If you missed our interview with the Bonnie ‘Prince’ last month, you can find that, here . Below is the new video for “New Black Rich (Tusks)” 7″ , culled from Oldham’s 2014 LP, Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues , directed […]
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Doug Paisley & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Until I Find You
Doug Paisley and Bonnie “Prince” Billy are individually responsible for two of this year’s most sublime collections of folk rock, Strong Feelings and Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues. In a gorgeous case of real recognizing real, the […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On August 27th Chicago-based label Drag City announced a new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album, Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues , by uploading a staged interview with Will Oldham, the cryptic force and songwriter behind the “Prince” Billy moniker, dubbed […]
Silver Palace :: Mr. Jews (Will Oldham / David Berman)
One thing fans of Chicago-based Drag City Records have always hoped for was a full-album collaboration by their two all-star players, Will Oldham and David Berman. To this date, that […]
Palace / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: A Retrospective
A retrospective journey through the ever-evolving world of Will Oldham – spanning the lo-fi, acoustic Palace recordings of the early 90s, to the polished country/folk of the very prolific Bonnie […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Sweeney :: Blood Embrace
The second entry of our new cult film column, Videodrome , went live this week focusing on the 1977 revenge fandango, Rolling Thunder – a film I was initially turned onto in […]
Take Me Home :: A Tribute To John Denver (2000)
John Denver died in a plane crash in 1997 — several years later the compilation Take Me Home: A Tribute To John Denver was released via Badman Recordings. Guiding the artist roster, the compilation sonically concentrated on […]
The Everly Brothers :: Somebody Help Me / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Dawn McCarthy
No stranger to collaboration, Will Oldham (the Bonnie ‘Prince’) once again finds himself working with Dawn McCarthy on the pair’s new LP, What The Brothers Sang — a 13 track tribute to the Everly […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Christmas Eve Can Kill You (Everly’s)
‘Tis the season and pass the egg nog. As a warm-up to their forthcoming 2013 full-length paying tribute to the Everly Brothers, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Dawn McCarthy just […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: I See A Darkness (New Video)
A dapper Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s black and white redux of 1999’s “I See A Darkness” whilst dancing through the streets of Glasgow. To be released via his upcoming ep, Now […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: New York, NY 2006
As Will Oldham prepared to embark on what would become a very busy Fall of 2006, he played two very special nights at Joe’s Pub in New York City with brothers Paul […]
Matt Sweeney :: The AD Interview
Their first collaboration on record since 2005’s Superwolf , Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham just released “I Must Be Blind” on 10″ vinyl with “Life In Muscle” on the flip. I ran into Sweeney last […]
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Horses (Greatest Palace Version)
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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: The World’s Greatest (R. Kelly)
If you follow my twitter feed , or really, if you keep up with much music ‘news’ in general you may very well have come across last week’s interview between Will Oldham (donning his interviewer’s cap) and R. Kelly . If not, you’re […]
Milton Nascimento/Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Cravo î‰ Canela
Revisiting Will Oldham and Tortoise’s 2006 collaboration, The Brave And The Bold, last week spawned some interesting offline chatter about what it means to cover an artist. While much of the discussion […]