Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announces Merle Haggard covers album, shares 360° VR video

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy announces Merle Haggard covers album, shares 360° VR video
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On May 5, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy will be releasing a new album titled Best Troubador, which consists entirely of Merle Haggard covers. It makes sense, considering Billy’s folky roots and his veneration of the country master, with whose music he has had an intimate relationship for over 25 years, so much so that his first public performance was a Haggard cover.

The covers included on Best Troubador are personal favorites of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and will span Haggard’s entire career, stretching from his third album (1967)…