She ricochets from breathy ballads to pithy rhythm-and-blues to quasi-gospel to rock, collaborating on most of the songwriting.
Two years ago, Eagle Rock collaborated with Craftsman Brewery for a tamarind saison.
But while Mr. Clapton went on to find pop hits, Mr. Bruce followed his progressive-rock instincts to write more convoluted songs, dabble in jazz-rock and collaborate with hybridizers like Kip Hanrahan and the Golden Palominos.
It was the first time a rock band collaborated with a symphony, and the lyrical, dreamy song became a rock milestone.
The first and maybe still the best of Mr. Wilson's rock musicals, collaborating with Tom Waits and Lou Reed, appeared in 1993: "The Black Rider," with music by Mr. Waits.
Earlier this year, the legendary rock band collaborated with Enosis VR and Google Play to turn "Bohemian Rhapsody" into a surreal trip through Freddy Mercury's subconscious.
Rock had collaborated on scripts before and directed a couple of movies: 2003's "Head of State," in which he played an unlikely presidential candidate, and 2007's romantic comedy "I Think I Love My Wife".
His fan base and indeed that of many older country musicians was renewed again when the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, a country-rock group, collaborated with him and others on the groundbreaking crossover album Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1972).
(Smith) ★ Efterklang With the Wordless Music Orchestra (Saturday) If you seek signs of change in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's venerable Concerts and Lectures series, look no farther than this offbeat opening-night offering: Efterklang, an appealingly moody Danish art-rock trio, collaborates with the Wordless Music Orchestra in material from an ambitious new LP, "Piramida".
In 2003, the singer-songwriter enraged many fans by shedding the trappings of indie-rock: she collaborated with the very mainstream songwriting and production team the Matrix (the team had recently helped make AVRIL LAVIGNE a star); she also posed for a series of unusually flirty promotional photographs.
From The Studio: -New album from DIY Brazilian rapper Emicida -Collaboration with avant-garde designer provocateur Hussein Chalayan for Spring/Summer 2012 Paris Fashion Week (October 2011) -Filmmaker Barney Clay and rock photographer Mick Rock collaborate on a David Bowie-travelingavideog vinstallationatinstallation
