This is the companion disc to this year's earlier release, East of the Sun and features the same band as before; drummer Barrett Martin produced the sessions, with Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey (electric and acoustic guitars), Kevin Hudson (electric and upright bass), and Dave Carter and Craig Flory (trumpet and saxophones, respectively). This time, the spotlight is on the featured women vocalists: Adama, a British/Nigerian soul singer from London; Gina Sala, vocalist with Cirque de Soleil; and Jessy Greene, a former member of the Geraldine Fibbers. John Wesley Harding, Scott McCaughey, and Coleman Barks each contribute a song or two. Tuatara is a classic American band of songwriters, whose current flight was rerouted from Memphis to Marrakech.