Keep Your Courage Natalie Merchant SKU: 36.00 36.00 £36.00 £36.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Nonesuch Released Date: 14th April 2023 Buying Format: 2LP 2LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option2LP2LP Coloured VinylClear Keep Your Courage quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘An artist with a singular voice and vision. Time has only amplified the power of Merchant’s music.’ – Mojo ‘One of the most successful and enduring alternative artists to emerge from the eighties intact and uncompromised.’ – Vogue Nonesuch Records releases Natalie Merchant’s Keep Your Courage, her ninth solo studio album and first of new material since 2014’s self-titled record. An eclectic album, produced by Merchant, it features two duets sung with vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis (Resistance Revival Chorus), contributions from the Celtic folk group Lúnasa and Syrian virtuoso clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, and horn arrangements by jazz trombonist Steve Davis. There are lush orchestrations throughout by seven composers including: Gabriel Kahane, Stephen Barber, Colin Jacobson, and Megan Gould. Keep Your Courage comprises nine original songs by Merchant as well as an interpretation of ‘Hunting the Wren’ by Ian Lynch of the Irish band Lankum. The vinyl LP edition of Keep Your Courage includes four bonus tracks from earlier albums, previously unreleased on vinyl. In celebration of the release, Merchant will embark upon a US tour this spring, going into the autumn. European dates will be announced shortly. Merchant writes in her album’s liner notes, “The songs contained within this album were written and recorded during the global pandemic that began in the winter of 2019 and is in its fifth wave as I write, in the autumn of 2022. It has been, and continues to be, a period of great flux and fear on every level: global, national, communal, familial, personal. But this is not an album about the coronavirus or the chaos it caused. For the most part, this is an album about the human heart.” She continues, “The word ‘courage’ has its root in the Latin word for heart, cor, and we see it over and over in many languages: le coeur, il cuore, o coração, el corazón. This is a song cycle that maps the journey of a courageous heart.” Over her forty-year career Natalie Merchant has attained a place among America’s most respected recording artists. She has earned a reputation for being a songwriter of quality and a captivating stage performer and has distinguished herself as a social justice and environmental activist. Merchant began her musical career as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the pop music band 10,000 Maniacs and released one platinum, two double-platinum, and one triple-platinum records with the group: The Wishing Chair (1985), In My Tribe (1987), Blind Man’s Zoo (1989), Hope Chest (1990), Our Time in Eden (1992), and 10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged (1993). Merchant left the group in 1994 and has subsequently released nine albums as a solo artist with combined sales of seven million copies: Tigerlily (1995), Ophelia (1998), Natalie Merchant Live (1999), Motherland (2001), The House Carpenter’s Daughter (2003), Leave Your Sleep (2010), Natalie Merchant (2014), Paradise Is There (2015), and Butterfly (2017). Merchant has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Billy Bragg, Gavin Bryars, David Byrne, The Chieftains, Cowboy Junkies, Philip Glass, Kronos Quartet, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mavis Staples, REM, and Wilco. She served on the New York State Council on the Arts from 2007–2011 at the appointment of Governor Elliot Spitzer and was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center by New York State Senator and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Merchant’s awards include: The Library Lion Award from the New York Public Library (2011), The American Society of Authors Composers & Publishers (ASCAP) Champion Award (2019), and The John Lennon Real Love Award (2019). More information about Merchant’s career and philanthropic work may be found at nataliemerchant.com. Artist Natalie Merchant Genre Rock And Pop Label Nonesuch Buying Options 2LP , 2LP Coloured Vinyl Format 2LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Big Girls (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis) Come on, Aphrodite (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis) Sister Tilly Narcissus Hunting the Wren Guardian Angel Eye of the Storm Tower of Babel Song of Himself The Feast of Saint Valentine Spring & Fall: To a Young Child (2023 Remaster)* Butterfly (2023 Remaster)* Giving Up Everything (2023 Remaster)* Frozen Charlotte (2023 Remaster)* *Vinyl only bonus content Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Natalie Merchant and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Natalie Merchant Tigerlily Rock And Pop | Mobile Fidelity | 2LP, 45rpm Released 3rd June 2007 £81.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Natalie Merchant Tigerlily £81.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: MFSL245008 Formats: 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 3rd June 2007 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Natalie Merchant Motherland Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released 16th September 2013 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Natalie Merchant Motherland £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP832 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 16th September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Natalie Merchant Tigerlily Mobile Fidelity | 24kt Gold CD Released 3rd October 2007 £39.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Natalie Merchant Tigerlily £39.00 Label: Mobile Fidelity SKU: UDCD771 Formats: 24kt Gold CD Released Date: 3rd October 2007 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jesus And Mary Chain, The Darklands Rock And Pop | Demon | 180g, 1LP Released 14th July 2014 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jesus And Mary Chain, The Darklands £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Demon SKU: DEMRECDARK1 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th July 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Corrs, The Best Of The Corrs Rock And Pop | East West | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 1st December 2023 £39.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Corrs, The Best Of The Corrs £39.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: East West SKU: 5054197781117 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 1st December 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Bangles, The Ladies And Gentlemen… The Bangles! 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