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Updated 19/10/22

Old news

tourdates

Bonnie Prince Billy
23/10/22 Brooklyn, NY, Jalopy Theatre, Brooklyn Folk Festival

04/11/22 Urbana, IL, Channing Murray Foundation
05/11/22 Berwyn. IL, Fitzgerald's (w. Jon Langford)
05/11/22 Berwyn. IL, Fitzgerald's
06/11/22 Indianapolis, IN, Shelton Auditorium

19/11/22 Louisville, KY, Edenside Sanctuary (fundraiser for Story's Lighthouse)

05/12/22 Nijmegen, Doornroosje
06/12/22 Amsterdam, Paradiso
07/12/22 Frankfurt, Zoom
08/12/22 Antwerpen, De Roma
09/12/22 London, Hackney Church

Old tourdates:
Bonnie Prince Billy
14/09/22 San Francisco, CA, The Chapel (w/ Kidi Band)
15/09/22 San Francisco, CA, The Chapel (w/ Ari Micich)
16/09/22 Santa Cruz, CA, Kuumbwa Jazz (w/ evicshen)
17/09/22 Paso Robles, CA, Hubba Winery (w/ evicshen)
18/09/22 Big Sur, CA, Henry Miller Library (w/ evicshen)

13/08/22 Woodstock, VT, Woodstock Town Hall Theatre w/ Footings and Empath
14/08/22 Keene, NH, Nova Arts w/ Footings and Myriam Gendron & Party of the Sun
15/08/22 Turners Falls, MA, The Shea Theatre w/ Footings and A.P.I.E (Animal Piss is Everywhere)
17/08/22 Lowell, MA, Mill No. 5 w/ Footings and Charlie Chronopoulos
18/08/22 Kittery, ME, Black Birch w/ Footings and Dead Gowns (solo), Modern Fools (solo)
19/08/22 Portland, ME, SPACE w/ Footings and Asa Irons
20/08/22 Cambridge MA, Brattle Theatre
14/09/22 San Francisco, CA, The Chapel
15/09/22 San Francisco, CA, The Chapel
16/09/22 Santa Cruz, CA, Kuumbwa Jazz
17/09/22 Paso Robles, CA, Hubba Winery
18/09/22 Big Sur, CA, Henry Miller Library

07/08/22 Louisville, KY, The Whirling Tiger, Hymns for the Holler: A Concert for Appalshop, Part 1

09/07/22 Saugatuck, MI, Ox-Bow School of Art for the Ox-Bow Benefit Summer Concert

22/05/22 Chicago, IL, Thalia Hall - performance & conversation (info)
May 27-29 2022 North Adams, MA, Solid Sound Festival

Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney
18/04/22 Denver, CO, Mission Ballroom
19/04/22 Colorado Springs, CO, The Black Sheep (early & late show)
20/04/22 Albequerque, MN, El Rey Theatre (last 3 show w/ Sleep)
29/04/22 New Orleans, LA, Euclid Records
29/04/22 New Orleans, LA, One Eyed Jack's
01/05/22 Taylor, MS, Wonderbird Spirits
02/05/22 Nashville, TN, Mercy Lounge

24/02/22 Newport, KY, Southgate House
25/02/22 Bloomington, IN, Buskirk Chumley Theatre
26/02/22 West Newark, OH, Ballroom at 31 (all shows w/ Powers/Rolin Duo)
27/02/22 Pittsburgh, PA, The Warhol at Carnegie Lecture (listen here and here)
28/02/22 Kalamazoo, MI, Bell's Eccentric Café
01/03/22 Detroit, MI, Third Man Records Cass Corner
02/03/22 Chicago, IL, Constellation (w/ Sam Wagster)
04/03/22 St. Louis, MO, Off Broadway
05/03/22 Omaha, NE, The Waiting Room
06/03/22 Iowa City, IA, Trumpet Blossom Café (last three shows w/ Dave Ferguson)
07/03/22 Milwaukee, WI, The Back Room at Colectivo (w/ Sam Wagster)
09/03/22 Louisville, KY, Chapel of St. Phillip Neri (or at the Nachbar?)

Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney, w Dave Pajo & Emmett Kelly:
17/12/21 Tivoli NY, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Theatre
18/12/21 Tivoli NY, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Theatre
19/12/21 Tivoli NY, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Theatre

releases

•Matt Kivel's album bend reality ~ like a wave is out now, check here for the digital version and for pre-orders the physical version. Bonnie Prince Billy sings on 3 songs (15/10/22)

•Pre-orders of Shorty's Ark include a download card to access the unreleased demo version of "Shorty's Ark," as performed by Matt Sweeney (01/10/22)
The book is coming out April 21, 2023. It is a collaborative effort between Will Oldham and graphic artist Lori Damiano.

