Radio and Other sessions
By Maurice Maes
& Leo Meijer.
Here is a list of known sessions and their setlists.
If you know more, mail me and I'll add them.
Thanks to Jonathan Moore.
Latest revision: 20/07/24
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1992
13/07/92 Cambridge, MA, WMBR (official released
on Drag City Hour CD). The band is here.
i am a cinematographer
meaulnes
i send my love to you
you will miss me when i burn
1993
27/11/93 BBC Radio, John Peel Session (the band
is here)
little blue eyes
the spider's dude is often there
goodnight mood
water
08/06/94 Greater London Radio session, Will solo
come in
no more rides
29/07/94 BBC Radio, John Peel Session, Will solo
(recorded 05/06/94)
o how i enjoy the light (announced as "the houseboat")
trudy dies
the cross
the idol on the bar
stable will
31/08/94 VPRO Radio 3 Session
whither thou goest
meaulnes
i am a cinematographer
o how i enjoy the light
come in
03/09/94 Vara Radio 3, "Twee Meter
Sessie"
cellar song
king me
come in
west palm beach
whither thou goest
20/04/95 Santa Monica, KCRW, "Morning
Becomes Eclectic" (The band is here)
west palm beach
drinking woman
merida
o paul
the butcher
07/07/95 BBC Radio, John Peel Session
i am a cinematographer
west palm beach
o how i enjoy the light
o lord are you in need
21/05/96 Charlottesville, VA, WTJU FM, Will solo
more brother rides
work hard/play hard
the sun highlights the lack in each
merida
drinking woman
o lord are you in need
do what you will do
watch with me (one verse)
for the mekons et al
17/04/96 France Inter acoustic session, Will solo
the weaker soldier
disorder
do what you will do
o how i enjoy the light
17/02/97 Melbourne, RRR
stablemate
black dissimulation
bolden-boke boy
??/04/97 Evanston, IL, WNUR, "Airplay"
black dissimulation
new pony
stable will
horses
tonight's decision (and hereafter)
i am a cinematographer
sugarcane juice drinker
12/02/98 VPRO Radio 5, "De Avonden",
Boxhead Ensemble (recorded 11/11/97)
Among others, Will played harmonica & melodica.
This was the first evening of the film screening tour through
Europe for the movie
"Dutch Harbor: Where The Sea Breaks It's Back". They
played untitled songs.
On the album "The Last Place To Go" are the songs
"Introduction" and "Coastal Borders" from
this session.
Will and Bryan Rich in Italy.
25/03/98 Roma, Radio Due, "Suoni &
Ultrasuoni"
i am drinking again
black/rich tune
03/04/98 Milan, Radio Popolare
The free Will Oldham tour along record shops and radio stations. The recordshops dates can be found here.
02/10/98 Los Angeles, CA, KXLU Loyola Marymount
University
03/10/98 Los Angeles, CA, KBLT
04/10/98 San Diego, CA, K10Z
08/10/98 San Francisco, CA, KUSF
09/10/98 Nevada City, NV, KVMR
10/10/98 McMinnville, OR, KSLC
10/10/98 Portland, OR, KPSU Portland State
University
11/10/98 Seattle, WA, KCMU University of
Washington
12/10/98 Olympia, WA, KAOS Evergreen State
02/10/98 Los Angeles, CA, KXLU Loyola Marymount
University
madeleine-mary
nomadic revery (all around)
riding
private dancer (attempt)
take however long you want
i am a cinematographer
blue lotus feet
work hard/play hard
the weaker soldier
black dissimulation
04/10/98 San Diego, CA, K10Z
(i was drunk at the) pulpit
merida
o lord are you in need
stable will
horses
you will miss me when i burn
(thou without) partner
meaulnes
west palm beach
the brute choir
new partner
stablemate
you have cum (...)
no gold digger
disorder
08/10/98 San Francisco, CA, KUSF
song for the new breed
another day full of dread
ohio river boat song
three photographs (attempt)
all babies
new gypsy
antagonism
marriage
nomadic revery (all around)
10/10/98 McMinnville, OR, KSLC
death to everyone
nomadic revery (all around)
a minor place
song for the new breed
madeleine-mary
raining in darling
another day full of dread
i am drinking again
apocolypse, no!
