Beck launches Song Reader in audio format with luxury guests

Beck Song Reader

Two years ago Beck announced that it was going to publish 'Song Reader', an unpublished book of musical scores that contained 20 songs (and more than 100 pages of art) that could only be heard if the content was interpreted with a musical instrument, for many one of the initiatives of the most original musical field in recent years. Since Song Reader was released in sheet music in December 2012, Beck has rarely offered a musical version of these songs and they were always performed exclusively live.

Last Tuesday (8), coinciding with his 44th birthday, the versatile Californian musician announced that he has finally brought those songs to the recording studio and that the audio version of Song reader it would be released next July 29. Although all the songs have been written by Beck, only Heaven's Ladder is performed as a soloist.

The remaining nineteen songs have been performed together with luxury guests, such as Jack White, Norah Jones, Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Laura Marling, David Johansen (New York Dolls), Bob Forrest (Thelonious Monster) and comedian Jack Black. The musician revealed that the idea of ​​recording these songs came from listening to other artists' performances. Beck noted in a statement: “I am impressed to hear how these musicians have appropriated these songs and in the process revealed that the performance is the piece that comes to life. These interpretations have made the book something new, something better. "


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