Bonnie Prince Billy

An evening with Bonnie Prince Billy, the recording name of the American singer-songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky, joined by Dawn McCarthy, at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London.

Bonnie Prince Billy is the name under which an American singer-songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky, has released music since the early 1990s, after working under the Palace names. Their songs draw on American folk and country, with spare arrangements built around a weathered, expressive voice. Among their most cited albums are I See a Darkness (1999) and Lie Down in the Light (2005).

Dawn McCarthy is a singer who has worked closely with Bonnie Prince Billy, and the pairing brings together two voices associated with folk-rooted, intimate songwriting. The event is a concert, so the evening centres on the songs and the performers'interplay on stage.

O2 Shepherds Bush Empire hosts concerts and shows in London, and this performance is one of them. The night suits listeners who follow American folk and alternative country, and those who know the earlier Palace recordings and want to hear how the material has developed.