10/10/98 Portland, OR, KPSU Portland State
University
song for the new breed
new partner
death to everyone
(end of) travelling
(i was drunk at the) pulpit
raining in darling
11/10/98 Seattle, WA, KCMU University of
Washington
when thy song flows through me
riding
polestar of my life
blue lotus feet
antagonism
viva ultra
12/10/98 Olympia, WA, KAOS Evergreen State
today i was an evil one (attempt)
the first noël, silent night (instrumentals, he didn't know he
was on the air)
today i was an evil one
another day full of dread
nomadic revery (all around)
a minor place
(i was drunk at the) pulpit
every mother's son (attempt)
i tried to stay healthy for you
you will miss me when i burn
the risen lord
the gator
west palm beach
15/10/98 VPRO Radio 5, "De Avonden",
Bonnie Prince Billy (recorded 13/06/98, the band is here)
polestar of my life
when thy song flows through me
i am the sky
blue lotus feet
door of my heart (broadcast 15/04/99)
30/10/98 Tallahassee, FL, WVSF
more brother rides
antagonism
the sun shines down on me
the risen lord
one with the birds
i am a cinematographer
apocolypse, no!
i see a darkness
die, die, my darling
04/11/98 Brave New World.Net
werner's last blues to blokbuster
come in
i see a darkness
watch with me
no gold digger
04/12/98 Charlottesville, VA, WTJU
18/12/98 Greater London Radio, Will solo
madeleine-mary
i see a darkness
06/01/99 Studio Brussel, "Basta", Will
solo
nomadic revery (all around)
new gypsy
jump in jump in, come in come in
the mountain
25/01/99 Studio Brussel, "Cucamonga",
interview
26/01/99 Paris, Radio Inter, "Black
Sessions". The first five songs are done solo by Will, the
rest with the band.
The recording took place in Studio Charles Trenet. The band is here.
black
i see a darkness
take however long you want
you will miss me when I burn
ohio river boat song
no such as what i want
stablemate
werner's last blues to blokbuster
death to everyone
a minor place
o let it be
one with the birds
antagonism
work hard/play hard
another day full of dread
the mountain
the parting glass
29/01/99 Ireland, Today FM (this is the recording
date, some songs are still unbroadcast)
gulf shores
valentine's day
14/02/99 New Jersey, NJ, WFMU, Will solo.
i am the sky
nomadic revery (all around)
one with the birds
polestar of my life
i see a darkness
southside of the world
valentine's day
death to everyone
raining in darling
you will miss me when i burn
riding
merida
arise, therefore
old jerusalem
agnes, queen of sorrow
ohio river boat song
16/03/99 BBC Radio 1, John Peel Session (recorded
02/02/99)
i send my love to you
another day full of dread
stablemate
o let it be
what's wrong with a zoo ?
01/09/99 BBC Radio 1, Celebrating John Peel's
60th birthday (recorded 31/08/99)
dream of the sea
sweeter than anything
one with the birds
arise, therefore
01/02/00 Norway, NRK P3, "Roxrevyen",
Bonnie Prince Billy solo (recorded 31/01/00)
when thy song flows through me
polestar of my life (attempt)
apocolypse, no!
a minor place (broadcast 16/02)
03/02/00 VPRO Radio 5, "De Avonden",
Bonnie Prince Billy solo part 1 (recorded afternoon
11/12/99)
2/15
little boy blue II
one with the birds
2 readings
dream of the sea
looming over me (reading)
nothing but the waves at night (reading)
careless love (reading)
nomadic revery (all around)
southside of the world
someone's sleeping
the same love that made me laugh
06/04/00 VPRO Radio 5, "De Avonden",
Bonnie Prince Billy solo part 2 (recorded afternoon
11/12/99)
This second part has a lot of studio versions of songs and a
lenghty interview, only one song and a reading
from the afternoon session:
little boy blue I
25
The Anomoanon and Will recorded "Meaulnes" as well,
broadcast 07/02/01.
