La Ghost Train Orchestra di Brian Carpenter e il Kronos Quartet si associano per reinterpretare le musiche di Louis Hardin (1916-1999), cioè Moondog, il cosiddetto Vichingo della 6ª Avenue a New York che lì stazionò come artista e musicista di strada per quasi trent'anni prima di trasferirsi in Germania, verso la metà degli anni Settanta. E se non bastasse invitano a unirsi a loro Sam Amidon, Jarvis Cocker, Petra Haden, Karen Mantler, Marissa Nadler, Aoife O'Donovan, Rufus Wainwright e Joan Wasser. In ricordo di Hal Willner, che certamente avrebbe voluto metterci del suo: Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog.
When Moondog died in 1999 at 83, he left an archive filled with hundreds of compositions, many of which have yet to be transcribed or recorded. The range of the material in that archive, located in Münster, Germany, is broad and varied enough to embrace many kinds of music. “I always say that Moondog was a composer’s composer,” Carpenter said. “He wrote for string ensembles, percussion ensembles, solo percussionists, choirs, reeds, brass, but he also wrote pop songs with lyrics and jazz pieces. His work seems endless.”