Why Birds Sing

by David Rothenberg

Why Birds Sing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 2005
  • Label: Terra Nova
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:20
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rothenberg spent five years making this companion to his book of the same name, jamming live on clarinet with a white-crested laughing thrush at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh and with a wild lyrebird at Healesville. Guests include flautist Michael Pestel, Richard Nunns on M膩ori instruments and Estonian guitarist Robert J眉rjendal.

Genres

Descriptors: nature, experimental, improvisational, atmospheric, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. Trio Menura (4:26)
  2. Spheral, Spheral (5:40)
  3. Beezus, Beeten, Breep (5:51)
  4. Temperate Woodland (5:15)
  5. Bou Bou Swell (4:06)
  6. Sheer Frustration, Really (4:42)
  7. The Lyrebird Suite (4:20)
  8. Pillow Of Air (6:59)
  9. White-Crested Laugh (3:00)
  10. The Language Of Water (8:54)
  11. Rhythm Migration (5:49)
  12. No Water And No Rock (4:15)

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