[music] Cry Cry Cry
Cry Cry Cry is a folk trio consisting of Dar Williams, Richard Shindell, and Lucy Kaplansky. Their self-titled album consists of covers of songs by lesser-known artists.
Let's get right to the music, eh?
I Know What Kind of Love This Is by Nerissa Nields. The cover has vocals by Dar and Lucy and Richard on guitar.
I Have Come By Way of Sorrow written by Julie Mille. Lucy on lead vocals; Dar and Richard doing harmonies.
Memphis written by Cliff Eberhardt. Richard doing lead vocals, Dar and Lucy on backup.
So now you know what all three of them sound like and have a taste for Cry. YAY!
My very favorite song on Cry Cry Cry is "The Ballad of Mary Magdalene." On Cry, Dar sings it:
Ballad of Mary Magdalene. Dar cover.
The best thing about the Ballad is that it's written and was originally performed by Richard Shindell. My music is sadly discombobulated at the moment and I can't find you Richard singing "Ballad of Mary Magdalene" but it is the most awesome thing ever.
One of the things I love best about Richard is how totally he can inhabit female personae. If you can listen to this song without crying, you're a better person than I am:
Abeulita, from Richard's album Somewhere Near Paterson.
My Love Will Follow You also makes me want to cry.
Of course, there are constant inter-Cry collaborations. The folk scene is kind of incestuous interconnected.
Frex, there's Lucy singing back-up on Are You Happy Now? (from Sparrow's Point).
Or Richard's cover of Dar's Calling the Moon.
And here's Dar singing Calling the Moon.
Oh, Dar. How do I introduce you to the wonder that is Dar Williams? I'm trying to be unbaised here, because Cry Cry Cry is the greatest trio in existence, but DAR. Okay. Completely random sampling of favorite songs:
Another Mystery (quotable Dar!)
All My Heroes Are Dead (early Dar!)
Southern California Wants to be Western New York (quirky Dar!)
Farewell to the Old Me (new Dar!)
When I Was a Boy (genderbendy Dar!)
Spring Street
The Christians and the Pagans (FAMOUS DAR. Possibly her most well-known song. The first one I heard [beginning an INSTANT LOVE AFFAIR]. So seasonally apropos!)
Okay. I'll restrain myself.
LUCY. <3<3
Oh hey, there are samples on her webpage. You know, for sampling purposes.
Guinevere with Richard on harmonies. (Also, genderbent!Lucy).
Cowboy Singer (more genderbendy!)
This is Home (aaaaaaand my guaranteed tearjerker Lucy song!)
Okay! That's a great start. I know you will love all three artists so much that you'll run out and by ALL THEIR CDs. :D
Dear Yuletide author,
Since this is especially for you... feel free to use these however feels right! Throw them up on a playlist and let them serve as background inspiration. Listen to them once, listen to them a thousand times, write an AU based on one of the songs (not that I'm suggesting "Ballad of Mary Magdalene" or anything), imagine a song is inspired by one of the other members of the Trio, use them as bases for characterization, create characters who are totally unlike the personae they sing as -- anything that sounds good to you! Or write one of my other requests and just enjoy the music!
love,
Ari
Let's get right to the music, eh?
I Know What Kind of Love This Is by Nerissa Nields. The cover has vocals by Dar and Lucy and Richard on guitar.
I Have Come By Way of Sorrow written by Julie Mille. Lucy on lead vocals; Dar and Richard doing harmonies.
Memphis written by Cliff Eberhardt. Richard doing lead vocals, Dar and Lucy on backup.
So now you know what all three of them sound like and have a taste for Cry. YAY!
My very favorite song on Cry Cry Cry is "The Ballad of Mary Magdalene." On Cry, Dar sings it:
Ballad of Mary Magdalene. Dar cover.
The best thing about the Ballad is that it's written and was originally performed by Richard Shindell. My music is sadly discombobulated at the moment and I can't find you Richard singing "Ballad of Mary Magdalene" but it is the most awesome thing ever.
One of the things I love best about Richard is how totally he can inhabit female personae. If you can listen to this song without crying, you're a better person than I am:
Abeulita, from Richard's album Somewhere Near Paterson.
My Love Will Follow You also makes me want to cry.
Of course, there are constant inter-Cry collaborations. The folk scene is kind of incestuous interconnected.
Frex, there's Lucy singing back-up on Are You Happy Now? (from Sparrow's Point).
Or Richard's cover of Dar's Calling the Moon.
And here's Dar singing Calling the Moon.
Oh, Dar. How do I introduce you to the wonder that is Dar Williams? I'm trying to be unbaised here, because Cry Cry Cry is the greatest trio in existence, but DAR. Okay. Completely random sampling of favorite songs:
Another Mystery (quotable Dar!)
All My Heroes Are Dead (early Dar!)
Southern California Wants to be Western New York (quirky Dar!)
Farewell to the Old Me (new Dar!)
When I Was a Boy (genderbendy Dar!)
Spring Street
The Christians and the Pagans (FAMOUS DAR. Possibly her most well-known song. The first one I heard [beginning an INSTANT LOVE AFFAIR]. So seasonally apropos!)
Okay. I'll restrain myself.
LUCY. <3<3
Oh hey, there are samples on her webpage. You know, for sampling purposes.
Guinevere with Richard on harmonies. (Also, genderbent!Lucy).
Cowboy Singer (more genderbendy!)
This is Home (aaaaaaand my guaranteed tearjerker Lucy song!)
Okay! That's a great start. I know you will love all three artists so much that you'll run out and by ALL THEIR CDs. :D
Dear Yuletide author,
Since this is especially for you... feel free to use these however feels right! Throw them up on a playlist and let them serve as background inspiration. Listen to them once, listen to them a thousand times, write an AU based on one of the songs (not that I'm suggesting "Ballad of Mary Magdalene" or anything), imagine a song is inspired by one of the other members of the Trio, use them as bases for characterization, create characters who are totally unlike the personae they sing as -- anything that sounds good to you! Or write one of my other requests and just enjoy the music!
love,
Ari