I took William Carlos Williams poem from his early collection Al Que Quiere! and made into a song performed with a rock quartet. That's kind of what the Parlando Project does (though the music isn't always one kind of thing). We combine words (usually literary poetry) with original music.
We've done this just about 700 times in the past few years. To hear more of what we do, visit our blog and archives at frankhudson.org