What do the Australian folk-rock trio Dirty Three and American artist John Grant have in common? Well, it’s maybe not that unusual for artists to stay with labels for a long time. But with Warren Ellis, Mick Turner and Jim White – as triumphant a trio as you could imagine – collectively known as Dirty Three, and also John Grant (including his time with The Czars), it’s been 21 years each and has spanned 19 albums on Bella Union!
Just across these two artists, there are so many stories, links and connections with others that it would take a few chapters of a book each to do any justice to the wonderful outcomes of some of these collaborations.