15/02/01 BBC Radio, John Peel Session
(recorded 28/01/01)
when thy song flows through me
2/15 (announced as "jolly one")
rich wife full of happiness
beezle
04/04/01 Bologna, Radio Città del Capo
mrs. william
a minor place
29/06/01 Louisville, KY, WFPK, "Live
Lunch" (the band is here)
today i was an evil one
dreaming my dreams
after i made love to you
death to everyone
one with the birds
mrs. william
may it always be
just to see my holly home
i see a darkness
a king at night
i just want to have something to do
64
11/08/01 Denver, CO, Radio 1190
barcelona
little boy blue II
new partner
13/12/01 Melbourne, 3PBS-FM, "Totally
Wired"
i see a darkness
grand dark feeling of emptiness
you have cum...
dream of the sea
i am a cinematographer
2/15
08/08/02 BBC Radio, John Peel Session, with David
Heumann on piano, baritone guitar and voice
(recorded 24/04/02)
64 (announced as "jolly five")
arise, therefore
death to everyone
(i was drunk at the) pulpit
26/11/02 Istanbul, Radyo Eksen, Will solo
apocolypse, no! (attempt)
hard life
little boy blue I
28/11/02 Istanbul, Açik Radyo, "Ahtapotun
Bahçesi", Will solo
master and everyone
more brother rides
barcelona
the risen lord
stable will
nomadic revery (all around)
13/12/02 Louisville, KY, WFPK, "Live
Lunch", Will joins Suki Anderson's band to sing the
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua duet "If I Can't Have
You".
23/09/04 Melbourne, PBS FM, "Studio 5 Live"
24/04/05 Charlottesville, VA, WTJU FM
memphis, tennessee
death in the sea
goat and ram
22/07/05 Louisville, KY, WFPK, "Live
Lunch", "Lebowskifest Showcase 2005", Will sings a
song from the
Big Lebowski soundtrack; "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't
Good)".
26/07/05 Whitesburg, KY, WMMT, Will is DJ-ing a program
01/09/05 BBC, Radio 1, Rob da Bank
buried treasure
goat and ram
four screams
idumea
Bonnie Prince Billy's Freedom Trip Summer 2006
along record shops and radio stations. The recordshop dates can
be found here.
12/08/06 Minneapolis, MN,
KCMP radio
13/08/06 Rock City, IL, Daytrotter Session
15/08/06 Kansas City, KS, Fox 4 TV (not sure
about the name)
18/08/06 Rochester, NY, WBER Radio
18/08/06 Detroit, MI, WHFR Radio
21/08/06 Cleveland, OH, WCSB, Giraffes On Fire
22/08/06 Chicago, IL, WXRT, The Eclectic Company
12/08/06 Minneapolis, MN, KCMP radio
ebb tide
his hands
goodbye dear old stepstone
13/08/06 Rock City, IL, Daytrotter Session
the seedling
goodbye dear old stepstone
the sun highlights the lack in each
new partner
15/08/06 Kansas City, KS, Fox 4 TV
big friday
cold & wet
18/08/06 Rochester, NY, WBER Radio
An interview through the telephone.
18/08/06 Detroit, MI, WHFR radio
o let it be
i called you back
gulf shores
21/08/06 Cleveland, OH, WCSB, "Giraffes On
Fire"
tell old bill
more brother rides
new partner
sweeter than anything
ohio river boat song
22/08/06 Chicago, IL, WXRT, "The Eclectic
Company"
Jon Langford hosts the program and has Will as a guest who brings
along the music.
19/09/06 New York, NY, NBC, Late Night with Conan
O'Brien
With Matt Sweeney, Paul Oldham, Andrew WK and Jim White
strange form of life
07/10/06 Chicago, IL, WBEZ
big friday
wai
new partner
the seedling
24/10/06 "Poolside Chats with Neil
Hamburger"
Chatting and playing.
the eagle and the hawk
the hangman
the risen lord
08/06/07 Louisville, KY, WFPK, "Live
Lunch"
The band is here
a minor place
nomadic revery (all around)
i see a darkness
another day full of dread
death to everyone
knockturne
madeleine-mary
song for the new breed
today i was an evil one
black
raining in darling
15/01/08 Louisville, KY, East Village Radio,
"Root Hog Or Die"
Nathan Salsburg hosts the program and has Will as a guest who
brings along the music.
