{"product_id":"merchant-natalie-keep-your-courage-075597907872","title":"MERCHANT,NATALIE - KEEP YOUR COURAGE Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeep Your Courageis the tenth solo studio album from Natalie Merchant and first of new material since 2014's self-titled record. 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 Lunasa and Syrian virtuoso clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, and horn arrangements by jazz trombonist Steve Davis. There are lush orchestrations throughout by seven composers including: Gabriel Kahane, Stephen Barber, Colin Jacobson, and Megan Gould.Keep Your Couragecomprises nine original songs by Merchant as well as an interpretation of \"Hunting the Wren\" by Ian Lynch of the Irish band Lankum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vinyl LP edition ofKeep Your Courageincludes four bonus tracks from earlier albums, previously unreleased on vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMerchant writes in her album's liner notes, \"The songs contained within this album were written and recorded during the global pandemic that began in the winter of 2019 and is in its fifth wave as I write, in the autumn of 2022. It has been, and continues to be, a period of great flux and fear on every level: global, national, communal, familial, personal. But this is not an album about the coronavirus or the chaos it caused. For the most part, this is an album about the human heart.\" She continues: \"The word 'courage' has its root in the Latin word for heart, cor, and we see it over and over in many languages: le coeur, il cuore, o coracao, el corazon. This is a song cycle that maps the journey of a courageous heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver her 40-year career Natalie Merchant has attained a place among America's most respected recording artists. She has earned a reputation for being a songwriter of quality and a captivating stage performer and has distinguished herself as a social justice and environmental activist. Merchant began her musical career as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the pop music band 10,000 Maniacs and released one platinum, two double-platinum, and one triple-platinum records with the group:The Wishing Chair(1985),In My Tribe(1987),Blind Man's Zoo(1989),Hope Chest(1990),Our Time in Eden(1992), and10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged(1993). Merchant left the group in 1994 and subsequently released nine albums as a solo artist with combined sales of seven million copies:Tigerlily(1995),Ophelia(1998), Natalie Merchant Live(1999),Motherland(2001),The House Carpenter's Daughter(2003), Leave Your Sleep(2010),Natalie Merchant(2014),Paradise Is There(2015), andButterfly(2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracks:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBig Girls (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eCome on, Aphrodite (feat. Abena Koomson-Davis)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSister Tilly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eNarcissus\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eHunting the Wren\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eGuardian Angel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide C:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eEye of the Storm\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eTower of Babel\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSong of Himself\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe Feast of Saint Valentine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide D:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSpring \u0026amp; Fall: To a Young Child (2023 Remaster)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eButterfly (2023 Remaster)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eGiving Up Everything (2023 Remaster)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eFrozen Charlotte (2023 Remaster)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nonesuch\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391392313629,"sku":"NNS695417.1","price":34.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2236\/3463\/products\/keep-602918.jpg?v=1676770707","url":"https:\/\/experiencevinyl.com\/products\/merchant-natalie-keep-your-courage-075597907872","provider":"Experience Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}