•Listen to a new song from the upcoming album of Matt Kivel: amagansett (feat. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) (24/09/22)

•Matt Kivel will release Bend Reality - Like A Wave on limited edition LP. Bonnie Prince Billy sings along on three songs, check here (04/09/22)

•First released through the Happy Hollerdays 2021 compilation, now available separately from here: Outsider from the Ramones by Bonnie Prince Billy featuring Chris Scruggs, William Tyler,
Pete Townsend and D.C. Berman (12/08/22)

•Shorty's Ark, coming out April 2023: a book for young readers, a collaborative effort between Will Oldham and graphic artist Lori Damiano, based on the song by Oldham and Matt Sweeney (thanks Charles)(31/07/22)

•Matt Kivel and Bonnie Prince Billy sing a duet on Find Love, buy here (thanks Léon)(31/07/22)

•Take a look to the video where Bonnie Prince Billy plays Home by Joan Shelley (05/07/22)

•Take a look to the video that comes with the Andrew Rhinehart & Bonnie Prince Billy cover of Friend Of The Devil, start here (20/05/22)

•On May 6 at 10 am PST (18.00h GMT, 19.00h in Amsterdam) Antiquated Future will release two career spanning retrospective cassettes of rare, alternate, or live versions of
Palace Music and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy songs (06/05/22)

•Just released: High & High & Mighty. A new album by Bonnie Prince Billy on Haha Institute (03/05/22)

•Can You Hear Me? was developed by host Cheyenne Mize as an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin in 2019-2020.
Will Oldham and Cheyenne sing I Love in season 2, episode 2 of this podcast (15/04/22)

•Fences & Bonnie Prince Billy released two songs today; check the video for Niagara and the cover of Sympathy For the Devil. Through Enci Records (thanks Sascha)(01/04/22)

•On May 2 New Life, a 7" single by Goodtime John & Bonnie Prince Billy will come out, check here (01/04/22)

•A limited pink skateboard comes with live recording of Bonnie Prince Billy performing at Home Skateshop’s 20th anniversary in Louisville, KY. The 7” vinyl comes with sewn original covers and other goodies (thanks Sascha)(20/03/22) Check the different covers here

•A new Bonnie Prince Billy album on tape will come out through HaHa Institute, somewhere in April (20/03/22)

•Listen to Superwolves "My Home Is The Sea" -Live at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco - 10/12/2021 (thanks ray)(25/02/22)

•Released November 20: Happy Hollerdays 2021 - A Special Benefit Album for Team West Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund. Containing a Bonnie Prince Billy cover of a Ramones song (22/12/21)(thanks Sascha)
Amongst the other contributors are Nathan Salsburg, Rachel Grimes, Joan Shelley, Teddy Abrahams, Cheyenne Mize. Also listen to the last track!

•Released November 8: Kidnapped by Neptune by Bonnie Prince Billy & Bill Callahan, written by Scout Niblett featuring Hamerkop (08/11/21)
Check the video by Chad Blevins

•To be released 10-12-2021: Blind Date Party by Bonnie Prince Billy & Bill Callahan. The album of the earlier released coverversions now on vinyl, CD and MC (08/11/21)

•Bonnie Prince Billy sings along on Love Farewell on the upcoming Jake Xerxes Fussell album. Out January 21 on Paradise Of Bachelors (thanks Léon)(01/11/22)

•Not available online and at records stores but only if you sign up at PBS Radio: Best of Studio 5 Live: 20 Years of Easey Street download compilation.
Contains a live version of Grand Dark Feeling of Emptiness by Bonnie Prince Billy (thanks Sasacha)(25/10/21)

•Louisville musicians honor deceased uitarist Wink O’Bannon with new album af covers, read here and honor here. Participants include, among many others: Louisvillians Will Oldham, Todd Brashear (Slint), Catherine Irwin and Anna Krippenstapel (Freakwater), Tara Jane O’Neil, David Grubbs (thanks ray)(18/09/21)

other news

•Listen to Good To My Girls as performed by Bonnie Prince Billy (15/10/22)

•Listen to The Way as performed by Bonnie Prince Billy (09/10/22)

•Emmett Kelly has produced Seance! With Zabrecky. The album comes out on In The Red records (01/10/22)

•Alan Licht released a CD version with remastered audio and updated artwork from the original digital version of Three Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2021
It has a cover of Stable Will (24/09/22)

•Listen to Brogan's Run Episode 8: Will Oldham (thanks ray)(04/09/22)

•Listen to WRSI with Bonnie Prince Billy on Baby Jessica, Johnny Cash & shape-note singing (thanks John)(19/08/22)

•Check out this Rig Rundown with Matt Sweeney and Emmett Kelly form Superwolves (20/05/22)

