Singer enlisted for projects with Dylan, Staples
NEW YORK (Billboard) – For Chicago singer Nora O'Connor, the summer of 2010 is shaping up to be the highest-profile season of her career.
After a year of occasional dates and TV performances with Neko Case (alongside her regular harmonizer Kelly Hogan) and a one-off reunion show with her former alt-country compatriots the Blacks, O'Connor will spend the summer on the road in North America and Europe with Jakob Dylan as part of his Three Legs band. At the same time she'll be preparing for the release of Mavis Staples' Jeff Tweedy-produced solo album, on which O'Connor's and Hogan's vocals play a prominent role.
For O'Connor, it's an exciting return to music after a hiatus to raise sons James, 4, and Archie, 2. The Chicago native has served as the secret vocal weapon behind acts like Case, John Wesley Harding, Archer Prewitt and the Aluminum Group. She spent five years touring and recording as part of Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire and was the only non-Canadian besides Case to appear on the first three New Pornographers albums. Solo album "Til the Dawn" came out in 2004 on Bloodshot Records.
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After a year of occasional dates and TV performances with Neko Case (alongside her regular harmonizer Kelly Hogan) and a one-off reunion show with her former alt-country compatriots the Blacks, O'Connor will spend the summer on the road in North America and Europe with Jakob Dylan as part of his Three Legs band. At the same time she'll be preparing for the release of Mavis Staples' Jeff Tweedy-produced solo album, on which O'Connor's and Hogan's vocals play a prominent role.
For O'Connor, it's an exciting return to music after a hiatus to raise sons James, 4, and Archie, 2. The Chicago native has served as the secret vocal weapon behind acts like Case, John Wesley Harding, Archer Prewitt and the Aluminum Group. She spent five years touring and recording as part of Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire and was the only non-Canadian besides Case to appear on the first three New Pornographers albums. Solo album "Til the Dawn" came out in 2004 on Bloodshot Records.
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