On April 9, 2010, “Nonesuch” label released “Leave Your Sleep”, the fifth Natalie Merchant studio album. It was recorded July 2008 – May 2009, and was produced by Nathalie Merchant and Andres Levin.
Personnel:
- Natalie Merchant – vocals, Introduction, orchestration, string arrangements, arranger
- Amanda Barrett – vocals
- Joseph Thompson – vocals
- Kimberly Miller – vocals
- Joanne Williams – vocals
- Joe Rice – vocals
- Katell Keineg – vocals
- Abby DeWald – vocals
- Isaac Freeman – vocals
- Edward Hall – vocals
- Robert Hamlett – vocals
- Kevin Crawford – vocals, bodhran, flute, low whistle, tin whistle
- John Roberts – concertina, voices
- John Medeski – piano
- Dan Nimmer – piano
- Bobby Wood – piano, Wurlitzer
- Artis Wodehouse – pump organ
- Dieter Hennings – Baroque guitar, acoustic guitar, lute, theorbo
- Paul Morrisset – bass guitar, baritone horn
- Paul Meehan – acoustic guitar
- Andy Bassford – guitar
- Reggie Young – guitar
- Gabriel Gordon – guitar
- Erik Della Penna – guitar
- Michael Gomez – lap steel guitar, dobro
- Pete Smith – electric guitar, banjo
- Doug Wamble – guitar, banjo
- Richie Stearns – banjo
- Horace James – keyboards
- Bobby Emmons – Hammond organ
- Trevor Hutchinson – upright bass
- Mark Murphy – upright bass
- Greg Cohen – bass
- Chris Wood – bass
- Hoova Simpson – bass
- Jeremy McCoy – bass
- Carlos Henríquez – bass
- Michael Leech – bass
- Marc Friedman – bass
- William Barrett – chromatic harmonica
- Uri Sharlin – accordion
- Lorin Sklamberg – accordion
- Dan Aran – drums, percussion
- Richie Barshay – snare drums, poyk, frame drum
- Joseph Fire Crow – drums, native American flute, rattles, spoken word
- Sterling Campbell – drums
- Rich Huntley – drums
- Billy Martin – drums
- Gene Chrisman – drums
- Paul Sutton – drums
- Erik Charlston – percussion
- Larry McDonald – percussion
- Minyoung Baik – violin
- Sharon Yamada – violin
- Anne Lehmann – violin
- Arnaud Sussmann – violin
- Lisa Kim – violin
- Matt Lehmann – violin
- Sandra Park – violin
- Shan Jiang – violin
- Karen Dreyfus – viola
- Robert Rinehart – viola
- Motomi Igarashi – viola da gamba
- Greg Heffernan – cello
- Eileen Moon – cello
- Jeanne LeBlanc – cello
- Mihail Jojatu – cello
- Owen Young – cello
- Alberto Parrini – cello
- Ina Zdorovetchi – harp
- Deidre Rodman – harpsichord
- Lisa Gutkin – fiddle
- Judy Hyman – fiddle
- Sean Smyth – fiddle
- Cillian Vallely – low whistle, uillean pips
- Bill Spence – Hammer dulcimer
- Jessica Lizak – flute
- Daniel Grabois – horn
- Frank London – alto horn, trumpet
- Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, arranger
- Eddie Allen – trumpet
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Brian McWhorter – trumpet
- Pam Fleming – trumpet
- Jon Nelson – trumpet
- Michael Leonhart – trumpet, horn arrangements
- Joseph Daley – tuba
- Kyle Turner – tuba
- Raymond G. Stewart – tuba
- Sherry Sylar – oboe
- Jack Hale – trombone
- Benjamin Herrington – trombone
- Wycliffe Gordon – trombone
- Birch Johnson – tenor trombone
- Mike Davis – tenor trombone
- George Flynn – bass trombone
- Clark Gayton – trombone, horn arrangements
- Dan Levine – alto horn, bass trombone, tuba
- Marc Goldberg – bassoon
- Bruce Creditor – clarinet
- Gilad Harel – clarinet
- Victor Goines – clarinet
- Matt Darriau – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Lino Gomez – bass clarinet
- Steve Elson – baritone saxophone, B-flat clarinet, clarinet
- Michelle Baker – French horn
- Erik Ralske – French horn
- Howard Wall – French horn
- Phil Myers – French horn
- Jim Spake – saxophone, horn arrangements
- Walter Blanding – saxophone
- Gerald Johnson – saxophone
- Stephen Barber – arranger, string arrangements, orchestration
- Sean O’Loughlin – string arrangements, orchestration
- Sun Li – pipa
- Wang Guo Wei – erhu
- Weng Po Wei – dizi
- Jennifer Kreisberg – chant
- Nina Stern – recorder, chalumeau
- Nick Brophy – engineer
- Steve Rosenthal – mixing
- Joseph Martin Kronheim – illustrations
- David Pearson – design
- Mark Seliger – cover photography
- Matthew Brady – photography
- Charles Ritzmann – photography
- Marion Ettlinger – photography
- Edward Weston – photography
- Sebastian Peake – photography
- Ben Pinchot – photography
Track listing:
Leave Your Supper
- Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience
- Equestrienne
- Calico Pie
- Bleezer’s Ice – Cream
- It Makes a Change
- The King of China’s Daughter
- The Dancing Bear
- The Man in the Wilderness
- Maggie and Milly and Molly and May
- If No One Ever Marries Me
- The Sleepy Giant
- The Peppery Man
- The Blind Men and the Elephant
Leave Your Sleep
- Adventures of Isabel
- The Walloping Window Blind
- Topsyturvey-World
- The Janitor’s Baby
- Griselda
- The Land of Nod
- Vain and Careless
- Crying, My Little One
- Sweet and a Lullaby
- I Saw a Ship A – Sailing
- Autumn Lullaby
- Spring and Fall: to a Young Child
- Indian Names
