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Will Oldham Discography
This is a list of recordings by Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Palace Music, etc.). Main discography The nature of Oldham's work, with constant changes in backing musicians and even the names under which he records, can make for a confusing discography. Below are his releases in as simplified a form as possible. Albums A few of these albums are credited to another artist alongside Will Oldham but with Oldham providing vocals throughout each of the tracks they clearly belong on a list of Oldham albums. Studio albums As Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Live albums *''Get the Fuck on Jolly Live'' – Bonny Billy and Marquis de Tren featuring the Monkey Boys (2001) limited edition tour CD *''Summer in the Southeast'' – Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (November 15, 2005) *''Wilding in the West'' – Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (January 21, 2008) *''Is It The Sea?'' – Bonnie 'Prince' Billy with Harem Scarem & Alex Neilson (October 20, 2008) UK #172 *''Funtown Comedown'' – Bon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wai Notes
''Wai Notes'' is a 2007 album by Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, credited here as Bonny Billy. It is a collection of demo songs for ''The Letting Go''. The album comprises recordings on tapes exchanged between Will Oldham and Dawn McCarthy through the mail prior to recording ''The Letting Go''. Only 10,000 copies were duplicated. Track listing # "Then The Letting Go" – 4:28 # "Strange Form of Life" – 2:31 # " Lay & Love" – 3:38 # "God Is Love" – 4:15 # "The Signifying Wolf" – 2:45 # "The Seedling" – 2:56 # "I Called You Back" – 5:14 # "Wai" - 3:13 # "Cursed Sleep" – 4:31 # "God's Small Song" – 2:54 Personnel *Dawn McCarthy Faun Fables is an American band based in Oakland, California. Faun Fables is a concept and vehicle for Dawn McCarthy, who was inspired to write the original material while traveling after leaving the New York City music scene in 1997. Faun Fable ... – singing References {{Authority control 2008 albums Will Oldham albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Callahan (musician)
Bill Callahan (born June 3, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four-track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today. His work, in addition to lo-fi music, has encompassed apocalyptic folk and gothic country. Career Callahan started out as a highly experimental artist, using substandard instruments and recording equipment. His early songs lacked melodic structure and were clumsily played on poorly tuned guitars, resulting in the dissonant sounds on his self-released cassettes and debut album '' Sewn to the Sky''. Much of his early output was instrumental, a stark contrast to the lyrical focus of his later work. His use of lo-fi techniques was not primarily an aesthetic preference, but stemmed from his lack of resources to make and record music. Once he sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Date Party
''Blind Date Party'' is a collaborative studio album by Bill Callahan (musician), Bill Callahan and Bonnie "Prince" Billy, released on December 10, 2021, via Drag City (record label), Drag City. The project consists of Cover version, covers of other artists' songs, many of which are from the duo's Drag City labelmates. Track listing Charts References 2021 albums Collaborative albums Bill Callahan (musician) albums Will Oldham albums Drag City (record label) albums Folk albums by American artists Rock albums by American artists Country albums by American artists Covers albums {{2020s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Made A Place
''I Made a Place'' is a 2019 album by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, the stage name of American indie folk musician Will Oldham. It was released to positive critical reception. Recording The songs that make up ''I Made a Place'' were recorded by Oldham with producer Mark Nevers; the duo originally considered making a Ramones cover album but after the death of David Berman, they went back to original songs. These compositions were recorded with no intention on releasing an album. Critical reception The editorial staff of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Fred Thomas concluding that it is made up of solid songwriting but stating, "While no less emotionally dense than that or any of Oldham's work, I Made a Place feels less intense, and even fun by comparison". Kitty Empire of ''The Observer'' gave it four out of five stars, for the moving quality of Oldham's lyrics and in particular his investigation of solitude. Sal Sodomsky of ''Pitchfork'' awarded the album 7.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Troubador
Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music). After briefly publishing music under his own name, in 1998 he adopted Bonnie "Prince" Billy as the name for most of his work. Early life and education Oldham was born on January 15, 1970, in Louisville, Kentucky. His mother, Joanne Lei Will Tafel Oldham, was a teacher and artist. His father, Joseph Collins Oldham, was an attorney and photographer. Oldham graduated from the J. Graham Brown School in 1988. He attended Brown University sporadically while pursuing a career as an actor, and living between Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Bloomington, Indiana. He began making music during this time, initially as a project for his professor Jeff Todd Titon, an ethnomusicologist at Brown University. Career Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mekons
