Will Oldham

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Will Oldham, February 2006
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Ease down the road
  UK 88 03/24/2001 (1 week)
Master and Everyone
  UK 48 02/08/2003 (1 week)
Sings Greatest Palace Music
  UK 63 04/03/2004 (1 week)
The letting go
  DE 88 09/29/2006 (1 week)
  UK 70 09/30/2006 (1 week)
  US 194 06/07/2006 (1 week)
Beware
  DE 66 03/27/2009 (1 week)
  AT 69 03/27/2009 (1 week)
  CH 60 03/29/2009 (1 week)
  UK 71 03/28/2009 (1 week)
  US 114 04/04/2009 (2 weeks)
I have made a place
  DE 87 11/22/2019 (1 week)
  AT 56 11/29/2019 (1 week)
  CH 93 11/24/2019 (1 week)
Singles
Agnes Queen of Sorrow
  UK 69 09/04/2004 (1 week)
No More Workhorse Blues
  UK 87 10/30/2004 (1 week)

William "Will" Oldham (born December 24, 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky ) is an American actor , songwriter and musician . His music is often assigned to the genres of folk and alternative country .

Oldham recorded under various stage names, initially as Palace Brothers (1993/94), Palace Music (1995/96) and Palace (1996). Since 1999 he has performed continuously as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy . David Pajo and his brothers Ned and Paul Oldham are often involved in his albums . Other band projects in which he is active are Amalgamated Sons of Rest , The Anomoanon and Boxhead Ensemble .

Life

After Oldham first tried his hand at acting in Hollywood and dropped out of Brown University , he returned to Kentucky in 1991. From then on he devoted himself to music.

Movies and other activities

Oldham has appeared in several films, including The Guatemalan Handshake (2005) and Junikäfer (2006), which won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. He took on one of the roles in the drama Wendy and Lucy starring Michelle Williams . Previously, he starred in Old Joy (also directed by Kelly Reichardt ), which was voted Best Independent Film in 2006 at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards .

Oldham also starred in Edén (2014), A Ghost Story (2017) and several short films. For the film Elliot, der Drache (2016) he contributed the song The Dragon Song .

Oldham starred as partner of comedian Zach Galifianakis in an alternate version of the video for Kanye West's 2007 single Can't Tell Me Nothing . He also shot the cover photo of Slint's Spiderland album .

Collaboration with other artists

Discography

Studio albums

  • There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You , 1993 (Palace Brothers)
  • Days in the Wake , 1994 (Palace Brothers)
  • Viva Last Blues , 1995 (Palace Music)
  • Arise Therefore , 1996 (Palace)
  • Songs Put Together For the Broken Giant , 1996 (Palace Soundtrack), later as black / rich music , 1998 (Will Oldham)
  • Joya , 1997 (Will Oldham)
  • I See a Darkness , 1999 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Ease down the Road , 2001 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Master and Everyone , 2003 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Sings Greatest Palace Music , 2004 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Superwolf , 2005 (Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • The Brave and the Bold , 2006 ( Tortoise & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • The Letting Go , 2006 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Lie Down in the Light , 2008 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Beware , 2009 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy) (DE: # 66)
  • The Wonder Show of the World , 2010 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang)
  • Wolfroy Goes to Town , 2011 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • The Marble Downs , 2012 (Trembling Bells & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • What the Brothers Sang , 2013 (Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Bonnie Prince Billy (Self Titled Album) , 2013 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Singer's Grave - A Sea of ​​Tongues , 2014 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Pond Scum , 2016 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties (with Bitchin Bajas , 2016)
  • Best Troubadour (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, 2017)
  • Wolf of the Cosmos (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, 2017)
  • I Have Made a Place (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, 2019)

Compilations

  • Lost Blues and Other Songs , 1997 (Palace Music)
  • Guarapero / Lost Blues 2 , 2000 (Will Oldham)
  • Little Lost Blues , 2006 (Bonny Billy)

Concert albums

  • Get the Fuck on Jolly Live , 2001 (Bonny Billy and Marquis de Tren featuring the Monkey Boys), Limited Edition Tour CD
  • Summer in the Southeast , 2005 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Wilding the West , 2008 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Is It the Sea? , 2008 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Harem Scarem and Alex Neilson)
  • Funtown Comedown , 2009 (Bonny Billy & the Picket Line), 12 "

EPs and singles

  • An Arrow Through the Bitch , 1994 (Palace Brothers)
  • Hope , 1994 (Palace Songs)
  • The Mountain , 1995 (Palace Songs) EP
  • Gezundheit / Let the Wires Ring , 1995 (Palace) 7 "single
  • Little Joya (EP), 1997 (Will Oldham)
  • Western Music , 1997 (Will Oldham)
  • Blue Lotus Feet , 1998 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billie)
  • Ode Music , 2000 (Will Oldham) (instrumental soundtrack)
  • More Revery , 2000 (Bonny Billy)
  • All Most Heaven , 2000 (Will Oldham + Rian Murphy)
  • Get On Jolly , 2000 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy + Marquis de Tren)
  • Untitled 12 " , 2002 (Amalgamated Sons Of Rest) (Will Oldham, Jason Molina and Alasdair Roberts)
  • Barcelona / We All, Us Three, Will Ride , 2002 (Will Oldham) 7 "single
  • Seafarers Music , 2004 (Will Oldham)
  • Cold & Wet (7 "/ 12"), 2006 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Lay & Love (7 "/ 12"), 2007 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Strange Form of Life (7 "/ 12"), 2007 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Ask Forgiveness (EP), 2007 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Wai Notes , 2007 ( Dawn McCarthy and Bonny Billy)
  • Chijimi , 2009 (10 ") (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • There Is No God , 2011 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • The Mindeater , 2011 (10 "EP) (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Phantom Family Halo )
  • Hummingbird , (10 ") 2012 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)
  • Now Here's My Plan , 2012 (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
  2. ↑ http://stereogum.com/archives/behind-the-air-humping-zach-galifianakis-talks-kan_005956.html
  3. ↑ Reviewed on May 26, 2012
  4. ↑ Review Bonnie Prince Billy (Self Titled Album) , Review by Alan Bumstead from September 24, 2013 (English)

literature

  • Alan Licht (Ed.): Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy . Faber and Faber, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-571-25814-7 .

Web links

Discographies

  • The Royal Stable - Will Oldham, full discography
  • www.palace.free.fr - Extensive Palace / Will Oldham / Bonnie Prince Billy fanpage (discography, MP3, texts, tablatures etc.)

Interviews

Databases

personal data
SURNAME Oldham, Will
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (pseudonym); Palace (pseudonym); Oldham, William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American alternative country musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Louisville , Kentucky , United States