Tonight.  Orpheum Theatre.

Four clever dudes (from various bands) got together to collaborate on a new album.  You know them as Conor Oberst from the band Bright Eyes, Jim James from My Morning Jacket, M. Ward who’s done several CDs now (one with Zooey Deschanel in She and Him), and Mike Mogus who’s a producer and multi-instrumentalist for Bright Eyes.

They each present some of their own songs, with backup and improvisation by the others.  Their new name implies that you’ll be hearing folk music, when in reality, Conor looked up “folk” in the dictionary, and when the definition read as music played by untrained musicians, they donned the name.

Here’s a taste, for those of you being introduced to them for the first time…or for those of you who can’t make it to the concert.  Enjoy!

[Post image: Monsters of Folk]