Join Natalie Merchant to celebrate the release of her 10-CD box set The Natalie Merchant Collection with a free event at Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock on Saturday, July 1st.

This event will include an interview with Merchant, an audience Q&A, and a short performance. Following the event Merchant will sign copies of the new box set - which will be available for purchase.

                                                               

The Natalie Merchant Collection comprises ten discs, including all eight of her solo studio albums from the past three decades. A ninth disc, Butterfly, is a new studio set featuring four new songs and six reinterpreted selections from her catalogue, all arranged for string quartet. The final disc is Rarities, a collection of fifteen rare and previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1998 and 2017, which offers a unique view of Merchant's creative experimentation through home studio demos, album outtakes, live tracks, and collaborations with diverse artists like Billy Bragg, David Byrne, The Chieftains, Cowboy Junkies, and Amy Helm. The package includes a 100-page lyric book and pictorial history of the singer-songwriter's solo career-an archival treasure box for collectors.To coincide with the release of the box set, Merchant will tour the US this summer with Natalie Merchant: 3 Decades of Song, performing songs from across her entirecareer. T

The tour kicks off with a sold-out concert at The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on June 30th. A portion of the tour's proceeds will be donated to the environmentalorganization Food & Water Watch, which champions healthy food and clean water. 

Note: This is a free event and space is extremely limited. Entry will be on a first-come/ first-serve basis, so please arrive early.