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Watch: My Morning Jacket and Neko Case Cover Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

Live Video of them Performing “Islands in the Stream”

Aug 11, 2011

Neko Case and My Morning Jacket are currently touring together and yesterday in Pittsburgh they both joined the stage to perform Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's 1983 duet "Islands in the Stream." More

Feb 17, 2011

As a Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Booker T. Jones has a pretty remarkable Rolodex. That was made clear by the announcement of new album, The Road From Memphis (out May 10 via ANTI-Records).  More

Jun 21, 2010

Last Friday The Roots performed their new single "Dear God 2.0" with Jim James of My Morning Jacket on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. They also released the music video for the single. Check out the videos.

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Jim James, Ben Sollee, and Daniel Martin Moore Announce Appalachian Voices Tour

Proceeds Benefit Organization Devoted to Ending Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

May 17, 2010

My Morning Jacket’s Jim James (once again going under the name Yim Yames), cellist/vocalist Ben Sollee, and singer/songwriter Daniel Martin Moore will be on a nine-date “Appalachian Voices” tour in support of raising public awareness of Mountaintop Removal coal mining throughout Appalachia. More

Apr 23, 2010

The Roots' (aka coolest late night show house band ever) new album How I Got Over will feature a few familiar facesJoanna Newsom and Monsters of Folk's Jim James. More

Jim James to Release EP of George Harrison Covers

Portion of Proceeds to Benefit Animal Charity

Jun 24, 2009

As reported by both Pitchfork and Billboard, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, or rather the mysteriously similar-named musician Yim Yames, is releasing an EP of George Harrison covers. The EP, Tribute To, will be released by ATO on August 4th. More


Interviews

My Morning Jacket’s Jim James on Twin Peaks

Beyond Life and Death, Twin Peaks

Aug 01, 2010

Making sure I had properly saved my game, I pushed the power button on my Nintendo Entertainment System to bring that day's Legend of Zelda adventures to a close. When Zelda disappeared, there was a man staring at me from the TV—a sharp-dressed man in a fine suit with his black hair slicked back, eyes searching for something beyond me at that time. Special Agent Dale Cooper—he spoke to something in me that was “good.” Something that wanted to know the truth about what all those grownups were doing. More

Monsters of Folk

Averting Disaster

Oct 01, 2009

It's one of the most ill-used words in the rock and roll lexicon, but 20 years ago, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne brought new meaning to the word "supergroup" when they formed The Traveling Wilburys. More