V2 records news – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Announces new live album "Ghosts of American Psychonauts"
BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY
Announces new live album "Ghosts of American Psychonauts"
Shares new arrangement of "London May (Live in the City of Ghosts)"
ALBUM OUT 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
LISTEN TO "LONDON MAY"
Ghosts of American Psychonauts - Upcoming Album by Bonnie Prince Billy | Spotify
10th of November @ Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
Bonnie "Prince" Billy – the persona/stage-name of musician Will Oldham - will release a new live album titled Ghosts of American Psychonauts on September 18th. The 8-song set was recorded at The Pico Union Project in Los Angeles over Valentine's Day weekend 2025, just a few weeks after the release of The Purple Bird – and features 3 songs from that album, re-arranged with new instrumentation – among highlights from the BPB catalog. You can hear the version of "London May" (featuring the man London May himself - formerly of Samhain - on drums) .
The performance features Oldham's touring partners Thomas Deakin (clarinet, down-tuned electric guitar) and Jacob Duncan (flute, saxophone) and many additional guests, including the aforementioned May on drums, Emmett Kelly (bass), Ryder McNair (piano), Dv DeVincentis (sax), Patrick Shiroishi (sax) and Dave Ferguson (who produced The Purple Bird and sings here on "Downstream").
Oldham says:
Everyone on the stage (on this record) knows how to tell stories, musically, and relies on this storytelling to create liveable real spaces. In February of 2025, in Los Angeles, we had stories to share with each other and we did it with a thorough and cathartic push-and-pull with each other, and with the audience.
The sound of the record doesn't make any sense, nor does its duration, by standard standards, and this allows the record to do what we want music to do which is to make its own sense.
Once you've been on the road for years it's undeniable that the road is also home, because that's where much of our friends and family are. The stage and the audience were full of friends and family, and music is where we meet.
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