Chrissie Hynde - Valve Bone Woe

2019 CD release.

The album features reinterpretations of classic material penned by Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Hoagy Carmichael, Charlie Mingus, John Coltrane, Nick Drake, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Hynde's former partner Ray Davies.

The record was seemingly inspired by pre-war jazz sounds, and was recorded with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble at London's AIR Studios.

"I’m not hugely interested in branching out into other musical genres, being a devout rock singer as such, but jazz is something I grew up around (thanks to my bro) and I’ve always had a soft spot for it. I often bemoan what I regard as a decline in melody in popular music and I wanted to sing melodies".

    1 How Glad I Am
    2 Caroline, No
    3 I'm a Fool to Want You
    4 I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
    5 Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters
    6 Once I Loved
    7 Wild Is the Wind
    8 You Don't Know What Love Is
    9 River Man
    10 Absent Minded Me
    11 Naima
    12 Hello, Young Lovers
    13 No Return
    14 Que Reste-T-Il de Nos Amours ?