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''Songs in the Dark'' is the debut album by the Wainwright Sisters, a singer-songwriter duo featuring the Canadian-American Martha Wainwright and her American half-sister Lucy Wainwright Roche. The album, released on November 13, 2015, includes lullabies that their mothers Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche sang to them as children, plus songs by Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Rogers, and their father Loudon Wainwright III. Family members credited on the album include Lily and Sylvan Lanken and Anna McGarrigle on vocals, and Jane McGarrigle on piano. Other contributors include Brad Albetta on bass, keyboards, and organ, Thomas Bartlett on piano, Tom Mennier for bell arrangements, Éloi Painchaud on banjo and harmonica, and Joel Zifkin on violin. Albetta and Sylvan Lanken are also credited as audio engineers; the former received additional credits for mixing. The Wainwright Sisters will promote the album with a series of three performances in New York City, London, and Montreal. ==Composition== The Wainwright Sisters' ''Songs in the Dark'' was released by PIAS in November 2015. Their debut collaborative album features sixteen tracks that have been described as "dark, mysterious, and beautiful" interpretations of songs sung to them as children. Included are songs by their mothers Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche, respectively, and their shared father Loudon Wainwright III.〔 Credited family members include Lily and Sylvan Lanken and Anna McGarrigle on vocals, and Jane McGarrigle on piano. Other contributors to the album include Brad Albetta on bass, keyboards, and organ, Thomas Bartlett on piano, Tom Mennier for bell arrangements, Éloi Painchaud on banjo and harmonica, and Joel Zifkin on violin. Albetta and Sylvan Lanken are also credited as audio engineers; the former received additional credits for mixing. Kathleen Weldon created the album's cover art.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-in-the-dark-mw0002881519/credits )〕 The album opens with "Prairie Lullaby" (William Hill, Jimmie Rogers) and is followed by Goebel Reeves's "Hobo's Lullaby". "El Condor Pasa" ((英語:The Condor Passes)), originally a musical composition from the Peruvian Daniel Alomía Robles's 1913 zarzuela of the same name, was popularized by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, who recorded it on their 1970 album ''Bridge over Troubled Water'' under the title "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)". The 1970 version is credited to Jorge Milchberg, Alomía Robles, and Paul Simon. Roche recalled how "daunting" it was to learn the song as a teenage guitarist: "My aunt Terre taught it to me and I remember the overwhelming and seemingly impossible task of switching to a C chord in the chorus as a new player."〔 The song begins with Wainwright performing in an "earthy" lower register and is followed by Roche's higher harmonies. Wainwright said of the song's inclusion on the album, "I'm so glad Lucy thought of this song. It's such a beautiful melody and ties in so well with the mystery of the record."〔 The next two songs, "Lullaby" and "Lullaby for a Doll", were written by Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (mother of Martha Wainwright), respectively. McGarrigle (1946–2010) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote and performed with her sister Anna as the duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle. "Runs in the Family" and "Baby Rocking Medley" were written by Terre Roche and Rosalie Sorrels, respectively. "Screaming Issue" was co-written by Wainwright III and Terre Roche, and originally appeared on the former's 1985 studio album ''I'm Alright''. "Long Lankin" is the first of three traditional songs on the album. The a cappella rendition features vocals by the duo's cousins Lily and Sylvan Lanken. "Our Mother the Mountain" originally appeared as the title track on Townes Van Zandt's second studio album, released in 1969. Roche and Wainwright perform the song at a slightly faster tempo. "End of the Rainbow" and "Dusty Skies" are credited to Richard Thompson and Cindy Walker, respectively. The former originally appeared on Thompson's 1974 album, ''I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight''.〔 ''Songs'' second traditional song, "All the Pretty Horses", is followed by Irving Berlin's "Russian Lullaby". "Do You Love an Apple" is credited Kevin Burke, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Paddy Keenan, Dónal Lunny, and Matt Molloy. The album closes with a third traditional song, "Go Tell Aunt Rhody". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Songs in the Dark (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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