My Morning Jacket and The Decemberists to Feature on New Laura Veirs Album
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Sunday, 04 September 2011 |
Written by Rob Sleigh
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The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy and Jim James of My Morning Jacket are among a number of guest artists to appear on ‘Tumble Bee’, the new album from American folk singer Laura Veirs. ‘Tumble Bee’ – Veirs’s eighth album to date – is a collection of folk songs for children, featuring some traditional 20th century music as well as tracks by the likes of Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Peggy Seeger and Harry Belafonte. The album is due for release on 7th November.
Veirs recorded ‘Tumble Bee’ with her partner, the Grammy-nominated producer Tucker Martine, with whom she has worked on all of her albums since 2005’s ‘The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae’. The idea for the new album was inspired by the birth of their son Tennessee in April last year.
Speaking about ‘Tumble Bee’, Martine said: “Many of these songs have been forgotten throughout the years. We wanted to bring these songs to a new generation with an instrumentation that both honours their traditions and creates something unique.”
The album has already earned a number of well-known admirers including singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, who said: “I love this record. Laura's folk songs for children prove that the best children's music never gets old.”
James Mercer of The Shins added: “A brilliant kids record that anyone who loves good music will appreciate.”
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