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Rejoice! Our most recent official Record Store Day release, the Untitled 7″ EP by Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Nathan Salsburg, is finally available for direct order, and digitally. Once the remainder of this limited edition of 2000 45rpm 7″ EPs has floated down the creek, it’s gone for good, so order yours today.

Paradise of Bachelors is honored to shepherd unto your ears and hearths this delightful first recorded artifact by revered songwriter, singer, and actor Bonnie “Prince” Billy (né Will Oldham, aka Palace Brothers, Songs, and/or Music) and Nathan Salsburg, curator of the Alan Lomax Archive and distinguished writer, solo guitarist, and accompanist to Joan Shelley and guitar partner of James Elkington (see also their Ambsace album, PoB-021, and James’ forthcoming Wintres Woma, PoB-034.)

Historians and statisticians may note that this untitled treble-jewelled travelogue, moving and amusing in equal measure, is our second official Record Store Day release and third collaborative 7” Extended Play record, following in the formidable footsteps of Hiss Golden Messenger and Elephant Micah (PoB-004) and Messrs. Mike Cooper and Derek Hall (PoB-025) (both of which are now on sale for only $4 each.)

For a limited time, you can bundle our 2016 and 2017 official, exclusive, limited-edition Record Store Day releases, Mike Cooper and Derek Hall’s Out of the Shades EP, and Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Nathan Salsburg’s Untitled EP, respectively, for a special discounted price, while supplies last.

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JAMES ELKINGTON: WINTRES WOMA (PoB-034) OUT JUNE 30

 

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Fans of Sals and Bonnie will likewise want to check out the brilliant forthcoming album by James Elkington.

Drawing from British folk, avant-rock, and jazz traditions alike, Wintres Woma—Old English for “the sound of winter”—is James’ debut solo record, but you’ve likely heard his masterful guitar playing and arranging, even if you didn’t realize it. He has toured as a band member, recorded, and/or collaborated with Jeff Tweedy, Richard Thompson, Steve Gunn, Michael Chapman, Joan Shelley, Nathan Salsburg, and Tortoise, to name just a few of his many enthusiastic admirers. His assured album, recorded at Wilco’s Loft, is baroquely detailed and beautifully constructed, featuring both his baritone vocals and some of Chicago’s finest, including Tomeka Reid.

The Fader premiered the video for lead single “Make It Up,” (watch below), and NPR Music premiered the spooky, reeling “Wading the Vapors.”

 

 

ON TOUR WITH STEVE GUNN AND HERON OBLIVION

Jul 27:      Constellation   –   Santa Ana, CA
Jul 29:      The Getty (free show)  –    Los Angeles, CA
Jul 30:       Space Bar  –    San Diego, CA
Aug 1:       Gundlach Bundschu Winery   –  Sonoma, CA
Aug 4:      Nuemos  –  Seattle, WA

 

Photo by Timothy Harris.

 

Jim is a great guitarist and a tremendous, empathetic listener.  – Richard Thompson

With Wintres Woma, Elkington finds the space between fire and smoke, tangling complex fingerpicking into quiet, glowing melodies. – NPR Music

The guitar king … already a visionary in his own right. – The Fader

James Elkington’s Wintres Woma is the one folk guitar album you must hear in 2017. – Uproxx