Walk Away / If I Have To Go / Poor Little Lamb, Orphans, Tom Waits [368/369/370]

<p>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.</p> <p>website: songbysongpodcast.com<br /> twitter: @songbysongpod<br /> e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com</p> <p>Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:<br /> Walk Away, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)<br /> If I Have To Go, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)<br /> Poor Little Lamb, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)<br /> Clip from Ironweed, dir. Hector Babenco (1987)</p> <p>We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly.</p>