Keep Your Courage!
Keep Your Courage, Natalie’s long-awaited ninth solo studio album is released today on Nonesuch Records!
Paste Online
Natalie speaks to Paste Online’s Tony Lanham about the collection of songs contained in Keep Your Courage.
NPR Weekend Edition
Natalie joins NPR Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe for an Easter Sunday morning chat about Joan Didion’s sunglasses, platonic and romantic love, meeting Abena-Koomson Davis, singing with the National Symphony, and not being recognized at the grocery store.
The New Yorker Interview
Natalie’s in-depth conversation with journalist Mike Sacks is The New Yorker Interview this week.
Tower of Babel
Natalie works with director Matthew Shattuck and cinematographer Andrew Pulaski of Machine Street Projects to release a new music video for the song “Tower of Babel” from her new album, Keep Your Courage.
BBC Radio Front Row
BBC Radio presenter Samira Ahmen of Front Row speaks to Natalie about songwriting, love, passion, retrospection, mythology, harmony, tolerance, communication and the wisdom of older women.
Come On, Aphrodite
In anticipation of the release of her forthcoming album, Natalie and Abena Koomson-Davis team up with director Matthew Shattuck and cinematographer Andrew Pulaski of Machine Street Projects to release a music video for the song “Come On, Aphrodite” from Keep Your Courage.
Come On, Aphrodite
In anticipation of the April 14th release of Keep Your Courage, film editor Robert Edridge-Waks has created a lyric video for “Come On, Aphrodite.” This first featured track is a duet sung by Abena Koomson-Davis and Natalie. Photograph of the Aphrodite sculpture is provided by the kind permission from The British Museum.
Every Mother Counts
Natalie joined Valerie June at the benefit concert for Christy Turlington Burns’ organization Every Mother Counts, a social justice group working towards quality, respectful, and equitable maternity care for all.
Natalie Appointed to The Library of Congress American Folklife Center Board by Senator Charles Schumer
The Library of Congress has announced Natalie’s appointment by Senate majority leader, Charles Schumer to the American Folklife Center board of trustees of along with MacArthur Fellow Martha González and community archiving scholar Ricardo L. Punzalanhave.
Exit Stage Left
Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlives of Pop Stars, a new book by Nick Duerden, examines fame and its aftermath through interviews with: Bob Geldof, Robbie Williams, Roisin Murphy, Stewart Copeland, Billy Bragg, Joan Armatrading, Tanya Donelly, Tim Booth, Bill Drummond, Rufus Wainwright, David Gray, and Justin Hawkins, and…Natalie Merchant.
Motherland in Hebrew: Yonatan Tal & Tzruya Lahav
The title song of Motherland has been recorded by Israeli singer-songwriter Yonton Tal with Hebrew translation by the poet Tzruya Lahav.
Put the Law on You
Continuing our celebration of the 20th anniversary of Motherland, here’s a performance of “Put the Law on You” by kind permission of Austin City Limits.
Build A Levee
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Motherland, we are sharing a special piece of outtake footage from the rehearsal for the concert film and documentary Shelter featuring Simi Stone and Amy Helm working our their harmonies for Natalie’s song, “Build A Levee” (2013).
Tell Yourself
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Motherland, we are sharing a live performance of the song “Tell Yourself” filmed during a benefit concert for the Watervliet Shaker Site.
PBS Articulate
Natalie is featured in Jim Cotter’s PBS series Articulate. This program examines the lives of creatives from a variety of disciplines. Making Her Way: Natalie Merchant.
National Teacher Appreciation Day
May 4th is National Teacher Appreciation Day. See how the children at Irving Park Elementary School in Greensboro, NC decided to thank their teachers here.
Carole King’s Tapestry at 50
Essays by Natalie Merchant, James Taylor, Roberta Flack, Tori Amos, Joan Armatrading, Rufus Wainwright and more on the 50th anniversary of Carole King’s album Tapestry in The Guardian.