Natalie Merchant - Keep Your Courage

Released 14th April 2023.

Nonesuch Records releasesNatalie MerchantsKeep Your Courage, her ninth solo studio album and first of new material since 2014s 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 Lnasa 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 Couragecomprises 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 ofKeep Your Courageincludes four bonus tracks from earlier albums, previously unreleased