Hem: Twelfth Night
Lilting, lovely soundtrack from this summer’s Shakespeare in the Park production Each summer, a star-studded cast in conjunction with the Public Theater mounts a Shakespeare play in Central Park, for which people wait in the ticket line for hours. Brooklyn band Hem worked closely with Daniel Sullivan, the director of this year’s critically acclaimed Twelfth Night (starring Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald, David Pittu, Jon Patrick Walker, and Raul Esparza), to create a soundtrack for the production, which has now been recorded and released.... read more
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Hem can be quite resourceful. Consider 2006's No Word from Tom, which compiled live performances, outtakes and even a cover of R.E.M.'s "So. Central Rain" into one cohesive release. But for its latest work, the soundtrack of a Shakespeare production, the Brooklyn folk collective had to work with actors instead.... read more
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