Jim James, Andrew Bird and many others teamed to cover Burt Bacharach's 'What the World Needs Now Is Love' for the Newport Folk Festival's virtual event
The performance, music-directed by the Decemberists’ Chris Funk, features home-recorded performances sewn into a massive web of sound. The collaborators also include Hiss Golden Messenger, Yola, Glen Hansard, Valerie June, Ruby Amanfu, Phil Cook, Sara Watkins and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, among others.
James fronts a sizable chunk of the track, with other guests taking occasional leads and fleshing out the arrangement with layered harmonies. Bird’s violin and whistling appears at various points, and Thile takes a tasteful mandolin solo midway through. The three-day Newport Folk event, which launched with an 80th birthday celebration for Mavis Staples, also featured spots from James Taylor, Tom Morello, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, M. Ward, Trombone Shorty, Deer Tick, Leon Bridges, Sharon Van Etten and Robert Ellis. Virtual attendees were encouraged to donate to the, which has been supporting musicians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Along with sharing the all-star finale, the festival released two other memorable stand-alone performances on Monday: Courtney Barnett and Phoebe Bridgers teaming to
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