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A collaborative follow-up to Wilco and Billy Bragg’s 1998/2000 Mermaid Avenue double-volume, in which previously unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics were adapted to new original music, will finally see the light of day next January via Rounder Records. As originally reported back in ‘09, former Uncle Tupelo co-leader Jay Farrar joined My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Centro-matic’s Will Johnson, and Anders Parker for the forthcoming set, titled New Multitudes.
What’s more, the official Woody Centennial site reports (via American Songwriter) that his estate will honor what would have been the folk pioneer’s 100th birthday next year with yet another tribute record: Note of Hope, a 12-track compilation of songs adapted from archival Guthrie writings by bassist Rob Wasserman with Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Nellie McKay, Tom Morello, Pete Seeger, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Dyke Parks, and others.
Meanwhile, Mermaid Avenue will get the box-set treatment — composed of both previous volumes, an outtakes disc, and the making-of documentary Man In The Sand — next spring. You can hear samples of Note of Hope (due in September) here and check out the tracklist along with a stream of Jackson Browne’s cut, “You Know the Night,” below.
Video: Neko Case, My Morning Jacket – “Islands in the Stream”
In which Nick Cave’s latest duet partner, Neko Case, joins noted cover song masters My Morning Jacket to channel Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton’s chart-topping ’80s hit “Islands in the Stream” for the encore at their show in Pittsburgh last night. Check out some decent audience-shot footage (via P4k) of their fun take above.
Video: My Morning Jacket on VH1 Storytellers
It took a minute for Jim James to warm up to the unusual narrative format of VH1’s Storytellers last night, but after describing My Morning Jacket’s early days on “Golden,” he bravely proceeded to reveal heartfelt accounts of the inspiration behind a number of their notable tunes. Standouts included a gut-wrenching tribute before “Dondante,” in which James broke down discussing the loss of his late friend, a Roy Orbison, Shannon Hoon, and Marvin Gaye-honoring intro to “The Way That He Sings,” and “One Big Holiday,” which was inspired by the Beastie Boys’ “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.” That clip is above, while VH1 posted the rest of the show online here.
We’ve heard Booker T. Jones’ “Representing Memphis” with the National’s Matt Berninger and Sharon Jones duetting on vocals, and now his star-studded LP, The Road from Memphis, is available to stream one week ahead of its official release via Anti- Records. In addition to boasting co-producers ?uestlove of the Roots and Beck/Elliott Smith collaborator Rob Schnapf, there are plenty of notable guests enticing us to give the jams on the legendary mult-instrumentalist’s latest effort a taste. I, for one, dove in with Yim Yames, aka Jim James of My Morning Jacket, on standout cut “Progress” before streaming the most anticipated collaboration on the album: Lou Reed and friends’ ode to “The Bronx.” You can hear those two tracks alongside the rest of the record below:
Video: My Morning Jacket on Storytellers
My Morning Jacket’s episode for the latest series of VH1’s Storytellers won’t air until the summer, but the band are offering up a sneak peek in the meantime: this clip of 2003 It Still Moves cut “Golden,” which includes Jim James discussing the tune’s origins after they bought their first touring van — affectionately dubbed Rosie — and were determined to “conquer the world.” The first part of “Golden,” he goes on, is about the “wide-eyed enthusiasm that you have as a young musician, out on the road and experiencing all this stuff and letting it all flash in.” Check it out above (via Rolling Stone).
Watch: Monsters of Folk on Austin City Limits
While Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis are busy unveiling tunes off the forthcoming Bright Eyes album, The People’s Key, their last collaboration alongside M. Ward and Jim James, Monsters of Folk, has stepped into the limelight one last time with last night’s premiere broadcast of their Austin City Limits set from October. Watch the quartet (backed by drummer Will Johnson) trade off on vocals, guitar, bass, and keys in the excellent 12-song, hour-long performance above. The setlist:
- Say Please
- Right Place
- Soul Singer
- Dear God
- Man Named Truth
- Baby Boomer
- Just to Know
- Whole Lotta Losin’
- Smokin’ From Shootin’
- Sandman
- Map of the World
- Losin’ Yo Head
The Roots dropped an album cover, release date, and tracklist for their forthcoming record, How I Got Over, just two days ago, but one of the LP’s indie-guesting tracks has already hit the Web. Dubbed “Dear God 2.0,” Roots MC Black Thought rhymes over a moderately reworked version of Monsters of Folk’s “Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.),” which features My Morning Jacket’s Jim James singing choruses about the mysteries of spiritual faith.
Though there’s no question that James — who originally penned the instant classic melody for his side project with Conor Oberst and M. Ward — and the Roots are a perfect, soulful match here, I was hoping for a more drastically different take on the tune. Either way, the Joanna Newsom-featuring track, “Right On,” and rumored Dirty Projectors cameos should throw a few welcome curveballs our way shortly.
Check out “Dear God 2.0” below, as well as the full HIGO tracklist:
Perhaps it’s been said before, but somebody needs to nominate the Roots’ ?uestlove for a “Best Musician on Twitter” prize. If only for his revealing Twitlonger post on the business of TV show walk-on song music publishing and epic live-tweet from inside Thom Yorke’s Atoms for Peace gig. So what’s the latest 140-character scoop from our favorite late-night drummer?
“[Y]es indeed we are working hard on #HOWIGOTOVER (first look) mixing the Joanna Newsome Jawn,” Questo cryptically posted yesterday. Twelve hours later he dropped a teaser video from the studio where Newsom’s “The Book of Right-On” is apparently being sampled. This all sounded very exciting, of course, but what’s he building in there? Entertainment Weekly (via Pitchfork) has the scoop: Joanna Newsom and My Morning Jacket singer Jim James will provide guest performances for different songs on the forthcoming Roots album, How I Got Over, due out this summer.
Something tells me that the Dirty Projectors might make an appearance on this record too.
Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, M. Ward, and Jim James may be busy attending to their other projects this spring/summer (Bright Eyes, She and Him, and My Morning Jacket, respectively), but the Monsters of Folk aren’t done spreading the word about their eponymous debut LP just yet. In addition to a contest-winning music video to their soulful single, “Dear God,” the trio have uploaded a new semi-animated video by Lauri Faggioni, who has directed similarly styled work for the likes of Devendra Banhart, Iron & Wine, and Bright Eyes in the past.
We were just talking about Jim James’ recent work with NOLA’s own Preservation Hall Jazz Band when, lo and behold, an email has arrived announcing that James’ band My Morning Jacket are heading out on tour with the legendary group.
The MMJ/PHJB tour will kick off on 4/20 in Birmingham, Alabama before trekking through the Southeastern U.S. (including a date at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, of course) and concluding in Columbus, Ohio.
Tour dates for the spring jaunt are listed below, but you may also want to check out the teaser site for the Preservation benefit album that James contributed to, as it includes lots of streaming music, including James’ Yim Yames’ take on “Lousiana Fairytale” (he also recorded a version of “St. James Infirmary”) thataway.
My Morning Jacket & Preservation Hall Jazz Band Spring Tour Dates: