ART BEARS SONGBOOK - ALL LIVE!
Colisee des Jardins, FIMAV, Victoriaville QC Canada
May 19, 2008
Tracklist:
01. Intro 1:02
02. Joan 4:40
03. First Things First 5:02
04. The Summer Wheel 3:08
05. The Slave 5:06
06. The Hermit 3:34
07. Rats and Monkeys 4:09
08. The Skeleton 3:26
09. The Winter Wheel 2:51
10. Man And Boy 5:47
11. Three Wheels 5:21
12. The Song Of Investment Capital Overseas 2:58
13. Truth 2:41
14. Law 0:53
15. The Song Of The Monopolists 2:14
16. Freedom 3:12
17. Albion, Awake! (unrecorded version w/lyrics) 1:38
18. The Dance 5:51
19. Presentation & encore 2:15
20. All Hail 4:58
21. Joan encore 3:45
Musicians:
Fred Frith: Guitar, Bass, Piano, Violin
Chris Cutler: Drums
Zeena Parkins: Piano, Organ, Accordion, Voice
Carla Kihlstedt: Violin, Voice
Jewlia Eisenberg: Voice, Bass
Kristin Slipp: Voice
The Norman Conquest — sound manipulation
Thirty years later, Art Bears' diminutive discography is considered a seminal and highly influential part of the avant-prog/RIO movement. A series of small, independent occurrences including the 30th anniversary of the group's formation and the 25th anniversary of FIMAV created a most happy happenstance—Art Bears Songbook. Rather than a reunion (Krause was not available), which all-too-often implies by-rote replication of music for nostalgic baby boomers, Frith and Cutler decided to re-examine the trio's repertoire and refashion it for a thoroughly modernistic and expanded group that included three of Frith's four Cosa Brava band mates—keyboardist/accordionist Zeena Parkins, violinist/singer Carla Kihlstedt and sonic manipulator The Norman Conquest—along with singers Jewlia Eisenberg and Kristin Slipp. The result was a performance that rang true to the spirit of Art Bears, but avoided excess reverence. The powerful emotional depth of the material (and its once again all-too-relevant lyrics) was not only enthusiastically received by FIMV festival goes, but was so compelling that some were quite literally moved to tears.
Book-ending a performance of the Winter Songs cycle with choice material from Hopes and Fears and The World As It Is Today, the show was an all-too-brief 75-minutes. But, opening with a high-energy version of Hopes and Fears' "Joan," with Kihlstedt's overdriven electric violin setting a high bar for the whole performance, it was immediately clear that the group was going to deliver on the audience's expectations, a remarkable feat considering the build-up of anticipation that took place over the months since FIMAV first announced the show.
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