
Hodgkinson, Tim -& Atsuko Kamura-
Haiku In The Wide World (2lp)
This is a lovely and surprising treat indeed. Composer andmulti-instrumentalist Tim Hodgkinson (Henry Cow and much more)partners with vocalist Atsuko Kamura (Mizutama Shobodan aka PolkaDot Fire Brigade and Frank Chickens) to present 37 compositions, expanding the usual sub-10-second acoustic life of classic haiku into avaried suite of compositions which place the gem-like poems, spoken and sung in both English and Japanese by Hodgkinson and Kamura,into gorgeous musical frames composed by Hodgkinson.