"MissBreadCrumb":CH made a post which got me thinking about all of you and what tunes do you listen to when you roll out of bed and head off to work.For me it depends on what type of a mood I'm in, but I've noticed that there are a few consistencies. ??Ease On Down The Road?? by Bonnie "Prince" Billy is an album I put on a lot in my mornings. There is a song on that album called "Knight At Nigh...
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Remember the Beatles tune "Hello Goodbye"? Lyrics go something like "You say hello, and I say goodbye."Adding to his music catalog another song that starts with "I am..." (see "I Am Cinematographer" and "I a\Am Sky"), indie singer-songwriter and Allen Ginsberg beard thief Bonnie "Prince" Billy has invented his own 21st century folk version of the Beatles classic with "I Am Goodbye." Layered wit...
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy (aka Will Oldham) recorded an album in "off the hoof" in Philly and it will be released next month. Ask Forgiveness releases in the UK on November 19th via Domino Records and the US on November 20th via Drag City on both CD and vinyl. The album features the "Prince" covering songs by Danzig, R. Kelly, Bjork and more! The Bjork song that he covers is "I've Seen It All" ...
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The prolific Bonnie "Prince" Billie aka Will Oldham strikes again with a video from the upcoming Beware, out 3/17. The video is just him walking down the street singing, smiling, and bouncing, but looking like he does, that is pretty entertaining. Stereogum labels this song an "Americana march" pretty accurately. I don't like everything that Bonnie does, but he does a lot. I would say he has mo...
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--- - |- As our friend Cory @ Backseat Sandbar recently reported Will Oldham a.k.a. Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and his backing band, Thomas A. Minor and the Picket Line, have been putting on a series of impromptu concerts (one at the post office?!) in Louisville lately. MOKB friend and photographer, Austin, was on hand for his "Funtown" show not too long ago, snapped a couple great shots and se...
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Bearded shut-ins, rejoice, for Bonnie “Prince” Billy ne Will Oldham will be giving publicists a marketing nightmare with a beautifully bizarro release on Drag City, titled Funtime Comedown: too weird for CD format. The vinyl- and digital-only full-length live-in-studio album Funtime Comedown will be credited to Bonny Billy and the Picket Line; the Picket Line, of course, being a Kentucky blue
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's new video has just hit the web. The song, entitled 'How About Thank You' is taken from the Chijimi EP, which is available via Drag City on 10" plastic. The video is directed by Mike Aho and features two kids in split-screen, attempting to win Mardi Gras beads, with Will Oldham aka BPB trapped in a "Dance Dance Revolution" arcade machine.
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Will Oldham, the man behind Bonnie "Prince" Billy, did an interview today with WNYC, to promote his forthcoming album, Beware. Speaking with WNYC's John Schaefer, Oldham says he called his album Beware because he likes to warn people before listening that he "can't tell you if this is good for you or not." Oldham also performs a brand new song called "You Can't Hurt Me Now," that reminds me of ...
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Hey, girls, you can stop making food in the kitchen and washing clothes now — boys, stop playing with your nuts: Bonnie "Prince" Billy is back on the attack! On March 17, Drag City will release a brand new album, Beware, which is being described as his "most ambitious" by his publicist. In fact, the press release is all kinds of colorful: "It blooms in low light and cold but thrives in the sun.
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You may have never heard of Estil Cortez Ball and his wife, Orna, but people living among the Blue Ridge Mountains between the 1950s and mid-1970s are likely familiar with their brand of what Root Hog or Die’s Nathan Salsburg describes as “not just...
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Our favorite folk singer Bonnie "Prince" Billy ready to release another big album of him...
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Troubador, Will Oldham (aka: Bonnie "Prince" Billy) has performed and released albums under various different pseudonyms including, Palace and Palace Music. His music is beautiful and honest; so honest that, at times, some may even consider it vulgur. His fans vary as much as his monikers, which may be explained through his range of collaborations. Oldham has released musical projects with ...
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Troubador, Will Oldham (aka: Bonnie "Prince" Billy) has performed and released albums under various different pseudonyms including, Palace and Palace Music. His music is beautiful and honest; so honest that, at times, some may even consider it vulgur. His fans vary as much as his monikers, which may be explained through his [...]
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Will Oldham, aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, has offered a lot more opinions on popular culture than ever before in his latest round of interviews for his new album Beware. He called Wes Anderson a "cancer," praised Farrelly brothers movies to the A.V....
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Since you're reading Tiny Mix Tapes, you are obviously excited to learn that Bonnie "Prince" Billy has announced dates for his upcoming spring tour, which will coincide with the release of his new album, Beware, on March 17 via Drag City. Following up on a bunch of stuff that you already know about, Billy will play a show nearly every day until April 11 starting in mid-March. He will then take ...
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