The American Hip Hop band, The Roots, recently debuted a new track from their upcoming album How I Got Over This called “Dear God 2.o.”  The song was the first single off of their ninth studio album and finds them collaborating with My Morning Jacket’s Jim James.

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Over the last year, musicians like Tom Waits, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James (above) and Steve Earle traveled to Preservation Hall in New Orleans to collaborate with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on classic New Orleans repertoire.

The end result is a new album, Preservation, set for release on Fat Tuesday, February 16. Proceeds from the sale of the project will benefit Preservation Hall and The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program.

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Yes, this headline may sound a bit familiar, but Billy Corgan is not the only one doing it. Everyone is doing it now. My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James has created his own record label named Removador Recordings and Solutions.

Earlier today, James announced that he has started it up with his cousin Johnny Quaid, who is a former My Morning Jacket’s guitarist. Also, even with an announcement like this which usually implies beginning phases, he says he’s already got a ton of releases to put out on this label of his!

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Just because My Morning Jacket is kicking it low-key this summer doesn’t mean Jim James has to stand still. Already part of the new super-group Monsters of Folk with Conor Oberst, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis, Jim James is also preparing to release Tribue To, an homage EP to George Harrison, on Aug. 4.

To make things interesting James will go by the name Yim Yames for the Harrison tribute. Tribute To, coming from ATO Records, is also James’ first solo effort. He is currently working on a full-length debut.

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With less than a month before the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival reveals its 2009 lineup, to take place June 11-14 in Manchester, TN, music fans are getting antsy. And we all know what happens when music get antsy about lineups: they start rumors. Here’s are some band names floating around so far:

Led Zeppelin: I’ve got four words for everyone: Here we go again. Yes, John Paul Jones played Zeppelin classics with Ben Harper in two separate performances in 2007, and yes, Robert Plant jammed on some of the band’s tunes with Alison Krauss at last year’s festival. But let’s face it, there are Zeppelin-at-Bonnaroo rumors every year. Sadly, the dream of seeing Zeppelin headline Bonnaroo may be nothing more than a fantasy, especially considering Robert Plant’s informal announcement that he will be focusing on other performances for the next two years and recent comments from Jimmy Page’s manager, Peter Mensch:

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