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\n\tThere are multi-hyphenates, and then there\u2019s Jonathan Terrell<\/a>. The Texas native is equal parts a singer, songwriter, guitarist, sideman, photographer, and deejay, and, over the last two decades, he\u2019s evolved into an ambassador<\/a> for Austin\u2019s vital music scene.<\/p>\n \n\tWhen he\u2019s not playing his own shows, he\u2019s talking up the merits of Texas bands like Midland<\/a>, Silverada<\/a>, and Shane Smith and the Saints, touring with them, or featuring their talents on his albums, including this year\u2019s sonically adventurous Dove<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cKillers. Guys that you look at and say, \u2018There\u2019s some really heavy-hitter motherfuckers on here,\u2019\u201d Terrell tells Rolling Stone<\/em> of the musical colleagues he\u2019s shared a stage with or who appear on Dove<\/em>. \u201cI happen to be buddies with people who play a lot better than I do. Being in Austin for 20 years, you make those contacts at some point. These guys would have never played on my record unless we were friends.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOfficially the fifth studio album for Terrell, Dove<\/em> features a string of A-list musicians and artists joining him to create a mix of folk, funk, rock, and anything else that moved Terrell when he was writing the tunes. Depeche Mode drummer Christian Eigner makes an appearance. Silverada backs Terrell on a track. Jake Lynn, who plays drums for Wyatt Flores, contributed, as did bassist Scott Edgar Lee Jr. of the Texas Gentlemen. Terrell also brought in a series of producers rather than leave the project in just one pair of hands.<\/p>\n \n\tThe album\u2019s twists and turns were inspired during a moment of introspection while Terrell was touring Europe with Midland (a journey he documented for Rolling Stone<\/em> in a vivid gallery<\/a>) and continued as he observed how other major Texas bands perform. He also kept a keen eye on audiences during his DJ gigs \u2014 he mans the turntables as \u201cDJ Vegan Leather\u201d \u2014\u00a0and learned what made them dance.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cA big part of this record was going out and touring with Silverada<\/a>, Shane Smith, Midland, and watching how the crowd moves,\u201d Terrell says. \u201cThere\u2019s a way that people\u2019s bodies naturally want to move when you go to a night club or go to a concert. I\u2019d look at my catalog and realize that I had some holes. I was missing something. There were gaps in the communication that I was having with the audience. I thought I could talk to them better if I built those vehicles of communication. Then, I started writing songs that were based around those rhythms.\u201d<\/p>\n