Joan Baez has announced a new album as well as a tour, which she has announced her last year of formally touring. In addition to the new album and tour announcement, she has released a new song which shares a name with the LP, “Whistle Down The Wind.” The song is a tribute to her career, reminiscing on her life as a singer, musician and activist. Whistle Down The Wind comes out January 12, 2018 on Bobolink / Razor & Tie Records.
The new album features songs written by a variety of artist like Tom Waits, Anohni, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Josh Ritter and Eliza Gilkyson. Talking specifically about her work with producer Joe Henry “It was a hunch on both of our parts that we could make an album together. As it turned out it was a no brainer. We both work fast and were musically on the same wavelength. I work best with musicians who are as willing as I am to wing it and he assembled a group of players who did just that. Meaning invent each song from scratch.”
Whistle Down The Wind track list
1. Whistle Down The Wind (Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan)
2. Be Of Good Heart (Josh Ritter)
3. Another World (Anohni)
4. Civil War (Joe Henry)
5. The Things We Are Made Of (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
6. The President Sang Amazing Grace (Zoe Mulford)
7. Last Leaf (Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan)
8. Silver Blade (Josh Ritter)
9. The Great Correction (Eliza Gilkyson)
10. I Wish The Wars Were All Over (Tim Eriksen)
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