Wee Willie Winkie (Scene Taken from: " Tick Tock Clocks!").Hickory Dickory Dock (Scene Taken from: " Tick Tock Clocks!").
A Big Parade of Numbers (Scene Taken from: " Tick Tock Clocks!").
I Can See It on Your Face (Scene Taken from: " Is Everybody Happy?"). Laugh with Me! (Scene Taken from: " A Picture of Health"). If You're Happy and You Know It (Scene Taken from: " Is Everybody Happy?"). Puttin' on a Show (Scene Taken from: " Is Everybody Happy?"). BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jeff Brooks). Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jeff Ayers). Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Joyner). Paul Bunyan (Scene Taken from: " Tree-Mendous Trees"). The Three Little Pigs (Scene Taken from: " Is Everybody Happy?"). While cleaning, they find lots of certain things that remind them of the fun times they shared with all their friends. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Baby Bop and BJ help Barney clean out his messy closet. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. Our reviewer, Miguel Perez, is a producer for World Cafe in Philadelphia.īJORK: (Singing) A dry voice comes from a stingy heart, but a moist voice comes from abundance.Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. SUMMERS: Bjork's new album, "Fossora," is out now. PEREZ: Bjork sings of her newly empty nest on "Her Mother's House" - another loss and another opportunity for regrowth.īJORK: (Singing) And the less you need me.īARNEY: (Singing) And the less I need you. ISADORA BJARKARDOTTIR BARNEY: (Singing) The more you love me, the stronger I become. ISADORA BJARKARDOTTIR BARNEY)")īJORK: (Singing) The more I love you, the stronger you become. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HER MOTHER'S HOUSE (FEAT. The idea takes on another form on the album closer, where Bjork's teenage daughter joins her for a tender finale. But fungi also redistribute nutrients, purify water, nurture new life. Wherever death goes, it's sure to follow. PEREZ: The humble mushroom makes for a useful metaphor, then. All of this converges beautifully on a eulogy called "Sorrowful Soil."īJORK: (Singing) You did well. Bjork honors Iceland's choral traditions as well as her late mother on the album. Made in Iceland during COVID lockdown, "Fossora" is the result of the artist's hunkering down and reconnecting with her home. PEREZ: These frenetic bursts of emotional power are all over the record. The beat on the song "Atopos" burrows deep and wide in search of harmony, until finally. PEREZ: Totally different sounds working together to create this playful sonic portrait of mycelia - the vast rootlike network that underpins all fungal life. Are these not just excuses to not connect? The velvety rich timbre of bass clarinets meets the pulsing energy of hardcore techno beats, crafted here by the Indonesian dance duo Gabber Modus Operandi.īJORK: (Singing). PEREZ: Bubbly and fun is how she describes her new album, unified by an unlikely sonic pairing. But from Bjork's perspective, the sound of fungi is far from morbid. Mold and mushrooms means death and decay. MIGUEL PEREZ, BYLINE: They're often seen as the grim reaper of the natural world. SUMMERS: Our reviewer Miguel Perez explains how fungi served as Bjork's latest muse. SERPENTWITHFEET)")īJORK: (Singing) Fungal cities subterranean. Her new album, "Fossora," peers deep down into the soil. The Icelandic musician's last album looked up to the heavens, filled with birdsong and airy flutes. Bjork often describes her music using visual cues.
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