In case you missed our previous announcement, Bonny Light Horseman is the new trio of Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats), and Josh Kaufman (Craig Finn, Josh Ritter, The National).
Today marks the release of their new single “Jane Jane” from their self-titled debut album, due out January 24th, 2020 via 37d03d Records. Produced by Kaufman, Bonny Light Horseman finds the group reimagining traditional songs and cowriting new ones based loosely on specific sources. “I grew up with ‘Children Go Where I Send Thee,’ we used to sing it at Christmastime,” explains Mitchell. “I’d never heard ‘Jane Jane’ ‘til Eric shared the Tia Blake version of it with us during (I think) our first band hang in Dumbo,” explains Mitchell. “I know ‘Jane Jane’ is also sometimes performed as a standalone song and I don’t know who the first person was to mash up the two tunes, but definitely Tia Blake and Peter, Paul & Mary performed it that way. That major/minor shift just never gets old to me, it gives me chills and makes me feel like laughing at the same time.”
Bonny Light Horseman UK Tour Dates:
29/01 – Glasgow, UK – Celtic Connections w/ Anaïs Mitchell (at Old Fruitmarket)
30/01 – Glasgow, UK – Celtic Connections w/ Anaïs Mitchell’s CAMPFIRE (at Saint Luke’s)
31/01 – London UK – Roundhouse w/ Anaïs Mitchell
01/02 – London, UK – The Lexington