Scottish jazz multi-instrumentalist Bill Wells has enlisted members of Deerhoof and Yo La Tengo, along with Norman Blake (of Teenage Fanclub), Isobel Campbell (formerly of Belle and Sebastian), Tony Award-winning Broadway star Michael Cerveris, and more to make a dark nursery rhymes album that is appropriately titled Nursery Rhymes. The album will be released November 20 via Karaoke Kalk. Check out the tracklist below.
Listen to his take on “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” featuring Satomi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof, above. Blake produced the album.
Previously, Wells shared a version of “Three Blind Mice”, which features Yo La Tengo and Karen Mantler:
Nursery Rhymes:
01 Three Blind Mice ft. Karen Mantler and Yo La Tengo 02 Polly Put The Kettle On ft. Isobel Campbell and Amy Allison 03 Humpty Dumpty ft. Amber Papini and Yo La Tengo 04 Shoo Fly ft. Amy Allison and Yo La Tengo 05 Oranges And Lemons ft. Syd Straw with The Karen Mantler Trio 06 Hickory Dickory Dock ft. Norman Blake and Aby Vulliamy 07 Hot Cross Buns ft. Michael Cerveris 08 Ding Dong Bell ft. Bridget St. John 09 Lavender’s Blue ft. Norman Blake, Georgia Hubley and Yo La Tengo 10 Bobby Shaftoe ft. Aby Vulliamy 11 Rock A Bye Baby ft. Isobel Campbell 12 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ft. Satomi Matsuzaki 13 Ring Around The Rosie ft. Karen Mantler and Yo La Tengo 14 Hey Diddle Diddle ft. Annette Peacock 15 Ride A Cock Horse ft. Norman Blake and Yo La Tengo