Hal Willner
Producer
Martha Wainwright sings Piaf...singer - seems remarkably unfazed by the idea. Wainwright, 33, has been tinkering with Piaf for several years now, ever since producer Hal Willner approached her with 300 songs and told her of his ambition to record a Piaf tribute record... In this article: Edith Piaf, Hal Willner, New York, Paris, Absinthe, Non, je ne regrette rien, Milord, and La Vie en rose |
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Lexington Herald-Leader | November 09, 2009
Critic's picks: Gov't Mule, 'By a Thread,' and Los Lobos, 'Los Lobos Goes Disney'
...and dark. The veteran East Los Angeles band is new neither to Disney songs (it covered The Jungle Book's I Wan'na Be Like You for Hal Willner's neo-nightmarish Stay Awake in 1989) or children's music (1995's Mexican folk-savvy Papa's...
In this article: Gov't Mule, Los Lobos, Warren Haynes, The Byrds, Latin-rock, It's a Small World, Cruella de Vil, When You Wish upon a Star, and Snow White
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boston.com - Latest music news | November 09, 2009
A more confident Faithfull puts pain behind her
...says, sipping a glass of sparkling water. "I'm a workaholic now. There's always sex." Faithfull teamed again on the album with Hal Willner, who produced her last covers album in 1987, "Strange Weather," her first album after undergoing...
In this article: Marianne Faithfull, Easy Come, Easy Go, As Tears Go By, Andrew Oldham, Duke Ellington, Sister Morphine, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and Rolling Stones
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A celebration of book and director
...actor/writer Bob Balaban, "The Seduction of Joe Tynan'' director Jerry Schatzberg, Aussie filmmaker Fred Schepisi, music producer Hal Willner, jazz singer Annie Ross, "Nashville'' screenwriter Joan Tewksbury, actor Michael Murphy, actor Philip...
In this article: Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, Richard Schickel, Los Angeles Times, Lee Grant, NEW YORK, Resurrection Blues, and Garry Trudeau
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The Australian | October 21, 2009
Talented interpreters in Joni's place
...to the power of the tribute with Came So Far for Beauty, a tribute to Leonard Cohen masterminded by American uber-producer Hal Willner (also the musical director of Saturday Night Live since the early 80s), and performed by 14 vocalists...
In this article: Joni Mitchell, Katie Noonan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Grammys, and Bob Dylan
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Boing Boing | October 10, 2009
Article about beat record label, Paris Records
...album The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved starring Ralph Steadman as himself and Tim Robbins as Hunter Thompson. Produced by Hal Willner and Michael Minzer. Due in late 2009 or spring 2010. "Other bonuses include two free mp3s of...
In this article: Evergreen Review, William Burroughs, Mojo Nixon, Allen Ginsberg, Whiskey Rebellion, Blu-ray, and William Blake
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L.A. Times - Music News | October 05, 2009
Live review: Marianne Faithfull at Royce Hall
...studio album, "Easy Come, Easy Go: 12 Songs for Music Lovers." The collection of cover songs was produced by sometime-collaborator Hal Willner, and demonstrates her gift at re-creating songs in her own image, whether written by Duke...
In this article: Marianne Faithfull, Dolly Parton, As Tears Go By, Duke Ellington, Nick Cave, Randy Newman, Easy Come, Easy Go, UCLA, and Nicotine
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New York Daily News | October 04, 2009
Celebrity Side Dish
...Johansson, Rufus Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, The Pogues' Shane MacGowan, JG Thirlwell, among others, at the (Red) Nights show Hal Wilner is presenting tonight at Carnegie Hall. The eclectic revue benefits the fight against AIDS in...
In this article: Hugh Jackman, Fred Zollo, Daniel Craig, John Phillips, Danny DeVito, Jon Corzine, and Bijou Phillips
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San Jose Mercury News | September 30, 2009
Rock legend Marianne Faithfull brings music from a new CD to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
...at 4:10 p.m. Sunday on the Towers of Gold stage. For more information on the festival, see Page 9.) by Faithfull and her producer, Hal Willner. The album includes some of the pair's all-time favorites. Faithfull admits to having some...
In this article: Marianne Faithfull, Rock, Keith Richards, Easy Come, Easy Go, Smokey Robinson, Antony Hegarty, Mick Jagger, and Broken English
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Independent.ie | September 18, 2009
A Friday evening with Gavin's pals
...Gavin Friday and Friends in Carnegie Hall is a Red Night benefit, with funds raised going to fight Aids in Africa. It's being produced by Hal Willner, who is apparently a friend of the Man Friday. Incidentally, the members of U2 are all...
In this article: Gavin Friday, U2, AIDS, Shane MacGowan, Andrea Corr, Guggi, Bono, Maria McKee, and Courtney Love
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Maxim Ludwig tears fearlessly into uncharted territory
...preferences, from the titans of American popular song to Charles Mingus to the Monkees. Among those in the house was producer Hal Willner, who expressed his admiration for Ludwig's multipronged abilities as a songwriter, singer and...
In this article: Bob Dylan, Hoagy Carmichael, Santa Fe, L.A., Irving Berlin, Gram Parsons, and Charles Mingus
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Hal Willner (born 1957, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles (jazz, classical, rock, Tin Pan Alley).
In the 1970s he worked under record producer Joel Dorn. Willner is often credited as the inventor of the 'modern' tribute album with Amarcord Nino Rota in 1981. He became music supervisor of Saturday Night Live in 1981, a position which he has continued to hold. He was also a producer of the TV program Sunday Night hosted by David Sanborn.
Willner has also produced albums for Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell, William S. Burroughs, Gavin Friday, Lucinda Williams, Laurie Anderson and Allen Ginsberg, among others. He produced a live tribute concert to Tim Buckley, that ultimately launched the career of Tim's son Jeff. He has released one album under his own name: Whoops, I'm an Indian, which featured audio samples from 78 rpm records from the early-mid 20th century.
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