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NATALIE MERCHANT KEEP YOUR COURAGE NEW LP.

Nonesuch Records will release Natalie Merchant’s Keep Your Courage, her ninth solo studio album and first of new material since 2014’s self-titled record, on April 14, 2023. 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.

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1Big Girls (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis)

2Come on, Aphrodite (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis)

3Sister Tilly

Disc: 2

1Narcissus

2Hunting the Wren

3Guardian Angel

Disc: 3

1Eye of the Storm

2Tower of Babel

3Song of Himself

4The Feast of Saint Valentine

Disc: 4

1Spring & Fall: To a Young Child (2023 Remaster)

2Butterfly (2023 Remaster)

3Giving Up Everything (2023 Remaster)

4Frozen Charlotte (2023 Remaster)