These 13

On their first sustained collaboration since the Squirrel Nut Zippers disbanded, Bird and Mathus draw from a range of old styles, primarily gospel, with the ease of old friends getting together for coffee.

The friends first collaborated in Squirrel Nut Zippers 25 years ago.

Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird first started making music together during the Squirrel Nut Zippers' heyday in the 1990s, when they were up for the adventure of the group's brand of hot jazz mania.

Former Squirrel Nut Zippers collaborators, Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird, reunite again for These 13—a deep dive into essential southern folk and gospel.

Andrew Bird first got together with Jimbo Mathus when Bird joined Mathus’ swing jazz revival band, the Squirrel Nut Zippers.