22/06/08 Vienna, Radio 4FM, "Heartbeat"
Eva Umbauer interviewed Will.
25/06/08 Guelph, Ontario, CFRU, "Mich Vish
Interracial Morning Show"
Mich Vish interviewed Will on the phone.
12/01/09 New York City, WNYC,
"Soundcheck"
you can't hurt me now
the brute choir
20/01/09 London, Resonance FM, "London Ear"
An hour of interview, playing and listening to older songs.
beware your only friend
missing one
big friday
16/02/09 Honolulu, HI, Live on KTUH
beware your only friend
strange form of life
face him
you can't hurt me now
how about thank you
27/02/09 Guardian, Music Weekly podcast
Interview
15/03/09 Rock City, IL, Daytrotter Session (put
online on March 15, 2010)
careless love / even if love
81
where is the puzzle?
strange form of life
16/03/09 BBC, Radio 1, Rob da Bank (recorded at
the Maida Vale studios)
keep eye on other's gain
then the letting go
i don't belong to anyone
18/03/09 Paris, Radio Inter, "White
Session" (recorded 20/01/09)
how about thank you
face him
i see a darkness
strange form of life
i don't belong to anyone
the world's greatest
easy does it
23/03/09 NPR Music, "All Songs
Considered"
Bonnie as guest DJ, talking about the new record and sharing some
of his all-time favorite songs that have inspired
his own work over the years.
27/03/09 BBC2, Culture Show
Interview and one song (recorded at the Maida Vale studios)
you can't hurt me now
28/09/10 Chicago, IL, WBEZ
troublesome houses
are you deceiving me?
12/10 Fogged Clarity Session
We Weather is a Doug Paisley cover
you will miss me when i burn
we weather
i am a cinematographer
23/02/11 Guelph, Ontario, CFRU, "Mich Vish
Interracial Morning Show"
Mich Vish interviewed Will on the phone.
08/03/11 Louisville, KY, WFPK, The Todd &
Will Show
Todd and his pal and fellow critic & musician Will Oldham
talk about a bunch of stuff plus DVD reviews including The Next
Three Days,
The Walking Dead, Inside Job, Morning Glory, Four Lions, and
Jackass 3 in which Will plays a Gorilla trainer.
13/05/11 Manic Organic radio
Interview by telephone
Bonny & Cairo played seven Floridian
record stores will host free performances open to all.
All
instore performances are
at 7pm. Inbetween there are radio performances.
26/05/11 Tallahassee, FL, WVFS (3pm)
27/05/11 Jacksonville, FL, WJCT "First Coast
Connect" (9am) (cancelled)
28/05/11 Orlando, FL, WPRK (3pm)
31/05/11 Miami, FL, WVUM (3pm)
26/05/11 Tallahassee, FL, WVFS
quail & dumplings
one with the birds (part)
you are lost
new whaling
black captain
wolf among wolves
we are unhappy
there is no god
i see a darkness
31/05/11 Miami, FL, WVUM
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new partner
we are unhappy
island brothers
wai
12/10/11 Louisville, KY, WFPK, Wild & Wooley
reviews
quail & dumplings
03/11/11 Paris, Le Trianon, Telerama session
quail &
dumplings
cows
you asked me to
25/01/12 London, Black Cab Session (# 100)
black captain
my nurse smelled like coconuts
06/05/12 London, BBC6, Cerys On 6
i can tell you're leaving
my husband's got no courage in him
riding
10/06/12 Olympia, WA, KAOS 89.3FM, Cottleston Pie
little boy blue
you remind me of something (the glory goes)
new whaling
i’ll be glad
12/06/12 Seatlle, WA, KEXP
whipped
night noises
i see a darkness
how about thank you
25/01/13 Columbus, OH, WCBE, Global Village 2pm
27/01/13 Charleston, WV, Culture Center Theater,
NPR Mountain Stage
o how i enjoy the light
we love our hole
screaming issue
you remind me of something
01/04/13 Berkeley, CA, KALX Radio Station Studio
strange form of life
wai
the seedling
so sad
omaha
devoted to you
milk train
