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01. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Three Blind Mice
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02. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Polly Put the Kettle On
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03. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Humpty Dumpty
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04. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Shoo Fly
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05. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Oranges and Lemons
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06. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Hickory Dickory Dock
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07. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Hot Cross Buns
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08. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Ding Dong Bell
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09. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Lavender's Blue
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10. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Bobby Shaftoe
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11. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Rock a Bye Baby
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12. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
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13. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Ring Around the Rosie
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14. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Hey Diddle Diddle
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15. BILL WELLS & FRIENDS - Ride a Cock Horse
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ARTIST
WELLS & FRIENDS, BILL
TITLE
Nursery Rhymes
FORMAT
LP + 7"
LABEL
KARAOKE KALK
CATALOG #
KK 088LP
KK 088LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
11/27/2015
LP version. Includes 7" with four exclusive bonus tracks. Includes download code. "If people thought it was a bit strange, then they didn't say," says
Bill Wells
of the stellar cast of collaborators who played and sang on his album
Nursery Rhymes
. "I made it all clear pretty early on in proceedings and everyone seemed up for it." Well, actually, it is a bit strange, but then think of Wells's trademark combination of spare, melodic compositions with adventurous arrangements for
The National Jazz Trio of Scotland
-- particularly his adaptions of Christmas songs on their
Christmas Album
(KK 070LP, 2012) -- and he's a perfect fit for the job. After winning the inaugural Scottish Album of the Year award in 2012 for
Everything's Getting Older
, which he made with former
Arab Strap
vocalist
Aidan Moffat
, Wells secured some funding from Creative Scotland to go make an album in New York City with a musician he had long admired,
Karen Mantler
, the vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and band-leader -- and daughter of innovative jazz musicians
Carla Bley
and
Mike Mantler
. Wells made an initial visit in early 2014 to meet Mantler, find a recording studio, and start recruiting musicians. He was able to fund National Jazz Trio of Scotland vocalist
Aby Vulliamy
's trip over to sing and play viola on the album, but in the spirit of the commission decided that he would otherwise only record musicians who were in or around New York. Vocalists
Syd Straw
,
Amy Allison
, and
Isobel Campbell
;
Yo La Tengo
;
Satomi Matsuzaki
and
Greg Saunier
from
Deerhoof
; legendary vocalist and composer
Annette Peacock
; violinist
Charlie Burnham
, who has played with
Cassandra Wilson
and
James Blood Ulmer
; singer and Tony-winning actor
Michael Cerveris
; and
Amber Papini
from the band
Hospitality
all joined the sessions, as did
Bridget St John
, the English singer/songwriter and long-time resident of New York. Wells's long-time collaborator
Norman Blake
(
Teenage Fanclub
) produced the album.
Nursery Rhymes
recasts these funny, violent, coded, centuries-old sentiments as fresh, new creations. Wells is a brilliant arranger and does wonders in finding new ways of looking at the songs, and drawing more out of their strong but spare melodic material. "They should be quite disturbing," he observes. "Because ultimately part of the remit of a nursery rhyme was to give your child some of the harsh realities of life, while sugar-coating them with a catchy little melody. But I'm losing that coating and going straight to the nub of the thing."
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