figures that ever-cool azeem would remember the yma sumac contribution to stay awake. a very fine piece of work that collection.
martha is almost certainly martha graham. modern dance is spiralling downward toward insignificance these days in america, and certainly on this list, but in joni's early formative years, martha graham mattered so deeply. and her dogged independence as a female artist would have inspired joni as well, as much as georgia o'keeffe's. and martha, joni, and georgia had identical cheekbones... patrick np - toby twining - chrysalid requiem More recently, she >was heard >on the truly fabulous "Stay Awake", a collection of newly recorded >versions >of songs from Disney films, which included Suzanne Vega doing a gorgeous >unaccompanied take on the title song, Los Lobos with a rollicking >I Wanna Be >Like You, Bonnie Raitt with a sweet Baby Mine, Tom Waits with a >truly bizarre >Heigh Ho, and Ringo Starr with a rendition of When You Wish Upon A >Star which >would bring a smile to the most jaded soul. > >Azeem in London
