For a band with such an inspirational back catalogue, it is a crying shame that many of the young generations would not know ‘Tusk’ or ‘Go Your Own Way’ unless it appeared on an episode of Glee or Geordie Shore (apparently the former have already “paid tribute”). So you can breathe a sigh of...
The word ‘legend’ is rarely as acutely appropriate to a musician as it is to Will Oldham. It is so useful not because of stature, but because of mythologizing, because of the whole hagiography, the deifying of the thing. In a music genre – modern folk – too frequently married to its own trendiness,...
I sometimes wonder what it would be like if modern songs were given the kind of interpretative renditions born by traditional music – if more cover versions consciously shaped meaning, like Bellowhead, rather than merely adapting style, like the Mystery Jets A’cappella. Enter Now Here’s My Plan, the new EP by Will Oldham, under...
With over 400 special releases planned, this year’s will easily be the biggest Record Store Day to date. We can’t imagine such a huge array of vinyl will leave anyone short of ideas, but you might just be overwhelmed by it all, so – without wishing to give away our entire shopping lists –...
It is hard to believe that this is the 21st album from Will Oldham and 12th under the Bonnie Prince Billy guise. This in its self is worth celebrating, never mind that it is an absolutely beautiful piece of work. Wolfroy Goes to Town has a very stripped back sound that very much suites...
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