These 13 is a little bit folk, a little bit gospel, a little bit bluesy, a little bit Hank, a little bit hill country, but most emphatically, it is all heart. Andrew Bird and Jimbo Mathus have climbed the height of their creative ladders in this collection of soul-strung songs, both lyrically and musically, a synchronicity between the two that feels joined in some special imaginative place that can only be visited by the best of songwriters. These 13 is about human connections that span any distance of time or geography. Bird and Jimbo had been disconnected for decades before returning to create this very personal, very vulnerable recording, and each opening himself up to the other for the purpose of powerful emotional songs.