Dusty Trails is an American

United States

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 music duo

Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...

 consisting of Vivian Trimble (formerly of Kostars

Kostars

Kostars was an alternative/pop-rock side project formed by Vivian Trimble and Jill Cunniff while on a headlining tour with Luscious Jackson in 1995. Trimble and Cunniff, who needed an additional outlet for the transistor radio hits they were writing, wrote under the name Kostars titled Klassics...

 and Luscious Jackson

Luscious Jackson

Luscious Jackson are an alternative rock group formed in 1991. The band's name was inspired by now-retired American basketball player Lucious Jackson....

) and Josephine Wiggs

Josephine Wiggs

Josephine Wiggs is an indie/alternative rock musician, noted for her work with the bands The Perfect Disaster, The Breeders, and Dusty Trails....

 (formerly of The Breeders

The Breeders

The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses. The band has experienced a number of line-up changes; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal , her twin sister Kelley Deal , Jose Medeles , Mando Lopez Todd the Fox...

). Trimble does lead vocals and Wiggs sings harmony

Harmony

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 vocals. Their 2000

2000 in music

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 debut album, Dusty Trails

Dusty Trails (album)

Dusty Trails is the self-titled debut album by the American music duo Dusty Trails. It was released in 2001 on Atlantic Records.-Track listing:# "Pearls On A String" – 2:52# "You Freed Yourself" – 3:10...

has been described as mood music and it is heavy on keyboards, percussion and bass. It has also been compared to 1960s French

France

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 and Brazil

Brazil

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ian pop

Pop music

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. Half of the album's songs are instrumental and the other half feature Trimble on lead vocals. The album also includes guest vocals by Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...

 on the track, Order Coffee. Three more songs are also available on the Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents is a 2000 American film starring Marisa Tomei and Vincent D'Onofrio. The movie revolves around Ruby Weaver, a New York woman with a string of failed relationships, and Sam Deed, a man who claims to be from the year 2470...

film soundtrack.

Discography

• Dusty Trails
  Dusty Trails (album)
  Dusty Trails is the self-titled debut album by the American music duo Dusty Trails. It was released in 2001 on Atlantic Records.-Track listing:# "Pearls On A String" – 2:52# "You Freed Yourself" – 3:10...
  
  (2000)
• Happy Accidents, soundtrack (2000)

External links

• http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17189/Dusty_Trails_Dusty_Trails
• http://www.synthesis.net/music/story.php?type=band&id=149