An enthralling collection of 23 cover versions of classic numbers by the legendary British folk singer who tragically died in 1974, featuring diverse artists including Fontaine’s D.C., Emeli Sandé, Aldous Harding and John Grant. Drake never achieved such popularity in his short lifetime, but the acclaim for his work has never been greater. Some versions feel more like straight covers, but the most interesting offer more to songs which seem to grow ever greater through time. Among the standouts is Mike Lindsay’s (of Tunng) arrangement of Saturday Sun sung by Elbow’s Guy Garvey, which towards the end brings pitter-patter of woodwind and stormy sound effects, Fontaines’s drum-beating but ethereal ‘Cello Song, John Parish’s krautrocky version of Three Hours sung by Aldous Harding, Karine Polwart & Kris Drever’s delicate, trumpet filled rendition of Northern Sky, Emeli Sandé’s soulful One Of These Things First, John Grant’s doom-laden electronica Day Is Done, Radiohead drummer Philip Selway and his otherworldly, semi-spoken Fly, or Let's Eat Grandma’s smooth, more electro-pop version of From The Morning. But there are many other fine versions, such as Ben Harper’s straighter Time Has Told Me, Camille’s delicate Hazy Jane II, or Katherine Priddy’s folk-orchestral I Think They’re Leaving Me Behind. Endless variants, but the songs remain timeless. Out on Chrysalis Records.
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