Jim James released two solo albums last year: one acoustic, one electric. (Paul R. Giunta)With My Morning Jacket on a semi-hiatus, frontman Jim James released two solo albums of the same material last year: “Uniform Distortion,” the electric rock version, and “Uniform Clarity,” an acoustic take. “That guy almost sounds like Bruce Springsteen.”‘I Told Jesus’ by Roberta Flack“I’m tired of hearing people sing about love [or] heartbreak [or] falling in love,” James says. “I just want to hear somebody sing about God, but I also don’t care about God. But to hear somebody passionately sing about Jesus, to me, is really beautiful.”

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2019 14:49 UTC