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At the Solid Sound festival at MASS MoCA, Wilco and Billy Bragg performed Mermaid Avenue live for the first time, with Natalie Merchant joining in, marking the full album’s first-ever live rendition of Woody Guthrie’s lyrics across all three volumes.
Natalie Merchant's new album, Keep Your Courage, explores love in all its forms and features her stunning voice, which she briefly lost after spinal cord surgery. The album almost didn't happen, but a chance connection with poet Robin Robertson helped put it in motion. In addition to discussing her songwriting technique, Merchant talks about her life outside of music, including serving on the board of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant releases her new album "Keep Your Courage," which was inspired by her health crisis during the pandemic. The album features 10 tracks rooted in myth and legend, with some songs titled after cultural references such as "Come on, Aphrodite," "Narcissus," and "The Feast of Saint Valentine." Merchant's album is a de facto concept record that explores horn-driven soul, melancholy ballads, pure pop, and defiant sisterhood anthems. The album's last lines are "Love will conquer all."