Trinity Revisited

"To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Trinity Session, we decided to head back to Toronto's Trinity Church with the idea of revisiting the album from the perspective of twenty years' experience," reflects Cowboy Junkies guitarist and songwriter Michael Timmins. "We enlisted a few musicians for whom The Trinity Session had some personal and professional resonance, and whose individual work resonates with us." Joined by Ryan Adams, Vic Chesnutt, Natalie Merchant, and longtime cohort Jeff Bird, Cowboy Junkies dedicated themselves to a fresh exploration of The Trinity Session's songs - as spontaneous and open-ended as the original. "The idea was to cobble together a loose band sound with just a few hours of rehearsal, and a one day recording schedule," Timmins continues, "much in the same way we created the original recording. We came, we played, and the church, once again, did the rest."