Doug Casey

Bonnie Prince Billy - Best Troubador (2017) {Drag City WIGCD405}
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© 2017 Drag City / Domino Recording | WIGCD405
Folk / Folk Rock / Country Rock

Will Oldham is a superior songwriter and vocalist when he wants to be, but there's just enough of a willful persona to his work as Bonnie "Prince" Billy and within the Palace rubric that it's hard to tell when he's being serious and when he's pulling his audience's collective leg, even when his work is good. One of the things that makes Best Troubador something truly special is that, more than nearly all of Oldham's work to date, he's playing straight throughout, and for a good reason.