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The legendary musician's distinctive artistic take on Edgar Allan Poe includes "some of the most personal lyrics of his career" ( Rolling Stone).
One of the most influential and innovative recording artists of the past three decades, Lou Reed has always offered a shrewd view of life in the big city in all its colors. It is no surprise, then, that he considers Edgar Allan Poe a spiritual forefather.
In The Raven, Reed immerses himself in Poe's enigmatic world and sets out to reimagine his work to mesmerizing effect. In 2001 Lou Reed, legendary theater director Robert Wilson, and an all-star cast presented the musical POEtry at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Reed's subsequent studio adaptation, The Raven, has been hailed as one of his more daring and challenging albums. Here, accompanied by photographs by the acclaimed artist and director Julian Schnabel, is the definitive text of the CD release. The Raven includes Reed's distinctive takes on Poe's most celebrated works, as well as song lyrics written for the musical. It is a fascinating meeting between a dark chronicler of the twentieth century and his nineteenth-century counterpart; the work of one iconoclastic genius offering a haunting exploration of another.
One of the most influential and innovative recording artists of the past three decades, Lou Reed has always offered a shrewd view of life in the big city in all its colors. It is no surprise, then, that he considers Edgar Allan Poe a spiritual forefather.
In The Raven, Reed immerses himself in Poe's enigmatic world and sets out to reimagine his work to mesmerizing effect. In 2001 Lou Reed, legendary theater director Robert Wilson, and an all-star cast presented the musical POEtry at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Reed's subsequent studio adaptation, The Raven, has been hailed as one of his more daring and challenging albums. Here, accompanied by photographs by the acclaimed artist and director Julian Schnabel, is the definitive text of the CD release. The Raven includes Reed's distinctive takes on Poe's most celebrated works, as well as song lyrics written for the musical. It is a fascinating meeting between a dark chronicler of the twentieth century and his nineteenth-century counterpart; the work of one iconoclastic genius offering a haunting exploration of another.
The legendary musician's distinctive artistic take on Edgar Allan Poe includes "some of the most personal lyrics of his career" ( Rolling Stone).
One of the most influential and innovative recording artists of the past three decades, Lou Reed has always offered a shrewd view of life in the big c...
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Lou Reed s (b. 1942) most recent releases include Romanticism, a collection of photographs, and Lou Reed s Berlin, the Julian Schnabel-filmed record of a multi-media performance of Reed s iconic 1973 album. The guitarist and principal songwriter for The Velvet Underground, he has enjoyed a long and successful solo career. His book of photographs, New York, was published in 2008.Julian Schnabel was born in 1951 in Brooklyn, New York. He came to prominence in the 1980s New York art scene as a leading figure of the Neoexpressionist movement, and has ever since been a figure of immense controversy and respect. Schnabel has directed three feature films, "Basquiat, Before Night Falls" and the 2007 Cannes Film Festival favorite, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly". His designs for Ian Schrager's Gramercy Park Hotel received a great deal of attention in 2006, when it opened to critical acclaim. Schnabel lives and works in New York, Montauk and San Sebastian, Spain.
Lou Reed s (b. 1942) most recent releases include Romanticism, a collection of photographs, and Lou Reed s Berlin, the Julian Schnabel-filmed record of a multi-media performance of Reed s iconic 1973 album. The guitarist and principal songwriter for The Velvet Underground, he has enjoyed a long a...
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