# Natalie Merchant: Singing old poems to life

Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, <em>Leave Your Sleep.</em> Lyrics from near-forgotten 19th-century poetry pair with her unmistakable voice for a performance that brought the TED audience to its feet.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 29 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Music
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/NatalieMerchant_2010)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/NatalieMerchant_2010?play=1)