Natalie Merchant Talks With, Performs On Radio Popolare

MILAN, ITALY (Top40 Charts) Natalie Merchant was on Radio Popolare in Milan to talk with Niccolò Vecchia and Matteo Villaci about her new album, Keep Your Courage, and more and perform the title track to her 2001 album, Motherland, live in the studio yesterday. The session comes ahead of the close of Merchant's European tour and her first shows in Italy in over 20 years, at Teatro Dal Verme in Milan tonight and Palasport San Bernardino in Chiara on Saturday. You can hear the conversation and performance here via Spotify:

On January 28, Merchant will return to Italy to host a new workshop, entitled Sotto il lume delle stelle (Under the light of the stars), at Fondazione Prada's Accademia dei bambini in Milan. The workshop for children will be led by Merchant and will feature a concert performance of new songs adapted by her from poems by Italian writer and educator Lina Schwarz (1876-1947). Full details will be announced shortly at fondazioneprada.org.