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Recall late last summer, when a certain voice cut through the sweltering heat to deliver an enthralling Icelandic folktale for all the world's amusement? That voice was the voice of Jarvis, as disseminated via the man's Jarvspace, and you have to admit that even though he was reading a kids' story, it still kinda got you a little hot and bothered.

Swing by Jarvspace now and you won't find any of these "Jarvcast" readings (just some choice tunes). You can, however, hear one right now thanks to the folks at Daytrotter.com, who've inaugurated a new series of celebrity musician readings called "Bookery". Jarvis contributes the first reading, sharing Icelandic tale "Bukolla and the Boy". Hearing Mr. Cocker speak is of course a treat-- but as far as fairytales go, this one kinda sucks, with the only vague lesson being something about persevering to reach your goals. Oh, and having a magic cow helps.

Daytrotter promises more readings from their "favorite people", with proposed texts including fairy tales, passages from books, poems, "Penthouse forum letters, comics, monologues, [and] horoscopes." So keep checking back for more storytime goodness.

Jarvis hits us with the "Fat Children" single in July and rocks a number of festivals this summer. The Jarvis-curated Meltdown Festival is going on in London right now.

Booking-ery:

06-23 London, England - Royal Festival Hall (Meltdown Festival)
07-13 Madrid, Spain - Boadilla del Monte (Summercase Festival)
07-14 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Summercase Festival)
07-15 Suffolk, England - Henham Park (Latitude Festival)
08-18 Chelmsford, England - V Festival
08-19 Stafford, England - V Festival
08-25 Paris, France - Rock en Seine Festival
08-31 Argyll, Scotland - Connect Music Festival
09-01 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival