Bella Union has announced a new album from the truly legendary composer, musician, lyricist, producer and singer Van Dyke Parks . There has been one live album and one soundtrack record in the last 24 years, but Songs Cycled contains the American’s first new material since 1989, expanding even further Parks’ pioneering, and still unique, handle on Americana with the crystal clarity of a 21st century recording. All this in Park’s 70th year, which makes Songs Cycled extremely special indeed in so many ways. Alongside new originals such as ‘Dreaming of Paris’, ‘Wall Street’ and ‘Missin' Missippi’, new collaborations such as ‘Sassafras’ and ‘Money Is King’, there are new cover versions and re-recordings of older tracks, and guest vocals from Gaby Moreno and Irana George . Van Dyke Parks will be performing at the Grizzly Bear-curated I'll Be Your Mirror festival at A...