Oldham News

•Nuala Kennedy released Tune In, her new record features Bonnie Prince Billy on vocals on at least one song (thanks Graeme) (31/01/10).

•Three-Four Records will release "Does your cat know my dog?", a 12'' compilation with a live version of Love Comes To Me.
 Pre-orders taken from January (thanks Daniel) (27/12/09).

•Bonny Billy and The Picket Line - Funtown Comedown for pre-sale now at Drag City. Also available, for a limited time, a download for
 Death to Everyone (not on the album) (thanks Frank) (19/11/09).

•Angie Hart released a new album Eat My Shadow. The song Little Bridges has Bonnie Prince Billy singing along (16/11/09).

•For pre-sale the double CD Stroke a benefit album for Chris Knox. Check here a part of the song by Will Oldham (thanks Liam) (13/11/09)

•Face A Frowning World: An E.C. Ball Memorial Album will contain two contributions by Bonnie Prince Billy: John the Baptist and
 Beautiful Star of Bethlehem. The latter sung together with Dave Bird and Catherine Irwin. Check the tracklist here.
 Out on December 8 on Tompkins Square (thanks Daniel) (02/11/09)

•From the Drag City newsletter: Bonny Billy and The Picket Line - Funtown Comedown. Live (in the studio) is the Bonny
 one with next-generation bluegrass band known as The Picket Line. They’re the official dance band of Funtown, a metaphysical
 little community in the woods outside Louisville. Bonny and the boys (and girl) run through a set of B’P’B classics, some
 Palace songs and a few classic country covers. Vinyl only.
 (And download exclusively on the new-and-retro-improved www.dragcity.com) (thanks Robin) (30/09/09)

•Drag City will release a new BPB 7" containing two live covers of songs by Susanna K. Wallumrød; Stay & People Living.
 Pre-order now, to be released October 20 (thanks Rimas) (29/09/09).

•Mike Aho directed the video for How About Thank You (thanks Jessica) (04/09/09)

•According to this blog Will Oldham contributes to an album of cover versions of Chris Knox songs which will be called Stroke (thanks Michael)
 Bonnie played "My Only Friend" by Chris Knox live at the Harvest Records anniversary (18/08/09).

•Check here the video for Some Glad Day from Brian Harnetty's upcoming record Silent City (tbr August 11) (thanks Sascha) (15/07/09)
 In Europe this record will be released on September 28 on Ruminance Records.

•This Immortal Coil recorded re-interpretations of Coil songs. These will be available in October on The Dark Age Of Love.
 Bonnie Prince Billy sings on Ostia (thanks Sascha)(02/07).

•Soulsavers will release a new album in August. Prior to that a 7" will come out: Sunrise sung by Bonnie Prince Billy.
 The B-side will have Mark Lanegan singing You Will Miss Me When I Burn. Check this article and listen from here.
 (thanks Joel)(14/06/09)

•The soundtrack for the Thomas Campbell movie The Present contains an unreleased BPB track; New Wedding.
 Available for pre-order now, July the 7th it will be out on CD at Brushfire Records (14/06/09)

•For US customers Among The Gold is also availble for digital download, check the details here (29/05/09)
 Among The Gold will be the next release by Cheyenne Mize and Bonnie Prince Billy. On Karate Body Records.
 The record contains six old time songs from 1873-1915. Listen to two of them here.
 The first 500 cream colored records are sold out, the next 500 will be on black vinyl, for order on their myspace (09/03/09)
 Karate Body Records will also release a vinyl version of Louisville is for Lovers Vol. 9 (01/03/09)

•A tour single is released; Susanna and Bonny Billy sing... Forever And Ever and In Spite Of Ourselves (27/04/09)

•In bookstores a compilation pops up; Unfinal Call, a sum of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy worx. Tracklist here (thanks Ross) (17/04/09)

•A video for I Am Goodbye, directed by Leif Johnson (edited by Jennifer Parsons) can be found on the Drag City site (thanks Tonnie) (06/03/09)

•Bonnie is on the new Black Nasty album "SHARK TANK", he duets on the tribute to Eazy-E song "Eazy". Listen to the
 song on his my space (19/02/09)

•The sampler TFF Rudolstadt 2008 features an exclusive live recording of Rich Wife Full of Happiness (thanks Sascha) (19/02/09)

•Pre-orderering Beware is possible at Domino and Drag City.
 You can listen at Drag City to a demo version of Beware Your Friend (Skel) (19/02/09)

•Released through iTunes and Amazon; One Day At A Time, a cover of a Yusuf Islam song by
 Bonnie "Prince" Billy with Bewarers (03/02).

•Brian Harnetty has made a record that features the collaboration/singing of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.
 The album is called Silent City and it's coming out this spring on Atavistic Records (thanks Yuri) (20/01).
 Check out a video for Sleeping In The Driveway here (06/02)

•Louisville Is For Lovers Vol. 9 is up for pre-order now and it contains a Bonnie Prince Billy w/Cheyenne Mize song; The Girl In Me (06/01)

•Candi Staton's new record Who's Hurting Now? contains a song written by Will Oldham. This song Get Your Hands Dirty is earlier released
 on Louisville is for Lovers vol. 8. It will be released on Februay 9 on Honest Jon's Records (02/01).

•According to maker of the album art, the Oldham Brothers EP will not be released (thanks Phil) (31/12/08).

•According to the Temporary Residence Limited news letter Young Widows have assembled the all-killer-no-filler
 split single series, featuring four new, unreleased Young Widows jams, split up over four separate 7" singles,
 accompanied by a handful of their favorite friends and artists on the opposite sides of each single.
 Those artists include Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Melt-Banana, Pelican, and a final mystery artist to be named at a later date.
 All songs by all artists are brand new and exclusive to this series. The artwork for the four singles fits together
 to form one large, beautiful puzzled image.
 The serie starts with the Young Widows/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy single in February (thanks Kjetil) (01/12/08).

•According to Drag City 2009 will bring a new Bonnie Prince Billy album; Beware (thanks Tonnie) (28/10).
 Check promo story at Domino (21/11/08).
 Pre-order has started at Domino (10/02/09)

•"Flower of Evil", the second solo album from Susanna Wallumrød contains twelve cover versions as well as two Susanna originals.
 One of the cover versions is Joy and Jubilee. On two others Will Oldham sings along; Jailbreak and Without You.
 Released through Rune Grammofon on October 20 (thanks Jan) (14/10/08). 

•Wim Wenders has a new movie in production, titled Palermo Shooting, and it’s set to a soundtrack featuring Will Oldham,
 Grinderman, Iron & Wine, and Portishead. Pitchfork mentions: Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney bring us a new song
 "Torn and Brayed" (plus "Death to Everyone" from the Bonnie "Prince" Billy album I See a Darkness makes an appearance) (27/09/08).
 It seems that the OST of Palermo Shooting will be released through City Slang early November (14/10/08).
 Listen to the song here (21/11/08).

•The Oldham Brothers will release an EP somewhere in the fall. Check out the artwork here (19/08/08).

•Just released and already sold out: a new single on Gold Robot "Notes for Future Lovers". Containing two new songs with lyrics
 by John Harmon and music by Bonnie Prince Billy (14/08/08).

•Another live album will be released in October; Is It The Sea? by Bonnie Prince Billy with Harem Scarem and Alex Neilson.
 For pre-order at Domino already (thanks Eamonn) (23/07/08).
 The vinyl version contains two unlisted extra tracks!