Adventures in Reality: Songs from the Words of Real People (Mostly) > Various Artists

Recording Details

Date

2021

Type

Audio / Vocal Recording

Method

Studio

Language

English

Location

US / NY / New York

Recording Studio

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music / Power Station at Berklee NYC

Producer

Steve Cosson (13), Kurt Deutsch (92), Wiley DeWeese (4) — co-producer, Ian Kagey (15) — co-producer

Engineer

Ian Kagey (15)

Mastering

Oscar Zambrano (31)

Orchestrations

Wiley DeWeese (4)

Performer

Nick Blaemire (23), Cindy Cheung (11), The Civilians (2), Carla Duren (3), Michael Friedman (25), Jackie Hoffman (19), Jo Lampert (7), Lauren Molina (13), Brian Charles Rooney (11), Heathcliff Saunders (2), Mary Testa (45), Tony Torn, Dito van Reigersberg, Alison Weller (3), Ada Westfall (5)

Musician

Kate Amrine (3) — Flugelhorn [For "KFC for Christmas"], Brad Bosenbeck — Violin, Spencer Cohen (2) — Drums [For "Sydney H." and "Three Sisters"], Wiley DeWeese (4) — Keys, Alex Eckhardt (3) — Bass [For "Sydney H." and "Three Sisters"], Jeff Fernandes (2) — Drums, Dan Lipton (15) — Keys [For "Sydney H." and "Three Sisters"], Susan Mandel — Cello, Mary Ann McSweeney (11) — Bass, Alex Nolan (2) — Guitar, Kevin Wunderlich (4) — Guitar [For "Sydney H." and "Three Sisters"]

Notes

Recorded various dates 2019, 2020, 2021. "Adventures in Reality is a collection of Michael Friedman songs mostly created for various Civilians shows and cabarets, with lyrics taken from verbatim transcripts of interviews. The Album also includes Michael’s collaboration with playwright John Guare in a song about Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” with lyrics written by Guare. Meet an art curator and an art patron grappling with beauty, sex, love, and race in two songs created during The Civilians year-long residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hear from Occupy Wall Street activists navigating the exhausting work of political protest and democratic change. Step inside the wild imagination of visionary poet Arthur Rimbaud and experience his poetry through a theatrical lens. From a modern-day match maker to an aging porn star, these songs use the real words of various ordinary and extraordinary people, proving that truth is indeed stranger and more wonderful than fiction."

Shortcode

[r47827]

Releases

Format

Audio File

Label

Ghostlight Records

Released

2023-03-24

Country

US

Audio

Stereo

Download

# Tracks

10

Length

42:39

Lists

20 collectors / 3 wish lists

History

1 Revisions

Shortcode

[rl72669]

1. Like A Virgin -- Lauren Molina, Michael Friedman, The Civilians
2. Four Letters to Verlaine -- Jo Lampert, Tony Torn, Dito van Reigersberg, Ada Westfall Michael Friedman, The Civilians
3. We Were Giants -- Nick Blaemire Michael Friedman, The Civilians
4. Little Match Girl -- Jackie Hoffman, Michael Friedman, The Civilians
5. John Brown -- Heathcliff Saunders Michael Friedman, The Civilians
6. Consensus Is Hard - Jo Lampert Michael Friedman, The Civilians
7. I Have Not Slept -- Nick Blaemire, Heathcliff Saunders, Lauren Molina, Carla Duren Michael Friedman, The Civilians
8. Sydney H. -- Brian Charles Rooney Michael Friedman, The Civilians
9. KFC For Christmas -- Cindy Cheung, Alison Weller Michael Friedman, The Civilians
10. Three Sisters -- Mary Testa Michael Friedman, The Civilians