Natalie Merchant

Giving up everything, see the whole magnificent emptiness […]Giving up everything, the compass and the map I was reading […] Giving up everything, the big to-do, the hullabaloo, the tug-of-war for some twisted truth.For the everlasting ache of it, no longer slave, not chained to it,No gate, no guard, no keeper, no guru, master, …

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Released in 2010 on the Nonesuch record label, Natalie Merchant’s Leave Your Sleep is an impressive collection of children’s poetry, nursery rhymes and lullabies from British and American authors adapted and set to original music by the singer songwriter. The birth of her own daughter in 2003 was the initial catalyst for the …

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