When the guitarist from Niger was unable to tour during the pandemic, he invited his American bassist and producer, Mikey Coltun, to join him in his nation’s capital. Mdou Moctar’s “Afrique Victime” bridges Western and African music. Niger-based Mdou Moctar (wearing black above) and his band bridge Western and African music with their latest release, “Afrique Victime.” Adam Granduciel, frontman for The War on Drugs, told the Seattle public radio station KEXP in October that the pandemic influenced the tenor of his songs. Case in point: The title track, built on a steady backbeat you could set a metronome to, has an ascending chorus sung by vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of the group Lucius. These are songs that gallop like Pegasus until they take flight. The production harks back to the 1980s – touchstones include Don Henley and Phil Collins – but oblique guitar lines offer an earthy counterbalance to the lush keyboards. On “I Don’t Live Here Anymore,” the songs are often about restless, blue-collar loners who yearn to return home to find redemption and love. The fifth studio album by The War on Drugs is also about bridging disconnection. But mostly the songs are tender and gentle with lyrics that locate compassion and beauty in a broken world. His barking baritone can veer from menace to playfully profane wit. “Carnage” is occasionally as dark as the singer’s suits. Cave’s consequent 2021 album, created with longtime collaborator Warren Ellis, utilizes electronic instruments and chamber orchestration to chiaroscuro effect. Houseago’s outpouring of paintings is a testament to the “miraculous healing power of art.” Mr. The arrangement broke the creative stasis in both men.
“I personally felt I could write a song for my friend Thomas, even if I couldn’t write one for myself.” “I felt that this challenge might give him the impetus to create something – I have found that sometimes it can be helpful to remove oneself from the creative process, and do work in the service of others,” Mr. The group's fifth studio album is about bridging disconnection. "I Don't Live Here Anymore" is the latest offering from The War on Drugs. And I think the whole planet is looking for a bridge at the moment. Sting recently told Billboard that the connective thread running through the album was that “all the characters were looking for a bridge to the future that was somewhere different, somewhere safer, somewhere happier. Its captivating flagship single, “Rushing Water,” is about people in transition. (For a rock star, that’s an unearthly hour to punch the clock.) He wrote “The Bridge,” his best album in years. When the pandemic upended Sting’s plans, for example, the songwriter resolved to go into the studio each day at 10 a.m. On many of 2021’s best releases, it felt as if artists and listeners were reaching out to each other to share loss and love. Other musicians haven’t directly addressed the pandemic on new albums, but the period of confinement amplified their yearning for connection. Since March of last year, some artists have been inspired to look outward and write about the collective human experience. Scrambling to mount tours, artists snapped up calendar dates at reopened music venues like land during the gold rush.Īlthough music fans may have been deprived of attending concerts during lockdown, they’re reaping an unexpected benefit: Many musicians used the unplanned downtime to compose new material. In 2021, musicians emerged from pandemic hibernation in studios, basements, and bedrooms.
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