A HISTORIC mansion house near Stirling where Bonnie Prince Charlie once stayed “may not survive the winter ... was the site of an attempted assassination of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Historians ...

Bonnie Prince Charlie recuperated from illness at the house in January 1746 with the help of his lover, Clementina Walkinshaw. The house was also used as a HQ during the Battle of Falkirk Muir ...

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Nowhere is this clearer, perhaps, than in the sheer glee he expresses at working on The Purple Bird, his 30th studio album, his 25th under the moniker Bonnie “Prince” Billy and his first with ...

The Purple Bird isn’t the first time Will Oldham (the enigmatic, Kentucky-born and based songwriter behind the Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy brand) has headed to Nashville. 2007’s Greatest Palace Music ...

Early on in the recording of his 22nd studio album, The Purple Bird, Will Oldham – the artist frequently known as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, received some advice from his producer, David “Ferg ...

The Purple Bird – Will Oldham’s 22nd album as Bonnie “Prince” Billy – may be one of the warmest, mellowest country-pop releases of recent years, but that doesn’t stop him using it to ...

open image in gallery Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘Ferg is a f***ing hard nut to crack' (David Kasnic) I ask Oldham to describe Ferguson, and he thinks for a moment. “He works a lot.

It has been home to many families across the centuries, while its most famous inhabitant Bonnie Prince Charlie used it as a military headquarters for his Jacobite army in January 1746. Click here ...

Early on in the recording of his 22nd studio album, The Purple Bird, Will Oldham – the artist frequently known as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, received some advice from his producer, David “Ferg” Ferguson. ...

Produced by David “Ferg” Ferguson (best known for engineering Johnny Cash’s later albums and producing John Prine) and recorded with some of the most seasoned session musicians in Nashville, The ...