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Will Oldham returns as Bonnie "Prince" Billy for his most country-oriented album in over 20 years. Read more about the new ...

By sticking close to cosy genre format, The Purple Bird gives Oldham a framework for vocalising painful 21st-century truths ...

Laura Barton talks to Will Oldham about recording with some of his heroes, how he writes for his alter ego, and why a song ...

Will Oldham has become one of the most elusive and prolific singer-songwriters Americana has encountered in the past two ...

The difference between these birds becomes clear when you compare the adult males. Purple finches are a deep cranberry or raspberry color on most of their body. Male house finches are more orange ...

Thankfully, they weren’t entirely successful. The Purple Bird is a Bonnie “Prince” Billy country record. Oldham gave himself over fully to the Nashville experience, participating in a series ...

Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney were already underground-music veterans when they recorded their strange, hypnotic, generally ...

The Purple Bird isn’t the first time Will Oldham (the enigmatic, Kentucky-born and based songwriter behind the Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy brand) has headed to Nashville. 2007’s Greatest Palace Music ...

Another beautifully crafted slice of Americana, albeit with a more collaborative approach this time, still contains the usual Oldham magic And that is exactly what Oldham does on The Purple Bird. It ...