The Knights join Natalie Merchant on her Keep Your Courage Tour at Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall on June 2 and June 3 at 8:00 pm.
The Keep Your Courage album, produced by Merchant, features two duets sung with vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis (Resistance Revival Chorus), contributions from the Celtic folk group Lúnasa and Syrian virtuoso clarinetist Kinan Azmeh, and horn arrangements by jazz trombonist Steve Davis. There are lush orchestrations throughout by seven composers including: Colin Jacobsen, Gabriel Kahane, Stephen Barber, and Megan Gould. Keep Your Courage comprises nine original songs by Merchant as well as an interpretation of “Hunting the Wren” by Ian Lynch of the Irish band Lankum.