Jethro Tull: Curious Ruminant

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On March 7m 2025, “InsideOut” label released “Curious Ruminant”, the twenty-fourth Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Ian Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, flutes, acoustic guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin, mixing, artwork concept, artwork photography
  • Jack Clark – electric guitar
  • John O’Hara – piano, keyboards, accordion
  • David Goodier – bass guitar
  • Scott Hammond – drums
  • Andrew Giddings – piano, keyboards, accordion
  • James Duncan – drums, cajón, percussion
  • Mike Downs – engineer 
  • James Anderson – engineer
  • Nick Watson – mastering
  • Bruce Soord – surround mixing, alternative stereo mixing
  • Steve Kitch – surround mastering
  • Thomas Ewerhard – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson.

  1. Puppet and the Puppet Master
  2. Curious Ruminant
  3. Dunsinane Hill
  4. The Tipu House
  5. Savannah of Paddington Green
  6. Stygian Hand
  7. Over Jerusalem
  8. Drink from the Same Well
  9. Interim Sleep

Bob Mould: Here We Go Crazy

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On March 7, 2025, “Granary Music” and “BMG Rights Management” labels released “Here We Go Crazy”, the fifteenth Bob Mould studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Electrical Audio” in Chicago, “Tiny Telephone”, “Brothers” in Oakland Granary, San Francisco and Palm Springs, and was produced by Bob Mould.

Personnel:

  • Bob Mould – vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion 
  • Jason Narducy – bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Beau Sorenson – engineer
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering
  • Costanza Tinti – mastering assistant
  • Bob Weston – lacquer master cutting
  • Ryan Bakerink – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Bob Mould.

  1. Here We Go Crazy
  2. Neanderthal
  3. Breathing Room
  4. Hard to Get
  5. When Your Heart Is Broken
  6. Fur Mink Augurs
  7. Lost or Stolen
  8. Sharp Little Pieces
  9. You Need to Shiine
  10. Thread So Thin
  11. Your Side

Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole

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On March 7, 2025, “International Anthem” label released “A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole”, the seventh Alabaster DePlume album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Total Refreshment Centre” in London, and was produced by Alabaster DePlume.

Personnel:

  • Alabaster DePlume (Angus Fairbarn) – voice, tenor and baritone saxophone, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, synthesizers, engineer, recording
  • Conrad Singh – guitar
  • John Ellis – piano
  • Rozi Plain – bass guitar
  • Ruth Goller – voice, bass
  • Donna Thompson – voice, drums, vocal arrangements
  • Hannah Miller – cello
  • Macie Stewart – violin, string arrangements
  • Mikey Kenney – violin, voice
  • Momoko Gill – voice, drums, string arrangements
  • Kristian Craig Robinson – engineer, recording
  • Dave Vettraino – strings engineering
  • Dilip Harris – mixing
  • David Allen – mastering
  • Rebecca Salvadori – artwork
  • Aaron Lowell Denton – design, layout
  • Chris Almeida – portrait photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Angus Fairbarn, except where noted.

  1. Oh My Actual Days
  2. Thank You My Pain
  3. Invincibility
  4. Form a V
  5. A Paper Man
  6. Who Are You Telling, Gus
  7. Prayer for my Sovereign Dignity
  8. Kuzushi
  9. Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem – Angus Fairbarn, Conrad Singh, Momoko Gill, Rozi Plain
  10. Too True
  11. That Was My Garden

Son Volt: The Search

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On March 6, 2007, “Transmit Sound” label released “The Search”, the fifth Son Volt studio album. It was recorded in 2006, in St Louis, Missouri.

Personnel:

  • Jay Farrar – vocals, guitar, piano, electric bouzouki
  • Brad Rice – electric guitars, baritone guitar, electric sitar, E Bow
  • Derry deBorja – piano, organ, keyboards
  • Andrew DuPlantis – bass, backing vocal
  • Dave Bryson – drums, percussion
  • Chris Deusinger – saxophone
  • Keith Moyer – trumpet
  • Eric Heywood – pedal steel
  • Shannon McNally – acoustic Nashville guitar, backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Slow Hearse
  2. The Picture
  3. Action
  4. Underground Dream
  5. Circadian Rhythm
  6. Beacon Soul
  7. The Search
  8. Adrenaline and Heresy
  9. Satellite
  10. Automatic Society
  11. Methamphetamine
  12. L Train
  13. Highways and Cigarettes
  14. Phosphate Skin

Modern Jazz Quartet: Pyramid

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In March 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Pyramid”, the 15th Modern Jazz Quartet album. It was recorded 1959 – 1960, at “Music Inn” in Lenox, MA, “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.

