ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS The Crying Light CD

ANOHNI’s third full length album with her ensemble The Johnsons includes cellist Julia Kent, violinist Max Moston, multi-instrumentalists Rob Moose and Doug Wieselman, bassist Jeff Langston, and drummer Parker Kindred. Another tier of symphonic instrumentation rises occasionally to engulf the ensemble.The Crying Light features a portrait of ANOHNI’s hero Kazuo Ohno, one of the founders of Butoh dance. On this album, ANOHNI steps out from the interior landscape of I am a Bird Now and addresses her spectral and complex relationship with the rest of the natural world. The song Another World was later interpreted by Joan Baez on her final album. Some of the recordings including Everglade were arranged by Nico Muhly and ANOHNI for orchestra.