DAVID BYRNE And YO LA TENGO Cover YOKO ONO

5 January 2022


(Artwork album)

Curated by Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard a tribute album
of covers of Yoko Ono songs titled Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono
arrives on 18th February.

It’ll feature interpretations of 14 Ono songs. Artists involved:
David Byrne, Yo La Tengo, Sharon Van Etten, Death Cab for Cutie,
US Girls, Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Stephin Merritt (of Magnetic
Fields), Thao, Sudan Archives, We Are KING, and Amber Coffman.

Here’s a taster with David Byrne and Yo La Tengo covering
Who Has Seen The Wind

An affecting lullaby.

Enjoy

The Yoko original

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Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono will be accompanied by an exclusive podcast, hosted by Gibbard and music journalist Jenny Eliscu and featuring in-depth discussions of Ono’s music and legacy.

Here’s the podcast trailer

YOKO ONO: Discography