Margo Worth has shared her cowl of Leon Russell‘s ‘Strangers In A Unusual Land’ from the forthcoming tribute album ‘A Music For Leon’.
Worth’s cowl is the lead single from the star-studded tribute album that options contributors similar to Orville Peck, Nathaniel Rateliff, Pixies, Leon’s daughter Tina Rose with Jason Hill and Amy Nelson (Willie Nelson‘s daughter), Bootsy Collins, Hiss Golden Messenger, and extra.
“I’ve all the time beloved Leon Russell’s vibe and strategy to music and life basically. I fully fell in love with him after watching the documentary by Les Clean referred to as ‘A Poem Is A Bare Individual’,” mentioned Worth in a press release.
She continued: “I had the pleasure of briefly assembly him at a present a few years in the past within the hallway. I all the time keep in mind what he mentioned in the course of the stay interview that day, which was that ‘It was his job to misinform the press.’ He was an outdated man on the time, however I’ll always remember how mischievous he appeared.”
Talking about her option to cowl ‘Strangers In A Unusual Land’, Worth shared: “This track is so prolific. After my band and I lower it, we determined to carry out it stay at many reveals. The monologue within the center is my favorite.”
“It nonetheless appears completely pertinent, and its topic nonetheless issues right this moment. He’s speaking concerning the afterlife and equality and goes off about beginning a brand new race the place all of us simply be taught to like one another. We are able to all be taught a factor of two from Leon Russell,” she added.
Different distinctive collaborations on the LP embrace Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie teaming up with the Preservation Corridor Jazz Band for a tackle “Again to the Island.” The U.S. Ladies, in the meantime, will be a part of funk nice Bootsy Collins for a rendition of “Celebrity,” the Carpenters basic Russell co-wrote with Bonnie Bramlett.
‘A Music For Leon’ is launched on September 8 by way of Main Wave Music. Pre-order the album right here.
