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Keaton Henson Presents: On The Job

London, 13.09.16

Though the working artist is the same as everyone else, the creative life does seem to carry with it a unique pay off, a push and pull of unrelenting disappointment, mirrored by the euphoria of the creative fix, of feeling loved and understood. This feeling can become addictive to those with the kind of brain that wants to create in the first place, and as you proceed to make this practise your work, the fix becomes harder to reach. I have always been fascinated by songs about being a songwriter. and have become moreso since discovering what it means to be one, and how easily the hole you once filled with songs, can gape wider than ever with the loss of that feeling of being found.

Tracklist

  • Francis Bacon
    Speaks
  • Loudon Wainright Iii
    Career Moves
  • Lucian Freud
    Speaks
  • Simon And Garfunkel
    Kathy's Song
  • Randy Newman
    Speaks
  • Tom Waits 
    I'm Your Late Night Evening Prostitute
  • Randy Newman
    Speaks
  • Nina Simone 
    Mr Bojangles
  • Jackson Browne 
    The Pretender
  • Dylan 
    Dylan Speaks: The Legendary 1965 Press Conference In San Francisco
  • Joni Mitchell 
    For The Roses
  • Dylan 
    Dylan Speaks: The Legendary 1965 Press Conference In San Francisco
  • Bright Eyes feat. Clark Baechle, Clay Leverett 
    False Advertising
  • Thom Yorke 
    Thom Speaks 01
  • Radiohead 
    How To Disappear Completely
  • Dorothy Parker
    Speaks (From Tombstones In The Starlight)
  • Keaton Henson 
    The Pugilist
  • Billie Holiday 
    Speak Low
  • Janis Ian 
    Stars