Homeland The Story of the Lark (2010)

A distilled uptotheminute portrait of our agitated nation its politics its economics its delusions and its dreams Laurie Andersons tone is less outraged than elegiac mourning for lives lost ideals misplaced The music is dramatically stripped down to a handful of players centered around Andersons haunting violin and voice frequent Bill Frisell bandmate Eyvind Kangs viola and Peter Scherers keyboards