•Check out this Essential Tremors podcast with Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy (03/05/22)

•This week had the world premiere of The Darktown Sermons by Jay Bolotin. In the Darktown Sermons live song and animation share the stage.
A somewhat confused Preacher (voice of Will Oldham) descends a ladder from heaven where he visited the angels. Read here about it (thanks ray)(08/04/22)

•A couple of days ago this gig took place 20 years ago, made available by Bob Arellano: Bootleg Bonnie! ~ Anacortes (March 29) 2002 (01/04/22)

•Take a look at the trailer for Hands That Bind, a film by Kyle Armstrong, featuring, among others, Will Oldham as barkeep (06/03/22)

•Listen to songs selected by Will Oldham here (06/03/22)

•Tune on 28/02/22 from 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm into WMSE: DJ Johnny K talks with Superwolves on Armed Fauxes Radio about their Milwaukee show @ The Back Room At Colectivo on March 7 (thanks ray)(25/02/22)

•Frizz and Bob are joined by Will Oldham. Listen here while they talk about life, music, Scotland, Johnny Cash and about his appearance in a Kanye West video (thanks ray)(04/02/22)

•Bill Callahan and Will Oldham discuss their collaborative album, read here(18/01/22)

•Bill Callahan and Bonnie Prince Billy merge their musical minds, by Amanda Petrusich read here (thanks ray)(18/01/22)

•Take a look to a recorded live stream from Tim Heidecker with Bill Callahan and Will Oldham, that took place on January 6, 2022 (07/01/22)

•Read and listen to an interview with Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney on WAMC (thanks ray)(14/12/21)

•Wildsam Announces New Guide: Kentucky Bourbon Country. Local contributors include, among many others, singer-songwriter Will Oldham (thanks ray)(04/12/21)

•The 20th-anniversary version of Fish & Crabs is available on red vinyl, now directly from Bob Arellano.
Inner Dunes, the recordlabel where it was released on in 2019 has disappeared, but Bob saved some copies.
As extra track on the vinyl there's an unreleased live version of West Palm Beach sung by Bob Arrellano and Will Oldham, recorded in 2017.
The digital version now has 3 bonus tracks from that period, with Will Oldham on organ and slideguitar. Check here (27/11/21).

•Jonathan Richman picks 10 favourite tracks for a weekend playlist, asked by Will Oldham to do so (thanks ray)(08/11/21)

•The band Springtime with Jim White, Gareth Liddiard and Chris Abrahams will release their self-titled debut album on November 5. It contains a cover of West Palm Beach (25/10/21)

•Listen to When I'm President, a poem by Shannon Burns read by Will Oldham from the Leveza Radio site (thanks Sascha)(17/10/21)

•Read here The Guest List: Superwolves: Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham tell about the books they like (12/10/21)

•Listen to episode #16, the last one of a series on the music of Will Oldham on Concertzender (12/10/21)

•Read here about ‘Dans le Chambre du Sultan’, the new film from Javier Rebollo, it is set to start shooting in may, and will feature Will Oldham - apparently horse riding and singing in Arabic (thanks ray)(25/09/21)

•The movie Hands That Bind by Kyle Armstrong will be screening at the Calgary International Film Festival. Will Oldham play barkeep (25/09/21)

•The Everly Brothers documentary Harmonies from Heaven can be watched on BBC 4: starring among others Will Oldham (25/09/21)

•Listen to the Low Profile Podcast #44 with Sean O'Hagan. Find out he's working on an album with Bonnie Prince Billy (thanks John)(13/09/21)

•Bob Arellano released a new old album, check here: Havanarama / Havana Club (13/09/21)

•Coming out soon: the self-titled album by Feast Of Smoke. That is Amber and Paul Oldham, with help a.o. from Jeremy Gagon, Neil Hagerty and George Wethington (13/09/21)

•Listen to New Partner re-imagined by Horse Apples (13/09/21)

•Listen to episode #14 and episode #15 of a series on the music of Will Oldham on Concertzender (02/09/21)

•Here's an interview with Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy recorded August 7 on TUSK TV (thanks frankie)(20/08/21)

•Read here: Maxwell’s: An Oral History, with contributions by Will Oldham, Matt Sweeney and many others (20/08/21)

•Check out the earlier directors cut of Scout Niblett & Will Oldham's song Kiss (thanks Thaddeus)(20/08/21)

•The Superwolves Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy take over the airwaves in an hour long NTS radio show (thanks ray)(25/07/21)

•Listen to Bed Is For Sleeping covered by Horse Apples (13/07/21)

•New on the Superwolves merchtable: a Not Fooling poster (13/07/21)
Also: check out this doubledecker bus

•Listen to episode # 13 of a series on the music of Will Oldham on Concertzender (13/07/21)