06/04/13 Sacramento, CA, Capital Public Radio,
Blue Dog Jam
what am i living for
my little yellow bird
milk train
the seedling
walking the dog
07/04/13 Santa Monica, CA, KCRW, Eric J. Lawrence
show
empty boxes
love hurts
15/04/13 Philadephia, PA, NPR, World Cafe
milk train
omaha
devoted to you
it's all over
18/07/13 Kreative Kontrol, Vish Khanna on Music,
Culture, and More, podcast
interview
01/11/13 Louisville, KY, LVAA Public
interview
09/02/14 WHFR, The annual Mrs. Robinson Will
Oldham Valentine Special 2014
interview
27/04/14 Sharing Needles with Friends
interview
30/04/14 What Happens Next 12 – Will Oldham
likes Chinese Food
interview
10/07/14 West Texas Talk hosted by K. Yoland for
KRTS
interview
23/09/14 Flirt FM 101.3 presents Feed Me Weird
Things with Alan Meaney
interview
02/10/14 Kreative Kontrol, Vish Khanna on Music,
Culture, and More, podcast
interview
16/10/14 ABC Net, The J Files
interview
28/10/14 BBC World Service Radio with John
Coomarasamy
interview
15/01/15 Fogged Clarity Session
recorded in his poor shelter
in December 2014
leave me alone with these blues
will you miss me
it’s a sin to tell a lie
horses
interview
15/02/15 WHFR, Mrs. Robinsons Annual Valentine's
show
interview
18/01/16 Fogged Clarity Session
hunter's lullaby
11/02/16 Jersey City, NJ, WFMU,
Imaginary Radio with Chris M.
intentional injury
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the cross
interview
14/02/16 WHFR, Mrs. Robinsons Annual Valentine's
show
interview
12/05/16 Nerds On Tour by Abraham Levitan,
podcast (probably recorded earlier)
interview
21/05/16 CBS 'This Morning'
Josh Kaufman and Bonnie Prince Billy perform a Garcia/Hunter song
if i had the world to give
20/01/17 Fogged Clarity Session
in good faith
29/03/18 ArtxFM, 'Hundred Proof Fountain'
Joanne Shelley and Bonnie Prince Billy perform a Leonard Cohen
song
night comes on
17/04/18 Louisville, KY, WHAS 11, 'Great Day
Live'
Bonnie Prince Billy and Elsa Oldham perform a Merle Haggard song
bad actor
01/05/19 Louisville, KY, ArtxFM, 'The Deep End'
With Joey Mudd and guest Will Oldham. Playing various Oldham
related songs, and a new Bonnie Prince Billy song
28/01/20 Louisville, KY, ArtxFM, 'OhManYes!'
With DJ Julie Gross and guest Will Oldham. Interview and
performing a Bonnie Prince Billy song
the devil's throat (practice)
you know the one
14/03/20 Louisville, KY, ARTxFM show
Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang (check)
pt.1:
new memory box
dream awhile
the lion lair
dang me (with Oscar Parsons)
i have made a place
pt.2:
the glow pt.3
a minor place
troublesome houses
what's missing is
at the back of the pit
this is far from over
31/03/20 Jersey City, NJ, WFMU-FM interview pt.1
(listen)
07/04/20 Jersey City, NJ, WFMU-FM interview pt.2
10/06/20 Folk Medicine live stream benefit
concert for the people of the Amazon
new memory box
in good faith
you remind me of something (the glory goes)
squid eye
this is far from over
02/12/20 Fitzgeralds 12 Streams Of CHristmas,
Song For Song: Jon Langford & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Songs & Conversation
Bonnie played:
this is far from over
horses
thunder road
(sometimes i feel like) fletcher christian
the brute choir
new partner
building a fire
05/12/20 CatSong Festival, a virtual festival celebrating the music of
Yusuf/Cat Stevens featuring performances from a.o. Matt Sweeney
& Bonnie Prince Billy
Listen and look here to the festival
but i might die tonight
09/02/23 Louisville, KY, ArtxFM, Louisville
Visual Art’s Keith Waits’ WXOX 97.1
you may want to stay
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