In 2015, we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of my first solo album, Tigerlily, with an album featuring string quartet versions of that material with Butterfly, I was able to give ‘My Skin,’ ‘Frozen Charlotte,’ ‘Ophelia,’ and ‘The Worst Thing’ the same attention,” Merchant says. I love the subtle emotional quality strings give to my songs and it’s such a pleasure to reinterpret them in this way. “Since 2010 I’ve performed mainly as soloist with string ensembles and chamber orchestras. Both albums were created for inclusion in The Natalie Merchant Collection released by Nonesuch in 2017, and previously only available as part of the deluxe ten-CD box set. For Rarities, Merchant curated a selection of unique home studio demos, album outtakes, live tracks, and collaborations with diverse artists like Billy Bragg, David Byrne, The Chieftains, Cowboy Junkies, and Amy Helm (complete track list below). Nonesuch Records announces the digital release of two Natalie Merchant albums, previously unavailable in this format: Butterfly , a studio album featuring four new songs and six reinterpretations from her catalogue arranged for string quartet, and Rarities, a collection of 15 rare and previously unreleased tracks recorded between 19.
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