“A Song in the News”
By Ryan Adams
Written and performed by Ryan Adams. Copyright ©2008 Ryan Adams/Barland Music; administered by Bug Music (BMI)
Ryan Adams has released a number of albums, including Heartbreaker (2000), the Grammy nominated Gold (2001), Rock N Roll (2003), 29 (2005), and Easy Tiger (2007). Adams made three records with the storied alt-country band Whiskeytown prior to his solo career and has since recorded several albums with backing band the Cardinals. The longtime New Yorker has also released myriad EPs and singles and frequently collaborates with other musicians (including Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson, whose album Songbird Adams produced in 2006).
Esopus 10 (Spring 2008)
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Esopus CD #10: Good News
“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”—Confucius
Our 10th compilation CD features positive thinking—and inspired songwriting—from 12 musical acts who we invited to choose and interpret pieces of news they felt could be construed as “positive” to use as the inspiration for brand-new songs. Topics ranged from Liza Minnelli’s speedy recovery from a stage fall (Man Man), the black-footed ferret’s rebound from near-extinction (Neko Case and Carl Newman), the opening of a “death hotel” in Japan with coffins for beds (The Real Tuesday Weld), the U.S. government’s forthcoming income-tax rebate (Chris Rehm), and the miraculous tale of a Manhattan window-washer who fell 47 stories and survived (Marnie Stern and Artificial Workshop).