Natalie Merchant - Keep Your Courage - VINYL LP

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2023 , the ninth album by the singer/songwriter and her first since 2014. 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 rich 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 InchHunting the WrenInch by Ian Lynch of the Irish band Lankum. Album Tracks 1. Big Girls (Feat. Abena Koomson-Davis) 2. Come on, Aphrodite (Feat. Abena Koomson-Davis) 3. Sister Tilly 1. Narcissus 2. Hunting the Wren 3. Guardian Angel 1. Eye of the Storm 2. Tower of Babel 3. 0Song of Himself 4. The Feast of Saint Valentine 1. Spring & Fall To a Young Child (2023 Remaster) 2. Butterfly (2023 Remaster) 3. Giving Up Everything (2023 Remaster) 4. Frozen Charlotte (2023 Remaster)