Natalie Merchant - Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings (2015)

Tigerlily was described by the New York Times in 1995 as 'an anomaly in a music scene in which reckless female performers reign supreme'. The album sold more than five million copies worldwide and featured the popular hit singles 'Carnival', 'Wonder', and 'Jealousy'. Paradise Is There presents the songs as they have evolved over the past two decades of live performance. Joining Merchant on the album, which she produced herself, are her long-time band members Gabriel Gordon (guitar), Jesse Murphy (bass), Uri Sharlin (piano & accordion), and Allison Miller (drums), as well as a string quartet - Scot Moore (violin), Shawn Moore (violin), Marandi Hostetter (viola), and Stanley Moore (cello) - plus Sharel Cassity (saxophone), and guest vocals by Simi Stone, Gail Ann Dorsey, and Elizabeth Mitchell.