- Music
- 12 Apr 18
R.E.M. Member Teams Up With Joseph Arthur For New Album
Peter Buck and Joseph Arthur have just shared the first track from their exciting joint project.
"My first thought was, ‘Hey, I’ll get Peter to play acoustic guitar on some of the stuff I’m working!’ Arthur said about the new album entitled Arthur Buck.
"So, I started showing him songs. But he was like, ‘That’s cool. Now check this out.’ And he started playing chords and whatnot. So I put my guitar down and began singing over his changes, and it was magical. It was easy. And these great songs just started popping out.”
Buck added: “It was all new songs, and it was spontaneous. And the great thing about working that way was that it didn’t have to be anything in particular. It was liberated from any expectation. It was free.”