John Wesley Harding has released 17 albums, ranging from traditional folk to full-on pop music. His album The Sound Of His Own Voice (Yep Roc, October 2011) was recorded in Portland in November 2010. The album features 13 new songs, backed by an all star band, The King Charles Trio, featuring members of The Decemberists, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Rosanne Cash, Laura Veirs, and John Roderick. John Wesley Harding has been joined onstage by Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, John Prine, Bruce Springsteen (with whom he recorded a duet on his album Awake), Joan Baez, Evan Dando, David Baddiel, Rick Moody, Tanya Donelly, Josh Ritter, Andrew Bird, Rosanne Cash, Colin Meloy, Scott MacCaughey and Robyn Hitchcock, among others. He has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. His songs have been featured in films (including High Fidelity) and covered by other artists.
His series of "Cabinet of Wonders" variety shows, inaugurated in spring 2009 in New York, featured appearances by Rosanne Cash, Graham Parker, Josh Ritter, Rick Moody, Colson Whitehead, and Jonathan Ames. It's "a brilliant evening of laid-back fun" (Village Voice) and "one of the most whip-smart variety shows on the market" (Portland Tribune). Two further series in 2009/10 featured among others: A. C. Newman, Colin Meloy, Rhett Miller, Eugene Mirman, Tanya Donelly, Patrick McGrath, and Todd Barry. The Cabinet of Wonders has now moved to City Winery in Manhattan. The next series features appearances by Craig Finn, Ted Leo, Howe Gelb, Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT), Todd Barry, John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats) and many others.
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