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Will Oldham has known Daniel Higgs for decades, first in Baltimore in the late 1990s, later putting up the Lungfish auteur whenever he passed through Louisville. So when his friend, musical collaborator and Louisville neighbor Nathan Salsburg suggested covering a Lungfish song that he’d been singing to his infant daughter, it made perfect sense to Oldham.
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Spanning 1998-2020, Once Again In The World is a collection of rare and unreleased tracks from Will Oldham as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Released last year, via the Portland, OR based Antiquated Future Records, the set acts as a companion the label's other Oldham offering, Time From Work To Go (Selected Songs, 1992-1998), gathering fifteen curios from the previous Palace era.
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For the last 20+ years, Irish singer/songwriter J. Cowhie has released music under his own name and the Goodtime John banner. Now he's back with the mighty Will Oldham aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy in the cut with him. On the recently released "New Life," Cowie applies AOR textures to his minimal form, conjuring up a grand but sparse sense of atmosphere that wouldn't feel out of place on a late-era Pink Floyd recording.
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Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney join us for an exploration into Superwolves, their long-awaited follow up the 2005 classic lp Superwolf.
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Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney return with a fiery new song featuring Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar and announce the long-awaited sequel to 2005's Superwolf titled, naturally, Superwolves.
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An embarrassment of riches from the Will Oldham universe of late. In addition to the ad hoc Instagram performances that began as quarantine commenced, the artist has recently been dropping a bevy of covers in collaboration with friend and labelmate, Bill Callahan. Want a taste? Their take on Steely Dan is particularly choice.
But hold up, the year isn’t over yet. This week finds Oldham once again sliding into his Superwolf suit with running partner, and guitar guru, Matt Sweeney.
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More ether-access basement broadcasts transmitting from the hills of Glassell Park, Calif. Welcome to episode two of the Aquarium Drunkard picture show: Liminal Shift.
Feat: Julien Gasc / Maston / Map of Africa / White Fence / Conspiracy of Owls / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy / Ty Segall / Thee Oh Sees / John Andrews & The Yawns / Lou Reed & more …
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Global pandemic. Game show host leader of the free world. Massive unemployment. That Tiger King show. Lots to be confused about in March 2020 ... but not this!! The return of Superwolf -- the collaboration of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney.
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When We Are Inhuman, the beguiling new album billed to Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Bryce Dessner, and Eighth Blackbird, begins with quarter note pulses from a single instrument. Alternating pulses from a second and then a third instrument join in before ultimately giving way to the melody of “Beast For Thee,” a song originally heard on Superwolf -- the tremendous 2005 collaborative album by Bonnie “Prince” Billy and guitarist Matt Sweeney. [...]
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Chicago’s venerable Drag City turns 30 years young in 2019. In perhaps typical fashion, the label doesn’t seem to be doing much in the way of commemoration — no star-studded festival, no limited edition boxed set, no self-congratulatory excess. Instead, Drag City is doing what it’s always done: releasing great records.
But those past glories deserve a little celebration, don’t they? That’s why the Aquarium Drunkard team has put together this eclectic guide to Drag City’s immense catalog: 30 masterpieces for 30 years.
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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy + The Roots of Music covering The Mekons . New Orleans, LA.
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No stranger to covers, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy returned to the fold earlier this month via his latest long-player, Best Troubador . An inspired collection of Merle Haggard covers, the vinyl edition [...]
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It’s back. Welcome to the first installment of Aquarium Drunkard’s re-tooled podcast. Picking up where the Sidecar (Transmissions) left off, consider this new program a late night broadcast exploring pop culture through an [...]
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Will “ Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ” Oldham has a habit of materializing in interesting places: behind the camera, shooting the cover of Slint’s Spiderland ; behind Johnny Cash , singing background vocals on the Man in Black’s [...]
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This month often finds Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Dawn McCarthy’s warm and luminous cover of the Everly Brothers’ “Christmas Eve Can Kill You” on steady repeat. It’s perfectly cozy and [...]
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Here I was given the great opportunity to interview Masaki Batoh . I became aware of some of Batoh’s work in the mid-1990’s when a relationship between Batoh’s band Ghost was begun with [...]
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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 , [...]
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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 [...]
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