Prince has never shied away from ambitious projects, and 2009's LOTUSFLOW3R/MPLSOUND/ELIXER is just the latest in a long, illustrious string. The three-disc package builds on the variety evident throughout Prince's career, mixing up rock, f...
Singer-songwriter Will Oldham's seventh album under the name Bonnie "Prince" Billy (not counting collaborations with Tortoise, Matt Sweeney, and Dawn McCarthy, nor live albums or the rarities compilation LITTLE LOST BLUES), BEWARE is of a p...
This is 1 of 2 complete soundtracks issued for the film "Batman." The other is a full-length instrumental score by Danny Elfman (Warner Bros. 25977). Includes 5 songs from the film and 4 that are not in the film.In the late '80s, back wh...
Personnel: Josh Abrams (vocals, various instruments); Emmett Kelly (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Jennifer Hutt (vocals, violin); Michael Zerang (vocals, marimba, drums, percussion); Dee Alexander, Jon Langford (vocals); Greg Leiscz (pedal st...
One-time TLC vocalist Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez was primed for a career as a solo artist before she was killed in a car accident in 2002. EYE LEGACY, released in 2008, contains 12 tracks featuring performances recorded before her death. Like th...
Ska originator Prince Buster had a galvanizing effect on the development of reggae music when his tune "Ten Commandments" hit the Jamaican charts in 1967. By abandoning the mannered, soul-influenced vocals of rocksteady for a conversational...
Prince & The Revolution: Prince (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Wendy Melvoin (vocals, guitar); Lisa Coleman, Matt "Dr." Fink (vocals, keyboards); Brown Mark (vocals, bass); Bobby Z (percussion).Additional personnel: Apollonia (vocals); Nov...
Personnel: Winston Francis (vocals, background vocals); Michael Lee (saxophone); Trevor Mires (trombone); Benedic Lamdin (vibraphone); Nasser Bouzida, Style Scott (drums).Recording information: Mary Hare School For Deaf Children; The Fis...
While the 2006 Bonnie "Prince" Billy album THE LETTING GO was full of intense, spooky art-folk that found Will Oldham (Billy) accompanied by the ghostly voice of Faun Fables singer Dawn McCarthy, the appropriately titled LIE DOWN IN THE LIG...
Lyricist: John Bucchino.Personnel: Faith Prince (vocals); Matt Cavenaugh, Lori Wilner, Harvey Fierstein, Heather MacRae, Philip Hoffman, Kristine Zbornik, Tom Wopat (vocals); Susannah Chapman (cello); Jimmy Ercole, Don McGeen (woodwinds)...
Personnel: The Arabian Prince (vocals, synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer, programming); J.B. Beat (vocals); Michael Brebes (guitar, Oberheim synthesizer); Shayne Fair (Oberheim synthesizer); Dr. Dre (background vocals).Liner Note Author:...
While the 2006 Bonnie "Prince" Billy album THE LETTING GO was full of intense, spooky art-folk that found Will Oldham (Billy) accompanied by the ghostly voice of Faun Fables singer Dawn McCarthy, the appropriately titled LIE DOWN IN THE LIG...
Prince & The New Power Generation: Prince (vocals); Mayte (background vocals); Tommy Barbarella, Sonny T., Michael B., Mr. Hayes.Additional personnel: Eric Leeds (flute); Mike Nelson, Kathy Jensen, Dave Jensen, Brian Gallagher, Steve Str...
Behind the scenes footageThe Way I Live (video)Personnel: Baby Boy da Prince (rap vocals).Additional personnel: Nina Sky (vocals); Shoeshine, Marty Bee, Lil' Hidda, Lil' Boosie, Mannie Fresh, Reality, Dappa (rap vocals).The stor...
The Cursed Sleep EP is yet another missive from the seemingly always busy Bonnie "Prince" Billy entertainment camp. For all the records Will Oldham releases, you know he's gotta have a ton in the can as well. The title track is from his alb...
After a devastating string of full-lengths in the early 2000s culminating in the one-two punch of 2005's collaboration with Matt Sweeney, SUPERWOLF, and 2006's wrenching THE LETTING GO, Will Oldham seemed to be in a state of letting go hims...