Being a weeklie podcaste from Madison, Wisconsin featuring several remarkable curiosities therein occurring being a compendium of live music from divers artistes
Marillion Go Acoustic
June 22nd, 2009
Marillion are back in the studio working on their next album which is to be (mostly) acoustic renditions of songs culled from the band’s back catalog.
Pete has been playing Balalaika, Xylophone and Glockenspiel as well as bass: Mark has been discovering autoharp in addition to his piano, organ and harmonium; Steve has been exploring the delights of mandolin and Portuguese guitar along with 6 and 12 string acoustic whilst Ian has been playing a few African drums in addition to drum kit and skulls. h has been hammering on his dulcimer and “Dulcitone” – a sort of keyboard instrument involving struck tuning forks – in addition to vocal and percussion.
I prefer my tribute albums to rearrange things quite a bit so that it’s not just a band essentially playing all the same notes the same way as on the original. For example, listen to Astralasia’s cover of King Crimson’s “I Talk To The Wind”. They completely overhauled the song. Hopefully the boys will make “Slainte Mhath” into a rumba, “Neverland” into a waltz, or something equally as interesting.
In this same vein, any progheads out there heard Rewiring Genesis – A Tribute to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway? I don’t have the album but am enjoying the samples at the page above. I love how various synthesizer solos have been replaced with clarinet, accordion, and trumpet. And the real voices that replace the Mellotron part on “Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats” are just beautiful.
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