(2022) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Once Again in the World {Selected Songs, 1998-2020}    


Review:
A collection of rare, unreleased, uncollected tracks from Will Oldham as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, from 1998-2020. Most of the material was sourced from the BPB mixtape series. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is a voice, a perspective, a character through which Will Oldham has channeled his songwriting energy since the late ’90s. He is never one version of himself for too long, always evolving as the earth spins. This incredibly intentional, astoundingly original approach to artistic expression is articulated with warmth, humor, and generosity in the book ‘Will Oldham On Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’ (W.W. Norton & Company, 2012). He has found a way to live and work as an artist on his own terms: to play shows only in places he wants to be, to collaborate with the folks he wants to play with, to release records when and how he wants to. He does not seem to take this approach in order to have princely autonomy, in spite of the moniker, but rather to exist authentically in all the ways being a career musician might otherwise pull an artist away from their authentic origins. Will resists, and has maintained this beautifully enigmatic stance, to our serious benefit as listeners. This music with a certain feeling and buoyancy, this successful embodiment of an idea, this persona with a wildly compelling voice created by a writer with an uncanny ear and eye – is represented in this hour-long compilation. — antiquatedfuture.bandcamp.com


     


Track List:
01 - Careless Love (Session)"
02 - All These Vicious Dogs (Alternate)"
03 - The Way (Session)"
04 - Minor Place (Live)"
05 - No Such As What I Want"
06 - Stablemate (Session)"
07 - I See a Darkness (Live)"
08 - Goodbye Dear Old Stepstone"
09 - Weaker Soldier (Alternate)"
10 - 2-15 - New Partner - 2-15 (Live)"
11 - Ease Down the Road (Session)"
12 - Quail and Dumplings (Live)"
13 - I Heard of a Source (Live)"
14 - You Have Been Seen"
15 - Where Is the Puzzle (Session)"
16 - You Know the One (Session)"
17 - On Raglan Road"


Media Report:
Genre: indie-folk
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits


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