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Monsters of Folk Comes to Fruition in September

By Ani Vrabel on 8:59 AM on June 15, 2009

About a year ago, we whet your appetite with news of a Monsters of Folk album. Said monsters (Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and producer Mike Mogis) first announced their plans after their 2004 collaborative tour and are finally making good on their promise. The supergroup headed to Malibu, Calif. and Omaha, Neb. to record its self-titled album, scheduled for a Sept. 22 release....  read more

Found in: Music, News

50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time

By Josh Jackson on 6:00 AM on April 28, 2009

As we began to compile this list of the 50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time—asking for input from Paste readers, writers and editors—someone suggested that it might be easier to compile a list of artists who haven't covered Dylan. I've listened to literally hundreds of Dylan covers over the course of the past week, trying to weigh choices like, "Who's version of 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' is better, Nick Drake or Nickel Creek?" But I don't mean to make it sound like grueling work. My biggest take-away from this exercise is that going to Dylan for source...  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

My Morning Jacket's Jim James injured at Iowa City show

By Henry Freedland on 12:08 PM on October 8, 2008

Some somber news came last night from Iowa City, where My Morning Jacket's Jim James sustained some serious injuries after misjudging the stagefront, slipping and hitting his head. James collapsed into the crowd and was taken to University Hospital....  read more

Found in: Concerts, News

M. Ward talks new solo album, She & Him Volume Two

By Josh Jackson on 7:00 AM on October 8, 2008

It's been a little over two years since M. Ward released his last solo album, Post War, but...  read more

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M. Ward, Jim James, Conor Oberst reuniting for new album

By Sara Miller on 9:52 AM on July 7, 2008

It's a bird... it's a plane... It's a slow-singing, guitar-slinging, floppy-haired supergroup! My Morning Jacket lead crooner Jim James just announced in a recent Rolling Stone interview that he's recording an album with buddies/former collaborators M. Ward and Conor Oberst.In case the Superman allusion's not working for you, let's try a simile. These three are like the Neapolitan ice cream of music—the dark and moody chocolate (Oberst), the soothing and familiar vanilla (Ward), and that slightly zany (some might say highly suspicious?) strawberry (James)....  read more

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