Various Artists Way To Blue - The Songs Of Nick Drake
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Label: StorySound
Way To Blue was conceived as a series of tribute concerts featuring artists hand-picked by Nick Drake's original producer Joe Boyd, including Robyn Hitchcock, Vashti Bunyan, Lisa Hannigan, Teddy Thompson, Green Gartside of Scritti Politti and many more. The concerts were staged in Sydney, Melbourne and London.
This 15-song set features highlights from the concerts - some faithful to the Drake originals, others radically reworked. All artists were backed by a house band led by Danny Thompson (Drake's original bass player), and several of the performances feature the original orchestral arrangements of Drake collaborator, Robert Kirby.