New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Natalie Merchant has released the video for "Big Girls," a song from her new album, Keep Your Courage, released last week. The song is one of two duets on the album sung with vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis of Resistance Revival Chorus, along with "Come on, Aphrodite." That video and the just-released video for "Big Girls" were both filmed in Brooklyn directed by Matthew Shattuck (Foo Fighters, John Legend) and edited by Andrew Pulaski (Joey Bada$$, A$AP Ferg). They also made the video for the album track "Tower of Babel." You can watch "Big Girls" 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. You can pick up a copy and hear it here.
Natalie Merchant's months-long Keep Your Courage tour, which kicked off in Poughkeepsie over the weekend, continues with shows in Pennsylvania and Virginia this week. Details/tickets below and at nonesuch.com/on-tour.
NATALIE MERCHANT ON TOUR:
Apr 18 Byham Theater Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 19 Paramount Theater (Sold Out) 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* (Sold Out) Atlanta, GA
May 9 Merrill Auditorium Portland, ME
May 10 Emerson Colonial Theatre (Sold Out) 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 (Sold Out) 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 25 NJPAC* Newark, NJ
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 Chateau Ste Michelle Amphitheatre Woodinvale, WA
Sep 23 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland, OR
Sep 26 The Masonic San Francisco, CA
Sep 27 Mountain Winery Amphitheater Saratoga, CA
Sep 29 Humphrey's (Sold Out) San Diego, CA
Sep 30 Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA
Nov 2 London Palladium London, UK
Nov 3 London Palladium London, UK
Nov 5 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, UK
Nov 6 O2 Apollo Manchester Manchester, UK
Nov 8 Olympia Dublin, IRELAND
Nov 11 The Forum Bath, UK
Nov 13 Carré Theatre Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Nov 14 Cirque Royal Brussels, BELGIUM
* w/symphony orchestra.