Personnel:

  • Milt Jackson – vibraphone
  • John Lewis – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Connie Kay – drums

Track listing:

  1. Vendome – John Lewis
  2. Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
  3. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  4. Django – John Lewis
  5. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  6. Romaine – Jim Hall

Miles Davis: Young Man With A Horn

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In March 1953, “Blue Note” label released “Young Man with a Horn”, the second Miles Davis album. It was recorded in May 1952, at “WOR” in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet, arrangements
  • Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
  • Jay Jay Johnson – trombone
  • Gil Coggins – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Kenny Clarke – drums

Track listing:

  1. Dear Old Stockholm – traditional, Stan Getz
  2. Would’n You – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Yesterdays – Jerome Kern, Otto Hatbach
  4. Chance It – Oscar Pettiford
  5. Donna – Miles Davis
  6. How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin

Pat Metheny: Road To The Sun

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On March 5, 2021, “BMG Modern Recordings” label released “Road to the Sun”, the 51st Pat Metheny album. It was recorded in 2020, at “John Kilgore Sound and Recording”, “Hanson Recording Studios”, “67 Studio”, “NYC67” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Rodby and Pat Metheny.

Personnel:

  • Pat Metheny – guitar, 42-string Pikasso guitar
  • Jason Vieaux – guitar
  • Los Angeles Guitar Quartet – guitars
  • Pete Karam – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Doyle Partners – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Pat Metheny, except where noted.

Four Paths of Light

  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3
  4. Part 4

Road to the Sun

  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
  • Part 6
  • Für Alina – Arvo Pärt

Kings Of Leon: When You See Yourself

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On March 5, 2021, “RCA” label released “When You See Yourself”, the eighth Kings of Leon studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Blackbird” in Nashville, and was produced by Markus Dravs.

Personnel:

  • Caleb Followill – vocals, guitar
  • Matthew Followill – vocals, guitar, synthesiser
  • Jared Followill – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Nathan Followill – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Timothy Deaux – backing vocals
  • Liam O’Neil – piano, organ, mellotron, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Iain Berryman – engineer
  • Sean Badum – engineer assistant
  • Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

Track listing:

  1. When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away
  2. The Bandit
  3. 100.000 People
  4. Stormy Weather
  5. A Wave
  6. Golden Restless Age
  7. Time in Disguise
  8. Supermarket
  9. Claire & Eddie
  10. Echoing
  11. Fairytale

Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt

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On March 5, 2013, “Don Giovanni Records” label released “Cerulean Salt”, the second Waxahatchee studio album. It was recorded September – November 2012, in West Philadelphia, and was produced by Kyle Gilbride, Keith Spencer, Katie Crutchfield and Jacob.

Personnel:

  • Katie Crutchfield – vocals, various instruments
  • Kyle Gilbride – guitar, synth, bass guitar, backing vocals 
  • Sam Cook-Parrott – bass guitar, backing vocals 
  • Keith Spencer – drums, bass guitar, guitar
  • Allison Crutchfield – vocals, drums
  • Kyle Gilbride – engineer
  • Sam Cook-Parrott – additional production
  • Allison Crutchfield – additional production
  • Ryan Russell – art direction, layout, photography
  • Katie Crutchfield – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Hollow Bedroom
  2. Dixie Cups and Jars
  3. Lips and Limbs
  4. Blue Pt. II
  5. Brother Bryan
  6. Coast to Coast
  7. Tangled Envisioning
  8. Misery Over Dispute
  9. Lively
  10. Waiting
  11. Swan Dive
  12. Peace and Quiet
  13. You’re Damaged

The Flower Kings: By Royal Decree

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On March 4, 2022, “Inside Out Music” label released “By Royal Decree”, the fifteenth Flower Kings (The) studio album.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, Portuguese guitar, nylon guitar, additional keyboards, orchestration, mixing
  • Hasse Fröberg – vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Zach Kamins – organ, piano, synthesizers, orchestrations
  • Jonas Reingold – fretted bass, fretless bass
  • Michael Stolt – bass, Moog Taurus pedalboard, backing vocals
  • Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion, additional orchestration
  • Aliaksandr Yasinski – accordion
  • Jonas Lindberg – bass
  • Rob Townsend – saxophones
  • Hasse Bruniusson – acoustic and electronic percussion
  • Jannica Lund – backing vocals
  • Lasse Hallbäck – engineer
  • Kevin Sloan – artwork
  • Thomas Ewerhard – layout
  • Lilian Forsberg, Patrick Marek – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Great Pretender
  2. World Gone Crazy
  3. Blinded
  4. A Million Stars
  5. The Soldier
  6. The Darkness in You
  7. We Can Make It Work
  8. Peacock on Parade
  9. Revolution
  10. Time the Great Healer
  11. Letter
  12. Evolution
  13. Silent Ways
  14. Moth
  15. The Big Funk
  16. Open Your Heart
  17. Shrine
  18. Funeral Pyres

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