Zan Zone (sometimes written Zan-Zone) is a project of guitarist Zan Burnham that has been in existence since the early-90s, but after the first album was released, the band splintered and has re-grouped a few times. In 2005, a second Zan Zone EP, 2005's Watching the World, was a Burnham solo effort. He followed that in 2009 with an all-acoustic CD, Time and Materials, which was recorded with a trio. In 2013, Burnham put together a new Zan Zone and released the double-album length project, Shorts with 19 musicians and singers.