Keep Your Courage

~ Release by Natalie Merchant (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

4-panel gatefold cardboard sleeve

Annotation last modified on 2023-06-10 17:17 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Big Girls
guest lead vocals [special guest vocals]:
Abena Koomson-Davis (Performer, educator & wordsmith)
horn [horn arrangement] arranger:
John Mills (American saxophonist, composer, and arranger)
strings [string arrangement] arranger:
Stephen Barber (US composer, arranger and musician)
recording of:
Big Girls
writer:
Natalie Merchant
publisher:
Indian Love Bride Music
44:57
2Come on, Aphrodite
guest lead vocals [special guest vocals]:
Abena Koomson-Davis (Performer, educator & wordsmith)
horn [horn arrangement] arranger:
Steve Davis (jazz trombonist)
recording of:
Come On, Aphrodite
lyricist and composer:
Natalie Merchant
publisher:
Indian Love Bride Music
45:20
3Sister Tilly
orchestrator:
Gabriel Kahane (American composer)
recording of:
Sister Tilly
writer:
Natalie Merchant
publisher:
Indian Love Bride Music
7:43
4Narcissus
orchestrator:
Megan Gould (violinist, formerly Megan Weeder) and David Spear
recording of:
Narcissus
writer:
Natalie Merchant
publisher:
Indian Love Bride Music
6:03
5Hunting the Wren
orchestrator:
Megan Gould (violinist, formerly Megan Weeder)
recording of:
Hunting the Wren
writer:
Darragh Lynch, Cormac Dermody (Irish songwriter, fiddler, banjo player and vocalist), Lankum (formerly Lynched), Ian Lynch, John Murphy (engineer, aka John ‘Spud’ Murphy) and Radie Peat (Irish singer and multi-instrumentalist)
publisher:
Beggars Music America
5:47
6Guardian Angel
orchestrator:
Colin Jacobsen (viola)
recording of:
Guardian Angel
writer:
Natalie Merchant
publisher:
Indian Love Bride Music
5:57
7Eye of the Storm5:30
8Tower of Babel
horn [horn arrangement] arranger:
Steve Davis (jazz trombonist)
recording of:
Tower of Babel
writer:
Natalie Merchant
publisher:
Indian Love Bride Music
52:29
9Song of Himself4:51
10The Feast of Saint Valentine
strings [string arrangement] arranger:
Megan Gould (violinist, formerly Megan Weeder)
recording of:
The Feast of Saint Valentine
writer:
Natalie Merchant
publisher:
Indian Love Bride Music
6:06

Credits

Release

photography:Andrea Camuto (task: portrait)
booking:Paul Wilson for CAA (booking agent)
Scott Morris for CAA (booking agent for CAA)
miscellaneous support:Karina Beznicki (Producer and coordinator, mainly for the label Nonesuch) (task: Nonesuch)
David Bither (President of Nonesuch Records since Jan 2017) (task: Nonesuch)
Maya Bouvier‐Lyons (editorial and design manager, Nonesuch Records) (task: Nonesuch)
Melissa Cusick (VP, press & media associated with Nonesuch, not to be confused with the singer-songwriter) (task: Nonesuch)
Robert Edridge-Waks (Editorial coordinator) (task: Nonesuch)
Elizabeth Penta (management) (task: management for Emcee Artist Management)
Meagan Fair (management) (task: management for Emcee Artist Management)
Katie Havelock (Publicist for Nonesuch) (task: Nonesuch)
David Holmes (Production assistance at Nonesuch) (task: Nonesuch)
Robert Hurwitz (task: Nonesuch)
Matthew Rankin (publicity, Nonesuch) (task: publicity & Nonesuch)
Carla Sacks (American publicist and founder of Sacks & Co.) (task: publicity)
Gregg Schaufeld (Coordinator for the label Nonesuch) (task: Nonesuch)
mixer:Ryan Freeland
assistant engineer:Matt Hall (sound engineer)
engineer:David Snyder (drummer & engineer, Guilford Sound)
producer:Natalie Merchant
12 string guitar [12-string guitar], acoustic guitar and electric guitar:Erik Della Penna (Songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist)
alto flute:Alex Sopp
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:Kris Jensen
bass trombone:Angel Subero (Venezuelan trombonist)
cello:Eleanor Norton (cellist)
clarinet:Kinan Azmeh (Syrian clarinetist)
drums (drum set) and percussion:Allison Miller
electric bass guitar [electric bass] and electric upright bass [upright bass]:Mike Rivard (American bassist)
fiddle:Matt Mancuso (Violinist and fiddler)
flugelhorn [flügelhorn]:Joseph Foley (trumpeter)
French horn:Clark Matthews (Hornist)
grand piano, Hammond organ, mellotron and Rhodes piano:Carmen Staaf
Irish flute [celtic flute]:Kevin Crawford (flute, tin whistle and bodhrán player)
oboe:Andrew Price (oboist)
trombone:Steve Davis (jazz trombonist)
Angel Subero (Venezuelan trombonist)
trumpet:Joseph Foley (trumpeter)
Tony Kadleck
uilleann pipes:Cillian Vallely
viola:Dana Lyn
violin:Megan Gould (violinist, formerly Megan Weeder)
Marandi Hostetter (Freelance violinist and violist)
design:Miss Merchant
Anabel Sinn (Art director, and designer)
recorded at:Guilford Sound in Guilford, Vermont, United States (from 2021-10 until 2022-02)
mixed at:Stampede Origin Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 2022-03)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/26750618 [info]
ASIN:US: B0BNGVM8KL [info]