Luminaries from across the music world pay homage to the sounds of the Prohibition Era with the ABKCO Records release of Boardwalk Empire: Volume 2 - Music From The HBO Original Series. The soundtrack features all new recordings from a wide range of vocalists - from Elvis Costello and Patti Smith to St. Vincent and The National's Matt Berninger - singing timeless standards and forgotten gems from the 1920s...

For those that love Boardwalk Empire, or are fans of 1920s music this second volume of music from the show will find a welcome home in your music collection.

Following on from their Grammy win for Volume 1, producer Stewart Lerman and Boardwalk Empire music supervisor Randall Poster bring together a swinging, sauntering collection of big-band classics, New Orleans rags, sultry ballads and torch songs.

Album highlights include Elvis Costello crooning 'It Had To Be You'; Liza Minnelli belting out 'You've Got To See Mama Ev’ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)'; Matt Berninger lending his rugged baritone to 'I'll See You In My Dreams'; and Neko Case breathing new life into 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out'.

While not all the music will appeal to all listeners it's interesting to listen to new recordings (that attempt to keep the flavour of the original) of songs that are now almost 100 years old. The album contains 20 tracks and lasts just under an hour.

01 - 'Strut Miss Lizzie' (David Johansen)
02 - 'Old King Tut' (Stephen DeRosa)
03 - 'It Had To Be You' (Elvis Costello)
04 - 'Everybody Loves My Baby' (Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks)
05 - 'You've Got To See Mama Ev’ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)' (Liza Minnelli)
06 - 'Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Leon Redbone)
07 - 'Make Believe' (St. Vincent)
08 - 'Lovesick Blues' (Pokey LaFarge)
09 - 'Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out' (Neko Case)
10 - 'Who's Sorry Now' (Karen Elson)
11 - 'You'd Be Surprised' (Stephan DeRosa)
12 - 'I'm Going South' (Margot Bingham)
13 - 'Sugarfoot Stomp' (Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks)
14 - 'Jimbo Jambo' (Rufus Wainwright)
15 - 'There'll Be Some Changes Made' (Kathy Brier)
16 - 'Somebody Loves Me' (Margot Bingham)
17 - 'All Alone' (Chaim Tannenbaum)
18 - 'The Prisoner's Song' (Loudon Wainwright III)
19 - 'I Ain't Got Nobody' (Patti Smith)
20 - 'I'll See You In My Dreams' (Matt Berninger)

7

Darren Rea