•David Ferguson releases video, directed by Will Oldham for his Guy Clark cover Boats To Build, off his upcoming solo LP, read the story behind it here and look at the video here (thanks ray)(02/07/21)

•Rough Trade presents a live Online Q&A with Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy via Zoom joined by special guest host TBA (for UK peeps only) (thanks Dan)(17/06/21)

•Here's an interview with Will Oldham & Matt Sweeney in the LA Times (thanks ray)(17/06/21)

•Bonnie “Prince” Billy will have an on-line conversation with Mairi Campbell from Scotland as part of scotland's 'folk film gathering' on Thursday 01/07/21 at 7pm (thanks ray)(15/06/21)

•Check out Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy on Office Hours Live at about 42 minutes in (15/06/21)

•Listen to episode #12 of a series on the music of Will Oldham on Concertzender (08/06/21)

•Look and listen to Thee Superwolves' Shorty's Ark tutorial (08/06/21)

•From June 16 you van listen to the Murder Ballad Podcast ‘Songs In The Key Of Death’ From Nevermind Media Set With Songs From Will Oldham & SAD13
Read about it here and here (thanks ray)(03/06/2021)

•A geographical guide to Superwolves: Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney guide us through the cities that have defined their lives and careers (thanks ray)(29/05/21)

•Get a set of Kentucky playing cards and check who's on the 2 of hearts (29/05/21)

•Sparce and Spindly by Yawning Chasm contains a Palace Brothers cover: Ohio River Boat Song (29/05/21)

•David Ferguson who recorded and played with Bonnie Prince Billy will release a new record in September through Fat Possum: Nashville No More (29/05/21)

•Listen to Episode 101 of Broken Records podcast: Superwolves: Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney, hosted by Rick Rubin (thanks Aldwin)(18/05/21)

•Listen to episode #11 of a series on the music of Will Oldham on Concertzender (08/05/21)

•The Guide to Films About Music, by Musicians: Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney take you on a cinematic journey (07/05/21)

Check out the playlist Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney made for the Italian Rolling Stone (07/05/21)

•Listen to a live version of Make Worry For Me, recorded for the BBC (02/05/21)

•Listen to Just The Two Of Us: Der exklusive Zündfunk Gästemix von Bonnie Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney (28/04/21)

•Already released October last year on Dust-to-Digital: a box set containing the flip side of 78-rpm records that Harry Smith included on The Anthology Of American Folk Music.
It has liner note contributions by more than 80 artists, writers, and musicians that have been inspired by Harry Smith’s work including Will Oldham (on one song) and many others (28/04/21)

•Read Return Of The Superwolves by Chris Deville on Stereogum (23/04/21)

•Matt Sweeney & Will Oldham on Magic Sam – 1957-1966 West Side Guitar (23/04/21)

•Read about Superwolves on FolkRadio (23/04/21)

•Check out Emmett Kelly's debut album The Feast of Brass Snakes. Out on HaHa (thanks John)(14/04/21)

•Check out What's On Bonnie "Prince" Billy's shelf here. Via Drag City's Instagram you can also see What's on Matt Sweeney's shelf (09/04/21)

•Listen to episode #10 of a series on the music of Will Oldham on Concertzender (09/04/21)

•New limited formats of Superwolves are available to buy from Domino Mart: Make Coffee For Me: bean coffee from Brazil selected by Matt Sweeney and
Make Worry For Tea – a 75g Rose/Basil infusion specially created by Bonnie “Prince” Billy made by The Old Tea House, Covent Garden (31/03/21)

•Read Howl Like a Superwolf by Chris Heath in GQ Magazine (25/03/21)

•Will Large has written "Affects, indexes and signs Will Oldham and the authenticity of the voice in popular music" Read here (30/03/21)

•Listen to the Dutch Concertzender, to part 9 of a serie on the music of Will Oldham (07/03/21)

•Check this new Alan Licht album: Three Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2020, it contains a great version of Stabe Will (05/03/21)

•Here's footage of a recently found 1998 gig in Annadale, NY at the Bard College by Will Oldham and the Anomoanon (thanks Tonnie)(05/03/21)

•Listen to Week-End Mixtape #20: Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney (28/02/21)

•Check out Brothers of the Fang: From Pups to Superwolves (19/02/21)

•Read here what Bob Arellano has to say about his just released album Last Poems and what roll Will Oldham had in it (07/02/21)

•Listen to the Dutch Concertzender, to part 8 of a serie on the music of Will Oldham (31/01/21)

•Listen to Ep. #591: Matt Sweeney talking about Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Superwolf, Chavez, Gone Glimmering and more (09/01/21)

•Look at Our Library about the Louisville Library featuring Will Oldham as The Librarian and singing a Phil Ochs song (thanks Sascha)(16/10/20)

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