in which daniel isaiah crafts an entirely ecclectic & likable album

so, ironically, i first listened to the naked night by daniel isaiah as i was working on codename: mo, which my writer's group has recently begun critiquing after me hemming and hawing whether or not it was fit for public consumption yet (and, honestly, it still isn't, considering it isn't finished yet!). but for those of you outside of my group (and, frankly, that's the bulk of my readers here on the ol' music blog), let's just say it was one of those happy coincidental moments to have this song playing as i worked on a scene that dealt with, well - some of the stuff sung here in the song.

yet i digress. here's what you need to know about montreal based singer-songwriter daniel isaiah: an award winning filmaker, isaiah tends to draw inspiration from a variety of sources to craft his songs. you might find influences from fellini to dixieland, from mythology to americana or french chansons (which, any reader of this blog knows i'm helpless to resist). ecclectic as much as it is fresh, his ambitious first solo album, high twilight, is filled with lots of intriguing themes both big and small. joining isaiah on his journeys are guest musicians sea oleena, warren spicer of plants and animals, joe grass, mike o'brien, and award-winning cellist claude lamothe.



the naked night, which comes across as an upbeat ditty, was actually inspired by dante and william blake's versions of hell. it's intriguing, to say the least, and very, very catchy:

(mp3) the naked night by daniel isaiah

here is isaiah performing the very blues-tinged the hours, also off of high twilight:



buy high twilight, the album the naked night is off of, HERE.