What does it mean to bring the music of your childhood into the childhood of your own children? Bonnie "Prince" Billy and frequent collaborator Dawn McCarthy (of Faun Fables ) answer with What the Brothers Sang , a full-length tribute that reinvigorates the songs of the Everly Brothers with a clean, respectful gloss. Phil and Don Everly's impeccable harmonies set a standard for pop music that funneled into the songs of the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and nearly everyone since. It's a pleasant surprise to hear how deftly Oldham's oaky tenor traces their smooth [...]
For artists such as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy , who are mostly associated with alt-folk and indie-rock, a full album homage to the Everly Brothers initially comes as a surprise. The Everly Brothers sold millions of records with pop songs such as 'All I Have To Do Is Dream' and 'Wake up Little Susie' but they had their chart-topping thunder stolen by the Beatles and retreated back into their first love, country music, to great acclaim. The 13 tunes included on What the Brothers Sang come from that later period, and 'So [...]
Get behind the scenes and check out Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy recording their collaborative record What The Brothers Sang . It's a set of little known Everly Brothers tracks and is out next week via Domino Records.
Will Oldham is coming to town as Bonnie "Prince" Billy, accompanied by players from his Chijimi EP: Cheyenne Marie Mize and Emmett Kelly. It's a special performance - just one of three on this mini tour - that will likely incorporate a fair amount of songs the trio played at a sacred music festival in Milan. To read more about the show, as well as BPB's upcoming Everly Brothers covers record with Dawn McCarthy, check out my preview in the penultimate issue of The Other Paper . Deville also typed up [...]
The album artwork has been unveiled for the latest Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy collaborative album, What the Brothers Sang . The set, which is inspired by the Everly Brothers' body of work, will be out February 19th.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. This week we have some special holiday treats for you! Today’s selection is "Christmas Eve Can Kill You" by Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie "Prince" Billy from the 2012 73 of the same name on Drag City . Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Christmas Eve Can Kill You ( [...]
Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Christmas Eve Can Kill You
Folk-rock impresarios Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (AKA Will Oldham) and Dawn McCarthy (of Faun Fables ) announced they will be releasing a collaborative LP of Everly Brothers covers, along with their upcoming Christmas-themed 7”, ‘Christmas Eve Can Kill You'. The cover LP, What the Brothers Sang , will be released February 9th. Now, however, you can listen to the aforementioned ‘Christmas Eve Can Kill You’ below.
On the heels of their holiday 73 , Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy of Faun Fables have announced a full LP of Everly Brothers covers. Entitled What the Brothers Sang , the record of retooled classics is due February 9th, 2013 via Drag City. While the songs pull from four decades worth of material, the record is "no mere gesture of nostalgia; these new versions rethink The Everly Brothers for the audience of listeners today...". What the Brothers Sang seeks to instill McCarthy and Billy's uniquely harmonized presence into a collection of [...]
Another year, another Bonnie "Prince" Billy collaboration. Not that I'm moaning and groaning about it. I've come to expect some kind of Oldham goodness at some point during any given year. And so news has been released that we will indeed see another collaborative album from Will Oldham and Dawn McCarthy. This time in the form of What The Brothers Sang via Drag City on February 19th. The album is inspired by, though not an actual covers record of, The Everly Brothers, for whom both Oldham and McCarthy share an affinity. Until we get out first taste of [...]
Fleet Foxes just sent over info on the inaugural edition of a forthcoming lit journal from their team at Unified Field Collective, complete with previously unreleased tracks from Robin Pecknold, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Department of Eagles, and Amen Dunes on limited 103 vinyl. In addition to the musical component - songs described as being "in their raw, newly crafted state—a rare glimpse at works between conception and completion" - the 60-page publication features pieces on the subject of "transition," including a journal entry written by West Memphis 3 member Damien Echols on moving on from an 18-year incarceration on death row, [...]
A couple of years ago it seemed as if Basto had released a couple of solid tracks like " Again and Again " and " Gregory's Theme ," which still sounded like most piano based tracks. This year Basto has proved his tremendous production versatility on " I Rave You " then "Bonny," both containing Basto's earlier signature sounds but on steroids. "Bonny" begins with a dark electro house build up before leading into playful chord progressions reminiscent of a Zedd track. As for the drop, lets just say Basto has created another jaw dropper, which will simply make crowds go [...]
Como ya les habíamos anunciado, el 14 de agosto saldrá un disco tributo a Fleetwodd Mac en donde participaron muchísimos artistas como MGMT , The Kills , Lykke Li , Best Coast y The New Pornographers . Hoy podemos escuchar la contribución de The Kills y Bonnie “Prince” Billy con Matt Sweeney [...]
Two more covers from the forthcoming Fleetwood Mac tribute Just Tell Me That You Want Me have surfaced. Below, you can stream The Kills' take on the Rumors classic "Dreams" (via Nowness ), along with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney's cover of the Tusk track "Storms" (via The New Yorker ). Just Tell Me That You Want Me will be released on August 14th via Hear Music/Concord. Of the 17 tracks included, we’ve also heard “FutureGames” by [...]
Premiata la qualità. Non che altre volte non si successo, ma l'edizione 2012 di Saremo al C'entro, la manifestazione canora nazionale per giovani talenti che si è conclusa con le tre serate di finale al parco Bellini di Ponte San Giovanni ha visto andare i premi a produzioni, voci o interpretazioni di livello. E per uno dei tre vincitori è stato un bis: il perugino Giovanni Amirante, trionfatore nella sezione cantautori insieme a G iulia Ciao con la canzone "Il fiume" difendeva infatti il titolo vinto l'anno scorso. Dietro di lui si sono [...]
Tempo di finali per l'edizione 2012 di Saremo al C'entro , il concorso musicale nazionale per giovani talenti organizzato dal C'entro giovanile della parrocchia di San Bartolomeo di Ponte San Giovanni a Perugia , in collaborazione con l'ufficio della pastorale giovanile dell' Arcidiocesi di Perugia-Città della Pieve . "Largo alla musica" era il tema scelto per l'edizione 2012, la prima con patron don Gianluca Alunni, da poco tempo nuovo parroco della frazione perugina. Le tre serate (oggi, domani e dopodomani) , che saranno irradiate live ed in streaming [...]
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