Laurie Anderson performed Songs & Stories for Moby Dick which included a cast of performers, & several sea chantys as well, at the Barbican Theatre in London on May 24, 2000.*
This looks interesting. I'll be looking for it at the record store.
I see Lou Reed is a contributor. There's lots of other fine contributors as well like Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Bryan Ferry with Antony & Sting. Van Dyke Parks comes out of the woodwork. Ralph Steadman, the illustrator, is getting in on it too it would seem.
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