New folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, featuring 'Hadestown' creator Anais Mitchell, have unveiled their self-titled first single
has announced her latest project Bonny Light Horseman, a folk supergroup of sorts with multi-instrumentalist/producer Josh Kaufman and Eric D. Johnson .
In advance of their forthcoming debut album, the trio released their lead single, a mercurial, down-tempo rendition of “Bonny Light Horseman,” an English-Irish broadside ballad that dates back to the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century. Mitchell sings lead on the song, which also features“This is a song about a handsome soldier who may or may not ever come home.
This past weekend, Bonny Light Horseman performed one of their first shows to a packed crowd at Newport Folk Festival. The group first formed in 2018 during a residency at Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires Festival. Bonny Light Horseman will go on the road with Mandolin Orange next month.
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