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Roots band Birds of Chicago formed in 2012 as a collaboration between Chicago's <a href="spotify:artist:4KggKI2drVc4UIotyrOcvQ">JT Nero</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:3xOLYJ0CcBEQMyRDGWXwd2">JT & the Clouds</a>) and Vancouver's <a href="spotify:artist:3JBmecDGXTll46ygrnGTM6">Allison Russell</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:3lmxgpaREsw2cXVm6SWmZf">Po' Girl</a>). Although both singer/songwriters were actively leading their own projects, their combined efforts were convincing enough to make a go of it and they set about recording their debut. Though a talented songwriter in her own right, a big part of the Birds of Chicago sound came from the material <a href="spotify:artist:4KggKI2drVc4UIotyrOcvQ">Nero</a> had written specifically for Russell to interpret, and it was their combined voices that won over fans on 2012's self-titled Birds of Chicago LP. Mixing folk, mountain gospel, soul, and rock, the two bandleaders and a revolving cast of players became a well-seasoned touring act, and in 2013 delivered the concert album Live from Space. To make their follow-up studio album, they enlisted Grammy-winning producer <a href="spotify:artist:0TeVWuc8Sw05X4Qkl3AA5r">Joe Henry</a> and spent 2015 recording Real Midnight, which was released early the following year. ~ Timothy Monger, Rovi
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