Natalie Merchant is an outspoken and prominent social activist disliked by more zealous republicans in the US and sometimes dubbed the "poster girl of the boho intelligentsia". "Leave your Sleep" is not political in any way instead it mines a rich vein of source material and subjects it to sheer musical eclecticism in the best sense of the term drawing upon Cajun, folk, old time country, jazz, chamber music, blues and Celtic music to construct an intoxicating mix. An album which takes poetry from the golden era of children's literature from great figures such as Nathalia Crane, Robert Graves and E E Cummings does in effect

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