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Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “We Are Together Again” sees Will Oldham slip into folky singer-songwriter mode — sometimes confessional, sometimes gnomic, always intriguing. A conservative estimate suggests this is his thirty-first studio album, and while he still circles themes that have preoccupied him since his Palace Brothers days, he has become wider reaching and more approachable. This is some of his best work.

“Life is Scary Horses” arrives as the final preview of We Are Together Again, Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s forthcoming album. A “spiritual cover” of the Sally Timms / Jon Langford composition, it sees Timms herself appear on the track alongside strings arranged by Oldham’s cousin Ryder McNair. The accompanying video, directed by longtime collaborator Braden King, frames the piece as an elegy assembled from a disappearing world.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy has shared “Hey Little,” the second single from his forthcoming album We Are Together Again, out March 6th via Domino Records. The track features Catherine Irwin on vocals and string arrangements inspired by Madonna’s “Dear Jessie.” The video, shot on film and incorporating double-exposure techniques, was filmed in a Louisville indoor pool and draws inspiration from the classic Burt Lancaster film The Swimmer.

To celebrate his upcoming album “We Are Together Again,” Bonnie “Prince” Billy performed an intimate set at St Giles’ Church, Camberwell, South London. Hosted by Dash The Henge and Domino Records, the night was captured in full by Out Late Studio. Watch him performing “In Good Faith,” a fan favourite from his 2019 album ‘I Made a Place’.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy returns on March 6th with We Are Together Again. Recorded in Louisville with a rich ensemble of collaborators, the album marks Will Oldham’s most localised work since 1993. Led by the single (and accompanying video) “They Keep Trying To Find You,” the record explores themes of community and persistence, meeting modern anxieties with defiant harmony, friendship, community, and the stubborn joy of making art with others.

Thirty years ago this month, Will Oldham released his third full-length album, Viva Last Blues, under the moniker Palace Music. Oldham proved that a DIY aesthetic could be married with American folk traditions to create something new and profound. The album’s lasting impact is not about its specific sound but about its radical artistic ethos: a record doesn’t need to be pristine to be a timeless masterpiece.

Back in 2019, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, the moniker of Will Oldham, released I Made a Place, a significant release at the time, being his first collection of new, original songs since 2011’s Wolfroy Goes to Town. One of the album’s videos, “In Good Faith,” was created by Timothy Morton, using footage from his documentary on contemporary Sacred Harp singing practices. Watch it here.

For all its apparent familiarity, The Purple Bird is a country record that nobody else could have possibly made. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is still doing things entirely his own way, and he sounds as good as ever. Long may it continue.

Taken from his forthcoming new album ‘The Purple Bird’, Bonnie “Prince” Billy shares his latest single, Downstream, an eco-ballad co-written with and featuring Nashville legend John Anderson.

Watch Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s new video ‘London May’, named after, and featuring, the musician/actor. Directed by Sai Selvarajan it starts off moody and dark and gives way to a hopeful optimism.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces his new studio album ‘The Purple Bird’, made in Nashville with producer David “Ferg” Ferguson and an ensemble of A-list session musicians. Watch the video for their lead single ‘Our Home’, featuring Tim O’Brien.

Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Nathan Salsburg, and Tyler Trotter transform “Hear The Children Sing” and “The Evidence,” two songs by Baltimore punk/post-hardcore band Lungfish, into enchanting and beautiful meditations.