Mar 16th, 2010 · What happens you blend the sounds of The Shins' frontman James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse? After meeting at a Danish music festival six years ago, the two are now collaborating under the name Broken Bells. Melissa Block tries to uncover the source of the duo's tweaked sounds in an interview.
Mar 14th, 2010 · M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel's second collaboration as She and Him is more confection than confessional, but it's a kind-natured one. Hear the timelessly sunny pop of Volume Two in its entirety, a week prior to its release.
Mar 10th, 2010 · For 25, Patty Larkin recorded voice and guitar for 25 songs, then let friends such as Rosanne Cash, Erin McKeown and Martin Sexton do the rest. Twenty-five not only represents the number of songs and collaborators, but also how many years it's been since Larkin made her first recordings.
Mar 5th, 2010 · Luck in the Valley is a bittersweet posthumous release by the great guitarist, who died in December at age 38. Featuring the old-time music trio Black Twig Pickers as his backing band, "Lick Mountain Ramble" is a collaborative effort that hollers whiskey-soaked goodness down the mountain.
Feb 26th, 2010 · In the decade leading up to his death in 2003, Johnny Cash worked with producer Rick Rubin on a series of albums they called American Recordings. This week, in honor of Cash's birthday, Rubin's label released Ain't No Grave, the sixth disc of songs produced in their collaboration.
Feb 19th, 2010 · Adrian Cho, software developer and bassist, has written The Jazz Process: Collaboration, Innovation and Agility, a book purporting to apply the principles of jazz to the business world.
Feb 9th, 2010 · After bonding over a shared affinity for country, bluegrass and folk music, Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane began collaborating in 2007, with an enthusiasm that helped land them at the forefront of London's underground folk scene.
Feb 2nd, 2010 · If militant Islamist groups in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region work together to target U.S. forces in Afghanistan, they should be capable of more deadly attacks. But having a "single enemy" could have the positive result of forcing Pakistan to alter its policy of accommodating the Afghan Taliban.