Van Morrison: Remebering Now

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On June 13, 2025, “Exile Productions” and “Virgin” labels released “Remembering Now”, the 47th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, saxophone
  • Dave Keary – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals
  • Richard Dunn – Hammond organ, Rhodes, backing vocals
  • Stuart McIlroy – piano
  • John McCullough – piano, Hammond organ
  • Nicky Scott – bass
  • Pete Hurley – bass
  • Colin Griffin – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Eamon Ferris – drums
  • Alan “Sticky” Wicket – percussion
  • Joanne Quigley – bandleader
  • Paul O’Reilly – saxophone
  • Mike Barkley – trumpet, saxophone
  • Seth Lakeman – violin
  • Fews Ensemble – strings
  • Crawford Bell – backing vocals
  • Dana Masters – backing vocals
  • Kelly Smiley – baritone and backing vocals
  • Jolene O’Hara – backing vocals
  • Pete Wallace – backing vocals
  • Chantelle Duncan – backing vocals
  • Teena Lyle – backing vocals
  • Ben McAuley – engineer, mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison.

  1. Down to Joy
  2. If It Wasn’t for Ray
  3. Haven’t Lost My Sense of Wonder
  4. Love, Lover and Beloved
  5. Cutting Corners
  6. Back to Writing Love Songs
  7. The Only Love O Ever Need Is Yours
  8. Once in a Lifetime Feelings
  9. Stomping Ground
  10. Memories and Visions
  11. When the Rains Came
  12. Colourblind
  13. Remembering Now
  14. Stretching Out

Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap: Elemental

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On June 13, 2025, “Mack Avenue” label released “Elemental”, studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap. It was recorded in February 2025, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Tulani Bridgewater-Kowalski.

Personnel:

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
  • Bill Charlap – piano
  • Timothy J. Zick – recording, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Beginning to See the Light – Lou Reed
  2. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
  3. Honeysuckle Rose – Thomas “Fats” Waller, Andy Razaf
  4. Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
  5. Love for Sale – Cole Porter
  6. S. Wonderful – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  7. In the Still of the Night – Cole Porter
  8. Caravan – Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington

Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts

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On June 13, 2025, “Nonesuch” label released “About Ghosts”, the fourteenth Mary Halvorson studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, “Masterdisk” in New York, and was produced by John Dieterich.

Personnel:

  • Mary Halvorson – guitar, synth
  • Immanuel Wilkins – alto saxophone
  • Brian Settles – tenor saxophone
  • Adam O’Farrill – trumpet
  • Jacob Garchik – trombone
  • Nick Dunston – bass
  • Patricia Brennan – vibraphone
  • Tomas Fujiwara – drums
  • Chris Allen – recording
  • John Dieterich – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering engineer

Track listing:

  1. Full of Neon
  2. Carved Form
  3. Eventidal
  4. Absinthian
  5. About Ghosts
  6. Amaranthine
  7. Polyhedral
  8. Endmost

Teddy Pendergrass: Same

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On June 12, 1977, “Philadelphia International” label released the self-titled, debut Teddy Pendergrass album. It was recorded 1976 – 1877, at “Sigma Sound” in Philadelphia, and was produced by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, John Whitehead and Gene McFadden.

Personnel:

  • Teddy Pendergrass – vocals
  • Roland Chambers – guitar
  • Dennis Harris – guitar
  • Dexter Wansel – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Victor Carstarphen – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Ron Kersey – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Michael “Sugar Bear” Foreman – bass
  • Jimmy Williams – bass
  • Keith Benson – drums, percussion
  • Karl Chambers – drums, percussion
  • Charles Collins – drums, percussion
  • Larry Washington – bongos, congas
  • MFSB – strings, horns
  • Bobby Martin – arrangements
  • Jack Faith – arrangements
  • Ed Lee – design, artwork
  • Frank Laffitte – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, except where noted.

  1. You Can’t Hide from Yourself
  2. Somebody Told Me – Victor Carstarphen, Kenneth Gamble, Gene McFarden, John Whitehead
  3. Be Sure
  4. And If I Had
  5. I Don’t Love You Anymore
  6. The Whole Town’s Laughing Me – Sherman Marshall, Ted Wortham
  7. Easy, Easy, Got to Take It Easy – Victor Cartstarphen, Kenneth Gamble, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead
  8. The More I Get, the More I Want – Victor Cartstarphen, Kenneth Gamble, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead

Pell Mell: Marburg

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In June 1972, “Bacillus Records” label released “Marburg”, the debut Pell Mell album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Dierk Studios” in Pulheim Stommelnm Germany, and was produced by Peter Hauke.

Personnel:

  • Thomas Schmitt – vocals, violin, flute, mellotron, arrangements
  • Otto Pusch – piano, organ, arrangements
  • Jörg Götzfried – bass, arrangements
  • Mitch Kniesmeijer – drums, arrangements
  • Rudolf Schön – lead vocals, percussion, arrangements
  • Andy Kirnberger – guitar
  • Dieter Dierks – engineer
  • H. Wenske – painting, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Thomas Schmitt, Otto Pusch, Jörg Götzfried, Mitch Kniesmeijer and Rudolf Schön.

