It was a mini-reunion of The New Basement Tapes last night at the Brown Theatre.
Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford was in town promoting his new solo album (self-titled) and brought out one of our favorite locals to join him on three songs-- My Morning Jacket's Jim James!
Fresh from his WFPK Members Only performance earlier in the day, James contributed to a trio of tracks from the 2014 album Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, which saw James and Mumford, along with Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens and Taylor Goldsmith, putting their spin on some then-recently uncovered Bob Dylan lyrics.
One of those songs, "Kansas City", was captured by a fan at the Brown last night.
And in case you missed it, opening act The A's (Sylvan Esso's Amelia Meath and Daughter of Sword's Alexandra Sauser-Monnig) dropped by the studio to chat with John Timmons...
