Jeff Tweedy: Warmer

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On April 13, 2019, “dBpm” label released “Warmer”, the third Jeff Tweedy studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “The Loft” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by Jeff Tweedy and Tom Schick.

Personnel:

  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals, instruments, engineer, mixing, design
  • Spencer Tweedy – drums
  • Tom Schick – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Greenberg – engineer assistant, design
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Sheila Sachs – design
  • Sammy Tweedy – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Tweedy.

  1. Orphan
  2. Family Ghost
  3. …And Then You Cut It in Half
  4. Ten Sentences
  5. Sick Server
  6. Empty Head
  7. Landscape
  8. Ultra Orange Room
  9. Evergreen
  10. Guaranteed

Juliana Hatfield: Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton John

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On April 13, 2018, “Laundromat” label released “Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John”, the sixteenth Juliana Hatfield studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Q Division Studios” in Somerville, Massachusetts, and was produced by Julian Hatfield.

Personnel:

  • Juliana Hatfield – vocals, guitar, keyboard, bass, drums
  • Ed Valauskas – bass
  • Pete Caldes – drums
  • James Bridges – engineer
  • Pat DiCenso – engineer, mixing
  • Scott Litt – mixing
  • Clif Norrell – mixing assistant
  • Sean Glonek – mastering
  • Nicole Anguish – design

Track listing:

  1. I Honestly Love You – Jeff Barry, Pater Allen
  2. Suspended in Time – John Farrar
  3. Have You Never Been Mellow – John Farrar
  4. A Little More – John Farrar
  5. Magic – John Farrar
  6. Physical – Steve Kipner, Terry Shaddick
  7. Totally Hot – John Farraf
  8. Don’t Stop Believin’ – John Farrar
  9. Please Mr. Please – Bruce Welch, John Rostill
  10. Hopelessly Devoted to You – John Farrar
  11. Xanadu – Jeff Lynne
  12. Dancin’ Round and Round – Adam Mitchell
  13. Make a Move on Me – John Farrar, Tom Snow
  14. I Honestly Love You (reprise) – Jeff Barry, Peter Allen

Gordon Lightfoot: Sit Down Young Stranger

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In April 1970, “Reprise” label released “Sit Down Young Stranger”,  the fifth Gordon Lightfoot album. It was recorded in 1970, and was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joseph Wissert.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Lightfoot – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Red Shea – guitar
  • Rick Haynes – bass
  • Ry Cooder – slide guitar, mandolin 
  • Van Dyke Parks – harmonium
  • John Sebastian – electric guitar, autoharp, harmonica
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Randy Newman – string arrangement
  • Kris Kristofferson – harmony vocals
  • Gary Brandt, Lee Herschberg – engineer
  • Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Lightfoot, except where noted.

  1. Minstrel of the Dawn
  2. Me and Bobby McGee – Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster
  3. Approaching Lavender
  4. Saturday Clothes
  5. Cobwebs & Dust
  6. Poor Little Allison
  7. Sit Down Young Stranger
  8. If You Could Read My Mind
  9. Baby It’s Alright
  10. Your Love’s Return (Song for Stephen Foster)
  11. The Pony Man

Jason Isbell: Here We Rest

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On April 12, 2011, “Lightning Rod Records” label released “Here We Rest”, album by Jason Isbell and the 400 Units (third Jason Isbell studio album overal). It was recorded in 2010, and was produced by Jason Isbell and 400 Unit.

Personnel:

  • Jason Isbell – lead vocal, lead and rhythm guitars, piano, organ
  • Browan Lollar – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Derry deBorja – piano, organ, accordion, backing vocals
  • Jimbo Hart – electric bass, upright bass, backing vocals
  • Chad Gamble – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Abby Owens – harmony vocals
  • Amanda Shires – fiddle, harmony vocals

Track listing:

  1. Alabama Pines
  2. Go It Alone
  3. We’ve Met
  4. Codeine
  5. Stopping By
  6. Daisy Mae
  7. The Ballad of Nobeard
  8. Heart on a String
  9. Save It for Sunday
  10. Tour of Duty

Booker Ervin: Groovin’ High

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In April 1966, “Prestige” label released “Groovin’ High”, the seventh Booker Ervin album. It was recorded December 1963 – June / October 1964, at “Van Gelder Sudio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitte.

