Concert Review: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

Review of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo Gang concert at Maverick Saloon, Santa Ynez, 10/27/10.

Concert Preview: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & The Cairo Gang

Preview of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy concert on 10/27/10, featuring interview with Will Oldham. Complete interview available here.

Interview: Will Oldham

Will Oldham has been steadily releasing records for nearly two decades now, under different names including (rarely) his own, Palace Brothers, and, for most of the last decade, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. His music receives much (well-deserved) critical acclaim: for example, his 1999 album I See A Darkness – the title track of which was covered by the late Johnny Cash – was ranked as the 9th best album of the 1990′s by the influential indie-arbiters pitchfork.com, who say that it “confirm[s] that Oldham is indie’s detached and brilliant DeNiro.”

This is the transcription of a phone conversation with Oldham on 9/20/10, and formed the basis of a preview article for his 10/27/10 concert in Santa Ynez, California.

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