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Spoon's Britt Daniel teams up with Jon Brion for new record

Although Spoon news has been a bit sparse since the band's 2007 album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and its subsequent tour, singer and guitarist Britt Daniel has revealed what he's been up to lately....  read more

Sean Watkins and Jon Foreman form Fiction Family

When Nickel Creek said farewell (for now) to fans and disbanded in 2007, each member said they wanted to pursue solo projects. Vocalist and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile went off to work with his group the Punch Brothers, where he recently composed a four-part, 40-minute suite entitled "The Blind Leaving the Blind" that features mandolin, violin, banjo, guitar and bass. Singer/violinist Sara Watkins is prepping her long-in-the-making solo album (due in early 2009), produced by Led Zeppelin member John Paul Jones and featuring guests Jon Brion and Gillian Welch....  read more

Jon Brion's song for Synecdoche, New York revealed

There's a scene in the Charlie Kaufman-penned Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind where Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet sit on a sofa and devise a plan to find a memory the two can hide in together. Carrey reminisces back to his most cherished childhood memories—splashing about in puddles and catching raindrops on his tongue and fingertips, garbed head-to-toe in a yellow slicker and matching boots. "Row, row, row your boat," he remembers. Then it begins to rain inside the apartment where Carrey and Winslet sit, as if the memory has taken on a life of its own. It's an...  read more