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Come On, Aphrodite by Natalie Merchant

New Single: Come On, Aphrodite

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"Keep Your Courage is transcendent ... a brilliant

"Keep Your Courage is transcendent ... a brilliant and long-awaited return of Natalie's unmistakable voice." - Michael Stipe
New album "Keep Your Courage" out everywhere, April 14.
Thank you, @michaelstipe!
#keepyourcourage #nataliemerchant @nonesuchrecords

"Natalie Merchant has been part of the soundtrack

"Natalie Merchant has been part of the soundtrack of my life, from 10,000 Maniacs to her daring and beautiful solo career. She has always made music with conscience and heart. She returns--triumphantly--to the fray with "Keep Your Courage", and her extraordinary voice remains brave, intimate, and true." - Robin Robertson
New album "Keep Your Courage" out everywhere, April 14.
Thank you, #robinrobertson!
#keepyourcourage #nataliemerchant @nonesuchrecords

"I grew up with Natalie Merchant's music, and her

"I grew up with Natalie Merchant's music, and her voice has a very special place in my conception of how music works. "Keep Your Courage" shows her at her most intimate, evocative, and beautiful." - Nico Muhly
New album "Keep Your Courage" out everywhere, April 14.
Thank you, @nicomuhly!
#keepyourcourage #nataliemerchant @nonesuchrecords

"Natalie Merchant's music exists for when words fa

"Natalie Merchant's music exists for when words fail; all of the beauty and pain and splendour and heartbreak of human life is described in her songs. They have been companions all my life, and I am endlessly grateful to live in the time of such a rare and exquisite talent." - Meg Mason
New album "Keep Your Courage" out everywhere, April 14.
Thank you, #megmason!
#keepyourcourage #nataliemerchant @nonesuchrecords

"These songs are alchemy in the highest form possi

"These songs are alchemy in the highest form possible. We all need to be reminded that such beauty exists." - Valerie June
New album "Keep Your Courage" out everywhere, April 14.
Thank you, @thevaleriejune!
#keepyourcourage #nataliemerchant @nonesuchrecords

"Nobody else can express such deep feelings with s

"Nobody else can express such deep feelings with such beauty and intensity. Well worth the nine years wait. Achingly beautiful, the best album she's ever done." - René Goiffon
New album "Keep Your Courage" out everywhere, April 14.
Thank you, @renegoiffon!
#keepyourcourage #nataliemerchant @nonesuchrecords

"Natalie Merchant is probably one of the most tale

"Natalie Merchant is probably one of the most talented and inspired musicians on the planet. Her new album fulfils all of the promises of her earlier work and more." - Alain de Botton
New album "Keep Your Courage" out everywhere, April 14.
Thank you, @alaindebotton!
#keepyourcourage #nataliemerchant @nonesuchrecords

"I have been a persistent fan of Natalie Merchant

"I have been a persistent fan of Natalie Merchant for several decades, but this may be the best album she has ever made, with classically precise arrangements and production, elegantly poetic lyrics and emotionally stirring vocals." - Peter Asher
New album "Keep Your Courage" out everywhere, April 14.
Thank you, @officialpeterasher!
#keepyourcourage #nataliemerchant @nonesuchrecords

Presale tickets available NOW through Friday morni

Presale tickets available NOW through Friday morning! General on-sale starts Friday at 10am local time. Tix via link in bio.
Nov 2 - London, UK - Palladium
Nov 3 - London, UK - Palladium
Nov 5 - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Nov 6 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo Manchester
Nov 8 - Dublin, IE - Olympia
Nov 11 - Bath, UK - The Forum
Nov 13 - Amsterdam, NL - Carré Theatre
Nov 14 - Brussels, BE - Cirque Royal
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“Come on, Aphrodite” is an invocation to the g

“Come on, Aphrodite” is an invocation to the goddess of love and passion. In the lyrics, I list all the clichés we use to describe falling in love: being drunk and blind, over the moon, weak in the knees, and half out of our minds. For the Greeks, when the spirit of love descended, it was seen as a kind of assault; you would become powerless against an all-consuming, sweet madness. Amazingly, humans still crave it, in spite of the perils.” -Natalie
The beautiful new video for “Come On, Aphrodite” by @matthewshattuck featuring the incredible #AbenaKoomsonDavis is out now. You can view the full video at the link in bio.
New band + string quartet shows have been added in the UK & Europe! Tickets on sale March 24 at 10am local, please visit the link in bio for all tour dates.
Nov 2 - London, UK - Palladium
Nov 3 - London, UK - Palladium
Nov 5 - Glasgow, UK - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Nov 6 - Manchester, UK - O2 Apollo Manchester
Nov 8 - Dublin, IE - 3Olympia
Nov 11 - Bath, UK - The Forum
Nov 13 - Amsterdam, NL - Carré Theatre
Nov 14 - Brussels, BE - Cirque Royal
@nonesuchrecords #nataliemerchant #comeonaphrodite #keepyourcourage #2023tour

What a great honor to sing a Paul McCartney song a

What a great honor to sing a Paul McCartney song at Carnegie Hall to benefit music education! March 15th - tickets available at link in bio.
@paulmccartney @citywinerynyc @carnegiehall
#paulmccartney #carnegiehall #citywinery

Here it is! “Come On, Aphrodite”, the first si

Here it is! “Come On, Aphrodite”, the first single from my new album “Keep Your Courage”, is out now. Singing with me is my friend, Abena Koomson-Davis. Check out the full lyric video on my YouTube channel! The album will be released everywhere April 14, preorder available now at the link in bio.
#AbenaKoomsonDavis @nonesuchrecords
#comeonaphrodite #keepyourcourage

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