Category Archives: My Morning Jacket

tUnE-yArDs remix Jim James

Jim James shares: “Check the tune-yards remix of ‘A New Life’ on Rolling Stone. enjoy… http://smarturl.it/v6gcud”

A free My Morning Jacket concert

Go Cards, they say. According to the band: “April 5th, MMJ is set to play a free show at the NCAA Big Dance Concert Series in Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, GA. Gates open at 3pm. Full lineup to be announced shortly. Full details here: http://smarturl.it/93vdvq”

R.I.P., Jason Molina

Jason Molina, the singer-songwriter who led his bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Company from 1996 – 2009, died on Saturday. He was 39. A native of Lorain, Ohio, Molina had a long relationship with Bloomington, IN’s Secretly Canadian label, and held strong ties to the Louisville music community. The first Songs: Ohia 7″ single [...]

Today’s music update: Lebowski, Jim James, Cheyenne Mize

Lebowski Fest co-founder Will Russell tells the  LA Weekly about his Top 5 Most Exciting LF Moments. Cheyenne Mize is on NPR‘s list again. Jim James talk and plays for Pitchfork TV.

Forecastle Festival line-up announced

Hello, music-loving, festival-attending fans of things that happen in the summer in Louisville. You’ve been waiting on pins and needles for months, many months, thinking of little but this year’s Forecastle Festival line-up, wondering, “How, dear Lord, can they top last year’s epic My Morning Jacket-led celebration of all things good and plentiful?” You’re probably [...]

Jim James has “A New” video

Here’s the brand new video for “A New Life,” from Jim James’ solo album Regions of Light and Sound of God:

Jim James on Broadway

“Hello friends!” says Jim James in a statement. “I have put together a special band of some of my oldest pals to help bring this album to life on the road! We are very excited about it and can’t wait to bring it to light! See ya out on the open road!” Jim James and [...]

Hear a second song from Jim James’ solo album

Follow THIS link to the Rolling Stone article. (photo by Neil Krug.)

My Morning Jacket and other stars cover John Denver

MMJ’s colleagues at ATO Records will release John Denver: The Music Is You, a tribute compilation, in February. Track Listing: “Take Me To Tomorrow” by Dave Matthews “Leaving, on a Jet Plane” by My Morning Jacket “Sunshine On My Shoulders” by Train “Wooden Indian” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Some Days are Diamonds” [...]

Jim James solo album: February 5, 2013

Regions of Light and Sound of God, the debut solo album from My Morning Jacket singer/guitarist James Olliges Jr., will be released on February 5, 2013. The album was recorded in a Highlands church building in 2011 with producer Kevin Ratterman, who also worked on MMJ’s 2011 album Circuital. Pre-orders are available at his site, [...]