Label: Family Vineyard

ローレン・コナーズが監修したカバー・コレクション2CD!!米ギタリストの大家ローレン・マザケーン・コナーズと共にバンドHaunted Houseのメンバーとして活動、また氏との連名での名作も多く残してきたボイスパフォーマーSuzanne Langille。Jim O'Rourke、David Grubbs、Alan Licht、Kim Gordon、Bill Nace、Alessandra Novaga、そしてローレン・コナーズ本人を含む多くの名演奏家らが参加、全32のアーティストが彼女の楽曲をカバーした極上の2CD。従来の枠に囚われない詩的な表現と力強いメロディーの再解釈が堪能出来ます。20ページのブックレットが付属、Family VineyardとFeeding Tube Recordsの共同出版作。









The 23-track double CD includes a 20-page booklet with artist bios, rare photos, and liner notes tracing Langille’s roots from a cappella harmonies to 1980s protests through today. This Loren Connors-produced collection is a joint release by Family Vineyard and Feeding Tube Records.

Thirty-two artists honor the extraordinary legacy of Suzanne Langille through interpretations of her vast songbook. Langille is best known as an acclaimed avant garde singer-songwriter and collaborator of guitarist Loren Connors. They ventured into electrified blues and abstracted artsongs across more than a dozen albums since the mid-1980s.

Langille’s songs, with Connors, solo, or other collaborators, are marked by distinct and captivating depth. Her evocative lyrics, layered with themes of loss, longing, and the natural world, defy conventional boundaries, blending poetry with potent melodies. Her work embraces the uncertainty of life and the delicate spaces between joy and sorrow.

Langille’s first published composition — “Grip My Hand” — kicked off Connors’ 1990 album Rooms. As her songs began to dot more of Connors’ albums, she led the spontaneous blown-out rock band Haunted House and collaborated with the trio San Agustin. Later, she released two albums with daf-player Neel Murgai.

“Suzanne’s songwriting defies easy classification. She bypasses essay-style lyrics and unsubtle emotion. Instead, she dives into the tenuous spaces between life, the unknown, and the shades of uncertainty lingering in between,” Family Vineyard's Eric Weddle writes in the album liner notes. “That’s the magic of Suzanne’s songs. A melody rises and pulls you in, like the relentless undertow of the Long Island Sound.”

The Suzanne Langille Songbook features a diverse array of artists who reinterpret her music, showcasing its timeless and transformative power.