The Mekons are a British band formed in the late 1970s as an art collective. They are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British punk rock bands. The band's style has evolved over time to incorporate aspects of country music, folk music, alternative rock and occasional experiments with dub. They are known for their raucous live shows. History The band was formed in 1976 by a group of University of Leeds art students: Jon Langford, Kevin Lycett, Mark White, Andy Corrigan and Tom Greenhalgh—the Gang of Four and Delta 5 formed from the same group of students. They took the band's name from the Mekon, an evil, super-intelligent Venusian featured in the British 1950s–1960s comic '' Dan Dare'' (printed in the ''Eagle''). The Mekons were described as more chaotic version of the Gang of Four; Lycett stated the band operated on the principle that "anybody could do it ... anybody could get up and join in and instruments could be swapped around; th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (album)
Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music). After briefly publishing music under his own name, in 1998 he adopted Bonnie "Prince" Billy as the name for most of his work. Early life and education Oldham was born on January 15, 1970, in Louisville, Kentucky. His mother, Joanne Lei Will Tafel Oldham, was a teacher and artist. His father, Joseph Collins Oldham, was an attorney and photographer. Oldham graduated from the J. Graham Brown School in 1988. He attended Brown University sporadically while pursuing a career as an actor, and living between Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Bloomington, Indiana. He began making music during this time, initially as a project for his professor Jeff Todd Titon, an ethnomusicologist at Brown University. Career Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What The Brothers Sang
''What the Brothers Sang'' is an album by Dawn McCarthy (of Faun Fables) and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. The album was released on February 19, 2013. The album features covers of songs that appeared on albums by The Everly Brothers. The duo preceded this album with the "Christmas Eve Can Kill You" 7" single in late 2012, also featuring two covers of songs earlier performed by the Everlys. What the Brothers Sang was the first of three major albums released in 2013 to feature Everly Brothers covers in their entirety, the second being A Date with the Everly Brothers by the Chapin Sisters and the third being Foreverly by Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones. Critical reception The album received generally favorable reviews, with a cumulative score of 77/100 based on 16 reviews on the Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marble Downs
''The Marble Downs'' is an album by the Trembling Bells and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. The album was released in 2012 by Honest Jon's Records in the UK. The album features vocals by Lavinia Blackwall of the Trembling Bells and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Critical reception The album was not widely reviewed. However the reviews it did receive were generally positive. It received a score of 79/100 based on eight reviews on the Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ... review aggregator website. Track listing Personnel * Martin Beer - bass * Lavinia Blackwall - vocals, piano, organ, guitar, glockenspiel, percussion * Dave Dixon - vocals * Lucy Farrell - violin, viola * Mike Hastings - guitar, lap-steel guitar * Ross MacRae - trombone * Michael John McCarthy - ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UKChartsPlus
''UKChartsPlus'' is an independent weekly newsletter about the UK music charts. It was first published in September 2001 as ''ChartsPlus'' in order to authoritatively record the official music chart information in the United Kingdom, as compiled by the Official Charts Company. Its publication began after ''Hit Music'' which was a sister publication of ''Music Week'' ceased publication in May 2001. The new newsletter was established to be totally independent of ''Music Week'', licensing the chart data directly from Official Charts Company and other chart providers. History Initially it covered: * The UK Singles Chart up to number 200 * The UK Albums Chart up to number 200 * The Compilation Album Chart up to number 50 It also included a ''New Entries Spotlight'' on all new top 200 singles, and a ''Year to Date'' collection of all the current year's Top 200 albums and singles. Since then, it has expanded to include the BPI silver, gold or platinum sales awards, predictions of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfroy Goes To Town
''Wolfroy Goes to Town'' is a studio album by Will Oldham. It was released under the name Bonnie "Prince" Billy on Drag City in 2011. Critical reception Critical response to ''Wolfroy Goes to Town'' was generally positive. At ''Metacritic'', which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76 ("Generally favorable reviews"), based on 21 professional reviews. Anthony Carew, writing for the ''Alt Music Guide'', declared that the album was Oldham's "best, or at least most beautiful, since 1999's ''I See a Darkness''". John Mulvey, in ''Uncut'', noted that the album's "mood is even more quiet, delicate and sepulchral than that of ''The Wonder Show of the World''", and approved of the sense of "unflinching intimacy, extreme focus... finely-wrought songs whittled down to their essence, then allowed to unravel in the most stately and unhurried way". Writing for ''Dusted'', Joe Bernardi also commented on the albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
