Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Purple Bird (CD) The Jimmy Cake ' Buried at the end

' Buried at the end of the record are two excellent lurchers

“too qualified for folk

Nephew to India’s legendary sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar

but their brief existence of five years saw them move rapidly from traditional song structures towards noise

Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Purple Bird (CD) The Jimmy Cake ' Buried at the endThe Purple Bird finds Bonnie "Prince" Billy working with a "producer" for only the second time in his illustrious catalogue. This time it's David "Ferg" Ferguson (Johnny Cash, Sturgill Simpson) who guides the songs backed by "the best band you can get in Nashville right now", country singer John Anderson and Bluegrass legend Tim O'Brien. The Purple Bird is simultaneously like and unlike other BPB records. Many of the songs are a product of multiple