Monsters of Folk

Monsters of Folk: Monsters of Folk

by Doug Collette
November 29, 2009

Monsters of Folk are a modern super group of sorts, its principles all highly-visible figures of alternative rock. Jim James (nee Yim Yames) is the titular leader of Southern eclectics My Morning Jacket. M Ward is the contemporary archetype of singer/songwriter, who in addition to performing appropriately solo, also does regular tours as part of a duo dubbed She and Him (with actress Zooey Deschanel). The peripatetic Conor Oberst now leads his own Mystic Valley Band, when not collaborating elsewhere. ...