Walking back to the show only to walk away again, Jo Neary takes on another trio of Orphans with Martin and Sam. Beginning with the 90s religious material, heading back to theatre of the 80s, and then the street poetry of William Kennedy’s childhood, we also consider how Waits’s writing functions as a dusting soundtrack.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Walk Away, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
If I Have To Go, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
If I Have To Go, Little Drop Of Poison, Rebekka Bakken (2014)
Poor Little Lamb, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Ana Ng, Lincoln, They Might Be Giants (1988)
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