34948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5827],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-46820","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-various-artists","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46820"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}