Michael Stipe previews new solo album with "Hum Desiderata"

Swiss arts platform Joyfully Waiting has premiered a new recording from R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe that combines a live reading of Max Ehrmann's 1927 poem "Desiderata," recorded at ICA Milan in December 2023, with an instrumental version of a track called "Hum" from Stipe's long, long awaited solo LP.