•Alanis
Morissette, Perry Farrell, James Taylor and the late Pakistani artist Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are among the artists
who have lent their voices to "The Prayer Cycle," a multi-lingual choral symphony aimed at exploring
the nature of spiritual supplication.
Organized and composed by Jonathan Elias, who has worked on film scores for "Chaplain" and "9 1/2
Weeks," "The Prayer Cycle" features several unique (and unlikely) collaborations, including Alanis
singing in Hungarian while backed by a Swahili chorus on "Mercy," and "Forgiveness," a track
sung in Hebrew by Israeli superstar Ofra Haza.
Elias penned all of the lyrics to the album, with the notable exception of "Mercy" and "Innocence,"
both of which were written by Morissette.
about dogma. "My music, a lot of times, tends to be quite serious, but there's a part of me that's not serious at all.
So, I love tapping into that and I might at some point with my music. I think I do with my music to a
certain extent, but in this case, I was able to tap into that with Kevin. He's extremely funny." Alanis...
dogma's official website
" She also sings a rock version of Dobie Gray's Drift Away, (with Tom Petty), a song called "MindField" (Alanis Morissette, Joe Walsh and Scott Weiland), and "I Was Walkin'" (with Paul McCartney) on the Ringo Starr album called "Vertical Man"."
about vertical man:
"The thing
is, we had this open door policy. If you walked in the door you were
asked to play," he says laughing. "We didn't organize anything.
Alanis Morrisette came to say hello. It was like there was no
struggle, there was an absolute pause waiting for her. We just
happened to be doing that track ["Drift Away"], so I just said to her
'Would you like to do this?' and she said 'yes', which was great. ringo starr.
about these crowded streets (dave mathews band)
"We met in San Francisco when we were doing the Bridge benefit, right before
the album. We bumped into each other backstage and were talking. We were
recording at the Plant in Sausalito, and she came over to visit us there and
she and I hit it off. We spent an afternoon together, just talking about
things. And when I was recording in New York, we talked and I said 'Well, why
don't you come over.' She was in L.A., so she came and she sang. Initially she
just did a sort of haunted voice in the background of a couple of things. Then
we thought... 'Why not give her a verse (on 'Spoon')?' I think she sung it
quite beautifully. What's important is that she was there 'cause she really
wanted to be part of it, in any way, which is very cool of her. dave mathews"
this was hidden under unreleased songs..
(best viewed with netscape and mosaic :P )
we'll be in the front row without popcorn
