Jon appears on the new Neko Case album “Middle Cyclone” which is scheduled for release on March 3rd next year (2009).

Middle Cyclone was produced by Case with Darryl Neudorf and recorded in Tucson, Brooklyn, Toronto, and Vermont. It features Case backed by her core band – guitarist Paul Rigby, bassist Tom V. Ray, backing vocalist Kelly Hogan, multi-instrumentalist Jon Rauhouse, and drummer Barry Mirochnick – along with numerous guests including M. Ward, Garth Hudson, Sarah Harmer, and members of The New Pornographers, Los Lobos, Calexico, The Sadies, Visqueen, The Lilys, and Giant Sand, among others. In addition to twelve new songs written by Case, Middle Cyclone includes covers of ‘Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth’ by Sparks, and “Don’t Forget Me” by Harry Nilsson. Anti Records

Cracking album cover.

Track list:

1. This Tornado Loves You
2. The Next Time You Say Forever
3. People Got a Lotta Nerve
4. Polar Nettles
5. Vengeance Is Sleeping
6. Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth [Sparks cover]
7. Middle Cyclone
8. Fever
9. Magpie to the Morning
10. I’m An Animal
11. Prison Girls
12. Don’t Forget Me [Harry Nilsson cover]
13. The Pharaohs
14. Red Tide
15. Marais La Nuit