[2018-02-23] Shawn Colvin "The Starlighter" Amazon exclusive CD-R and digital children's album (SLC)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:28 am

Description
When Shawn Colvin was an eight-year-old girl, her parents presented her with Lullabies and Night Songs, a collection of children's music that joined famed composer Alec Wilder's arrangements with the fantastical artwork of author/illustrator Maurice Sendak. The budding young musician found inspiration in the book and in 1998, Colvin, then eight months pregnant with her daughter and on the cusp of becoming a parent herself, returned to its pages to record the seasonal album, Holiday Songs and Lullabies, which featured her re-workings of several of Wilder and Sendak's selections.

Now, 19 years later, she has revisited Lullabies and Night Songs for her newest release, The Starlighter. The Starlighter finds the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist once again reaching back to her childhood inspiration in service of crafting an elegant and graceful musical offering- one that resonates with the warmth and tenderness of poignant familial experience and remembrance. Its 14 songs are a mix of traditional numbers and children's standards, all of them culled from the pages of Wilder and Sendak's transformative book.

The selections that Colvin chose for The Starlighter run the gamut from traditional fare like "Hush Little Baby" and "Raisins and Almonds" to "Minnie and Winnie" with words by 19th century poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and "Cradle Song," with lyrics by celebrated English poet William Blake. Colvin and producer Doug Petty remain true to Wilder's original arrangements while also embellishing them with gentle orchestration, horns, accordion, piano and Colvin's signature acoustic guitar. The result is an album that captures the magic and mystery of children's lullabies while also offering a moving and timeless musical experience.

Tracklist
1. The Starlighter
2. Raisins and Almonds
3. Go Tell Aunt Rhody
4. Minnie and Winnie
5. Sleep, Baby, Sleep
6. Many Million Years Ago
7. The Huntsmen
8. The Cuckoo Is a Pretty Bird
9. Night
10. The Journey
11. Bobby Shaftoe
12. The Nut Tree
13. Hush, Little Baby
14. Cradle Song

CD-R
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0787N1L1X/?tag=imwan-20

Digital
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077V2XTFX/?tag=imwan-20

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

bought 'lullabies"...will not be buying this.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:58 pm

It's not mentioned in Amazon's listings, but Shawn Colvin's YouTube channel now says that the physical and digital releases will be Amazon exclusives.

Here's the first audio preview, for the title track:

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

No!

One of my favorite singer songwriters, Lisa Loeb already went almost totally children's music. Not another.............. Please? Loeb was producing better music at the time (Colvin isn't writing the quality songs she used to imo), but still.......... GRR!

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:59 pm

A couple more previews:

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

just noticed this morning your thread title says "CDR"...........uh-oh.....hope this isn't a forerunner of things to come.

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

Renny wrote:

bought 'lullabies"...will not be buying this.

amen!

[2018-02-23] Shawn Colvin "The Starlighter" Amazon exclusive CD-R and digital children's album (SLC)

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