Tucker Zimmerman
Dirk Leunis/Courtesy of the artist
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Dirk Leunis/Courtesy of the artist
Tucker Zimmerman
Dirk Leunis/Courtesy of the artist
- “Burial At Sea”
- “Depart It On The Porch Outdoors”
- “A Face That Hasn’t Offered Out”
- “No one Is aware of”
The primary time the members of Large Thief heard Tucker Zimmerman, they heard a kindred musical soul. Zimmerman is a singer-songwriter who grew up in mid-century America concurrently many beloved folks artists, however he moved to Europe to check and keep away from the draft.
After Large Thief frontperson Adrianne Lenker heard Zimmerman’s 1980 album, Sq. Dance, she confirmed it to her bandmates, they usually determined to achieve out to Zimmerman, who’s now in his 80s and dwelling in Belgium.
On this session, Large Thief guitarist Buck Merl and Zimmerman talks about what occurred subsequent, their musical chemistry and the way they ended up working collectively on Zimmerman’s eleventh album, Dance of Love. Zimmerman additionally shares the story about how he acquired his begin in music, falling in love in Europe, and the actually dangerous recommendation he as soon as gave David Bowie.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The online story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.