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Danger Mouse, the newly minted Grammy winner for Producer of the Year, is prepping his latest ambitious project, collaborating with renowned Italian composer, Daniele Luppi.  The resulting album, Rome, is a spaghetti western-inspired project with vocal contributions from industry heavyweights Jack White and Norah Jones.

The album was recorded at Rome’s Forum Studios, with the help of session musicians that performed the original scores for such spaghetti western classics as, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. Both Jack White and Norah Jones serve as featured vocalists for three songs apiece.

In a new interview with Zane Lowe for BBC – Radio 6, Danger Mouse confirmed plans to tour with both White and Jones to promote the Rome album.  Further tour details or specific tour dates are unknown.

Listen to the tracks “Two Against One” featuring Jack White, and “Black” featuring Norah Jones.  Plus check out the trailer for Rome, and the album’s track listing, below.

Rome Track Listing

01 Theme of Rome
02 The Rose with the Broken Neck (ft. Jack White)
03 Morning Fog (Interlude)
04 Season’s Trees (ft. Norah Jones)
05 Her Hollow Ways (Interlude)
06 Roman Blue
07 Two Against One (ft. Jack White)
08 The Gambling Priest
09 The World (Interlude) (ft. Jack White)
10 Black (ft. Norah Jones)
11 The Matador Has Fallen
12 Morning Fog
13 Problem Queen (ft. Norah Jones)
14 Her Hollow Ways
15 The World

Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi’s, Rome, is out May 17^th on Capitol Records.  Plus, the above singles “Two Against One” and “Black” will be available as a double-sided single on Record Store Day, April 16^th, from Third Man Records.

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The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner used their recent guest DJ stint on BBC 6 Mix to debut two Christmas-themed tracks, “Silent Night” and “Barcarola,” that feature the brothers alongside Sufjan Stevens and Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry.  During the airing, Aaron Dessner explained that the songs were recorded a few years ago in the attic of his Brooklyn home.  “Sufjan Stevens makes a Christmas album every year for his friends…and this was a few years ago. Richie happened to be in town and he happened to have his big, beautiful, upright bass and we recorded ‘Silent Night’… and it kind of made us all love this song again.”

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Radiohead are nearing completion of their 8^th studio album, which may release as early as late 2010.  Radiohead guitarist, Ed O’Brien was a guest on Adam Buxton’s show on BBC – Radio 6 on Sunday, and outlined a few details on their forthcoming release, which he calls, “The best record we’ve ever made.” Read the rest of this entry →

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