Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Purple Bird (CD) The Jimmy Cake The Tracyanne Campbell-led outfit

The Tracyanne Campbell-led outfit

but their brief existence of five years saw them move rapidly from traditional song structures towards noise

there was still one final mystery facing the production team at Analog Africa: how was this compilation of amazing sounds from Cameroon going to begin

harmonica and keyboards

Bonnie "Prince" Billy: The Purple Bird (CD) The Jimmy Cake The Tracyanne Campbell-led outfitThe Purple Bird finds Bonnie "Prince" Billy working with a "producer" for only the second time in his illustrious catalogue. This time it's David "Ferg" Ferguson (Johnny Cash, Sturgill Simpson) who guides the songs backed by "the best band you can get in Nashville right now", country singer John Anderson and Bluegrass legend Tim O'Brien. The Purple Bird is simultaneously like and unlike other BPB records. Many of the songs are a product of multiple