Natalie Merchant, whose new album, Keep Your Courage, is due April 14, performs the title track to her 2001 album Motherland in a new Blackberry Sessions video. She was joined by guitarist Erik Della Penna in making the video while at Blackberry Farm in Tennessee in November as part of its annual Americana Music Association weekend. You can watch it here. Merchant will tour the US tour this spring, going into the fall. European dates will be announced shortly.
Natalie Merchant, whose new album, Keep Your Courage, is due April 14 on Nonesuch, performs the title track to her 2001 album Motherland in a new Blackberry Sessions video. She was joined by guitarist Erik Della Penna in making the video while at Blackberry Farm in Tennessee in November as part of its annual Americana Music Association weekend. You can watch it below. You can see fellow Nonesuch artists Molly Tuttle’s recent Blackberry Sessions video from that weekend here.
Keep Your Courage is Natalie Merchant’s tenth solo studio album and the first of new material since her 2014 self-titled record. An eclectic album, produced by Merchant, it features lush orchestrations throughout, two duets sung with vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis of 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 nine original songs by Merchant and an interpretation of a song by Ian Lynch of the Irish band Lankum. The vinyl LP edition includes four bonus tracks from earlier albums, previously unreleased on vinyl. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include access to an exclusive virtual pre-release listening event on April 6 via FlyMachine featuring songs from the album and a conversation between Merchant and a host. Further details will be sent prior to the event. A link and unique access code will be sent on April 5.
In celebration of the release, Merchant will embark upon a US tour this spring, going into the fall. European dates will be announced shortly. See below for all of the currently scheduled shows.
| Mar 15 | The Music of Paul McCartney @ Carnegie Hall | New York, NY |
| Apr 14&15 | Bardavon, 1869 Opera House | Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Apr 18 | Byham Theater | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Apr 19 | Paramount Theater | Charlottesville, VA |
| Apr 21 | Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia, PA |
| Apr 22 | Hershey Theatre | Hershey, PA |
| Apr 24 | Peace Center Concert Hall* | Greenville, SC |
| Apr 26 | Ruth Eckerd Hall | Clearwater, FL |
| Apr 27 | Broward Center for the Performing Arts** | Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
| Apr 28 | Saint Augustine Amphitheatre | St. Augustine, FL |
| Apr 30 | Atlanta Symphony Hall** | Atlanta, GA |
| May 9 | Merrill Auditorium | Portland, ME |
| May 10&11 | Emerson Colonial Theatre | Boston, MA |
| May 13 | Keybank State Theatre | Cleveland, OH |
| May 14 | Taft Theatre | Cincinnati, OH |
| May 16 | The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts | Carmel, IN |
| May 17 | Michigan Theater | Ann Arbor, MI |
| May 19 | Chicago Theatre | Chicago, IL |
| May 20 | Pabst Theater | Milwaukee, WI |
| Jun 2&3 | Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center** | New York, NY |
| Jun 28 | Veterans Memorial Auditorium** | Providence, RI |
| Jun 30, Jul 1 | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts** | Washington, DC |
| Jul 8 | Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater** | Chautauqua, NY |
| Sep 20 | Martin Woldson Theatre at The Fox | Spokane, WA |
| Sep 22 | Venue TBA* | Seattle, WA |
| Sep 23 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | Portland, OR |
| Sep 26 | The Masonic | San Francisco, CA |
| Sep 27 | Mountain Winery* | Saratoga, CA |
| Sep 29 | Humphrey's | San Diego, CA |
| TBA | Venue TBA* | Los Angeles, CA |
* on-sale timing TBD
** w/symphony orchestra
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