Theo Bleckmann on "Love and Anger"

Theo Bleckmann is an vocalist with a penchant for creating experimental, boundary-pushing recordings drawing on a wide range of musical styles. His latest recording, called "Love and Anger," is no exception. It includes highly personal and sometimes radical arrangements of two Kate Bush songs, Sylvester’s disco hit “Mighty Real,” “Hide Your Love Away” by the Beatles, “Dido’s Lament” by Henry Purcell, and other songs by Massive Attack, Frank Ocean, Janis Ian, and more. Peter Solomon speaks with Bleckmann about the new recording, and Bleckmann discusses his musical origin story, including his close musical and personal relationship with the legendary singer Sheila Jordan.