photo by Nolan Knight

Bonny Light Horseman, the recently formed trio featuring Anaïs Mitchell, Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson and guitarist/producer Josh Kaufman, have announced that their self-titled debut album will be released Jan. 24 via 37d03d Records.

The project teams the three musicians in modern folk renditions of traditional songs along with original material, and their debut effort also features guests like The National’s Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Lisa Hannigan, This is the Kit’s Kate Stables and more, plus bassist/saxophonist Michael Lewis and drummer JT Bates.

Bonny Light Horseman have shared a single from the record, “Deep in Love,” which the group describes as “a Fruit Bats sketch, until Kaufman recognized its uncanny (and unplanned) similarity to a traditional tune by that name (it shares some lyrics with ‘Waly Waly’ / ‘The Water Is Wide’). What you hear is the first and only take of the song, recorded in the wee hours of a midwinter’s night at Dreamland Studio in Woodstock, NY.” Listen below.

The band also announced their first headlining U.S. tour. See those dates below, and pre-order Bonny Light Horseman here.

Bonny Light Horseman Tour Dates

Jan 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
Jan 22 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Jan 24 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Jan 25 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
Jan 29 – Glasgow, UK – Celtic Connections (at Old Fruitmarket)*
Jan 30 – Glasgow, UK – Celtic Connections (at Saint Luke’s)^
Jan 31 – London UK – Roundhouse*
Feb 4 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd Music House
Feb 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
Feb 6 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
Feb 7- Woodstock, NY – Levon Helm Studios+
Feb 8 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom

* w/ Anaïs Mitchell
^ w/ Anaïs Mitchell’s CAMPFIRE
+ w/ Joe Pug

Bonny Light Horseman Tracklist:

1. Bonny Light Horseman
2. Deep In Love
3. The Roving
4. Jane Jane
5. Blackwaterside
6. Magpie’s Nest
7. Lowlands
8. Mountain Rain
9. Bright Morning Stars
10. 10,000 Miles