Rich Shapero is a novelist and musician experimenting with a new storytelling art form that intricately interweaves book and music. His first project is called Wild Animus.
Wild Animus, the novel (released in 2004), tells the story of a man whose quest for the foundations of the heart drives him to the Alaskan wilderness where, alone with his dangerous ideas, he transforms himself into a wild creature pursued by a pack of strangely familiar wolves.
Shaperos newly released … mehrmusic CD, The Ram, the first in a three-CD series, unveils the emotional core of the Wild Animus experience.
Contributing musicians include Marc Ribot, Charles Bissell, Jim Keltner, Iva Bittová, Hutch Hutchinson, and many more.
Track List:
1. From The Flames
2. Ram
3. Where Am I Bound?
4. Cock and Spring
5. The Pool
6. A Stalking Shadow
7. Entreaty
8. Listen
9. Back, Back
10. I Must Cross
11. Up the Slab
12. Bridge of Spines weniger