Billy Bragg, Wilco still milking Mermaid Avenue sessions for all they’re worth
Let it never be said that Billy Bragg and Wilco don’t have enough material out there in the market. Bragg just announced on his blog that the two acts will be releasing a third Mermaid Avenue album drawing from the 1997 sessions the group did commemorating the work of Woody Guthrie.
Nonesuch Records will issue the record as part of a box set celebrating Guthrie’s life and works. Mermaid Avenue Volume III will feature 17 songs from the original sessions and will only be available in the set, packaged with 1998's Mermaid Avenue Volume 1, 2000's Volume II, and the Kim Hopkins’ documentary Man In The Sand that looks at the collaboration between the two bands.
There’s no release date for the set yet, but Bragg will be touring later this year doing Guthrie songs. Wilco fans itchy for band-to-fan contact will have to rely on last week’s Nerdist podcast where Jeff Tweedy sat down for a long, interesting conversation with host Chris Hardwick and special guest Wil Wheaton.
