Lisa Hannigan & The Chieftains guest on Herbie Hancock album
The Imagine Project is out next month.
The Hot Press Newsdesk, 07 May 2010
Lisa Hannigan and The Chieftains star on one of the tracks from Herbie Hancock’s collaborative album, The Imagine Project, which is due here on June 18.
A cover we presume of the Dylan classic, ‘The Times They Are A’ Changin’’ also features World Music stars Toumani Diabete and Lionel Loueke.
Other guests on the continent-straddling record are Anoushka Shankar, Seal, Pink, John Legend, Juanes, Jeff Beck, Konono No l, Ceu, Dave Matthews, Lisa Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Chaka Khan, Tinariwen, Marcus Miller, Wayne Shorter, Oumou Sangare, Los Lobos, India.Arie, James Morrison
“Music truly is the universal language,” Hancock reflects. “The Imagine Project will explore that concept across the globe, uniting a myriad of cultures through song and positive creative expression. My hope is that the music will serve as a metaphor for the actions taken by the inhabitants of this wonderful planet as a call for world harmony on all levels.”
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