  1. The Clown and the Queen
  2. Moldau
  3. Friend
  4. City Monster
  5. Alone

IZZ: Collapse The Wave

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On June 11, 2024, “Doone records” released “Collapse the Wave”, the 13th IZZ album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Underground Studios” in South Salem, New York, and was produced by Tom Galgano.

Personnel:

  • Tom Galgano – vocals, keyboards, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Laura Meade – vocals, arrangements
  • Paul Bremner – acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
  • John Galgano – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, arrangements
  • Brian Coralian – drums, electronic drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Greg DiMiceli – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Joe Lambert – mastering
  • Julie Morris – cover art, animation
  • Diandra Muley – design
  • Uladzimir Taukachau – photography
  • Jonah Mejia – IZZ logo

Track listing:

  1. We Are the 3rd – lyrics by John Galgano, Tom Galgano, music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, John Galgano, Laura Meade, Tom Galgano
  2. So Many Voices – Tom Galgano
  3. Brace for Impact – lyrics by John Galgano, Paul Bremner, music by Brian Coralian, John Galgano, Paul Bremner
  4. Deep Inside – John Galgano
  5. Collapse the Wave – lyrics by John Galgano, Tom Galgano, music by John Galgano, Paul Bremner, Tom Galgano
  6. Sometimes Sublime – lyrics by Paul Bremner, music by Laura Meade, Paul Bremner. Tom Galgano
  7. There’s Hope! – lyrics by Brian Coralian, Tom Galgano, music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, Tom Galgano, John Galgano
  8. Brethren – music by Brian Coralian, Greg DiMiceli, Paul Bremner
  9. Not About Me – music by Tom Galgano
  10. Soak Up the Sunlight – lyrics by John Galgano, music by Greg Di Miceli, Tom Galgano
  11. And We Will Go – John Galgano

Dashiell Hedayat: Obsolete

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In June 1971, “Shandar” label released “Obsolete”, the debut Dashiell Hedayat album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Strawberry Studios” in Hérouville, France.

Personnel:

  • Dashiell Hedayat – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, Cosmic-hedayat-rumble and Cut-ups, design
  • William Burroughs – vocals
  • Sam Wyatt – vocal, backing vocals
  • Daevid Allen – lead guitar
  • Didier Malherbe – saxophone, flute
  • Christian Tritsch – bass, guitar
  • Pip Pyle – drums
  • Gilli Smyth – backing vocals
  • Gilles Sallé – engineer
  • Benjamine Baltimore – design
  • Bernard Lenoir – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Dashiell Hedayat.

Eh, Mushroom, Will You Mush My Room?

  1. Chrysler
  2. Fille De L’Ombre
  3. Long Song for Zelda
  4. Cielo Drive / 17

Airbag: Disconnected

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On June 10, 2016, “Karisma Records” label released “Disconnected”, the fourth Airbag album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Subsonic Society” in Oslo, “Airbag Studio” and was produced by Asle Tostrup and Bjørn Riis.

Personnel:

  • Asle Tostrup – lead vocals, guitar
  • Bjørn Riis – vocals, guitar
  • Henrik Bergan Fossum: – drums
  • Vegard Sleipnes – engineer
  • Chris Sansom – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Killer
  2. Broken
  3. Slave
  4. Sleepwalker
  5. Disconnected
  6. Return

Ache: Green Man

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In June 1971, “Philips” label released “Green Man”, the second Ache studio album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Johnny Reimar.

Personnel:

  • Finn Olafsson – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Peter Melin – piano, organ
  • Torsten Olafsson – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Glenn Fischer – drums, percussion, arrangements
  • Gregers Bjørn Poulsen – effects
  • Bent Hulshøj, Birger Svan – engineer
  • Johannes Mølleskov – cover art, design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Torsten Olafsson, music as noted.

  1. Equatorial Rain – Finn Olafsson
  2. Sweet Jolly Joyce – Torsten Olafsson

The Invasion

  • Fanfaronade – Peter Melin
  • Invasion – Torsten Olafsson
  • Monologue – Torsten Olafsson
  • Break-Down – Glenn Fisscher
  • Shadow of a Gipsy – Peter Melin
  • Green Man – Finn Olafson, Torsten Olafsson
  • Acheron – Peter Melin
  • We Can Work It Out / Working – Finn Olafsson, Torsten Olafsson, Peter Melin, Glenn Fischer / John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Gillian Welch: Soul Journey

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On June 9, 2003, “Acony Records” label released “Soul Journey”, the fourth Gillian Welch studio album. It was recorded in 2003 at Gillian Welch’s home, “RCA Studio B” and “Woodland” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by David Rawlings.

Personnel:

  • Gillian Welch – vocals, “everything else”, arrangements
  • David Rawlings – “everything else”
  • Mark Ambrose – acoustic guitar
  • Matt Andrews – bass guitar
  • Jim Boquist – bass guitar
  • Greg Leisz – dobro
  • Ketcham Secor – fiddle

Track listing:

All tracks by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, except where noted.

  1. Look at Miss Ohio
  2. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor – traditional
  3. Wayside/Back in Time
  4. I Had a Real Good Mother and Father – traditional, additional lyrics by Gillian Welch
  5. One Monkey
  6. No One Knows My Name
  7. Lowlands
  8. One Little Song – Gillian Welch
  9.  I Made a Lovers Prayer
  10. Wrecking Ball

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