Personnel:

  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Jaki Byard – piano 
  • Gildo Mahones – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Alan Dawson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. The Second #2 – Booker Ervin
  2. Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie
  3. Bass-IX – Booker Ervin
  4. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young

The Mars Volta: Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio

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On April 11, 2025, “Clouds Hill” label released “Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio”, the ninth Mars Volta (The) studio album. It was recorded 2024 – 2025, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Omar Rodríguez-López – synths, guitars, engineer
  • Marcel Rodríguez-López – synths, keyboards, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Leo Genovese – keyboards, saxophone
  • Josh Moreau – bass guitar
  • Linda-Philomène Tsoungui – drums
  • Daniel Diaz – percussion
  • Eva Gardner – bass guitar
  • Willy Rodriguez – drums
  • Jon Debaun – engineer
  • John Frusciante – engineer
  • Chris Common – engineer, mastering
  • Adán Guevara – artwork

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Cedric Bixler-Zavala; all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. Fin
  2. Reina Tormnenta
  3. Enlazan las Tinieblas
  4. Mictlán
  5. The Iron Rose
  6. Cue the Sun
  7. Alba del Orate
  8. Voice in My Knives
  9. Poseedora de Mi Sombra
  10. Celaje
  11. Vociferó
  12. Mito de los Trece Cielos
  13. Un Disparo al Vacío
  14. Detrás de la Puerta Dorada
  15. Maullidos
  16. Morgana
  17. Cue the Sun (reprise)
  18. Lucro Sucio

Pendragon: Passion

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On April 11, 2011, “Madfish” and “Toff Records” labels released “Passion”, the ninth Pendragon studio album. It was recorded September 2010 – January 2011, and was produced by Karl Groom and Nick Barrett.

Personnel:

  • Nick Barret – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Clive Nolan – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Peter Gee – bass
  • Scott Higham – drums, backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Barrett.

  1. Passion
  2. Empathy
  3. Feeding Frenzy
  4. This Green And Pleasant Land
  5. It’s Just A Matter Of Not Getting Caught
  6. Skara Brae
  7. Your Black Heart

Amadou & Mariam: Folila

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On April 10, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Folila”, the sixth Amadou & Mariam studio album. It was recorded in 2011, in Bomako, Mali and in New York City, and was produced by Marc Antoine Moreau.

Personnel:

  • Amadou Bagayoko – vocals, guitar, electric guitar
  • Mariam Doumbia – vocals
  • Santigold – vocals
  • Jake Shears – vocals
  • Tunde Adebimpe – vocals
  • Ebony Bones – vocals
  • Kyp Malone – vocals
  • Abdallah Oumbadougou – vocals
  • Theophilus London – vocals
  • Tanti Kouaté & Her Choir – choir, chorus
  • Nick Zinner – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Antoine Halet – guitar, acoustic guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Bertrand Cantat – vocals, guitar, doum-doum, harmonica
  • Idrissa Soumaro – organ, piano
  • Victor Axelrod – keyboards, Wurlitzer
  • Amp Fiddler – keyboards
  • Yvo Abadi – bass, drums, percussion
  • Yao Dembele – bass, percussion
  • Ahmed Fofana – bass, flute, keyboards
  • Laurent Griffon – bass
  • Boubacar Dembele – balafon, conga, djembe, doum-doum
  • Vieux Dembélé – djembe
  • Sidiki Diabate – kora
  • Tomani Diabate – kora
  • Sanogo Foussn – doum-doum
  • Bassekou Kouyate – ngoni
  • Manjul – percussion
  • Stuart Bogie – tenor saxophone
  • Jared Tankel – baritone saxophone
  • Jordan McLean – trumpet
  • Christophe Millot – bass clarinet
  • Josh Grant – engineer, mixing
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Renaud Letang – mixing
  • Tony Cousins – mastering
  • Marc Antoine Moreau – arrangements, A&R
  • Julien Bescond – A&R
  • François Morel – design
  • Thomas Moulin – assistant
  • Benoît Peverelli – photography

Track listing:

  1. Dougou Badia – Mariam Doumbia, Santigold
  2. Wily Kataso – Adebamfe, Mariam Doumbia, Kyp Malone
  3. Oh Amadou – Amadou Bagayoko
  4. Metemya – Amadou Bagayoko, Moreau, Jake Shears
  5. Baro – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  6. Africa mon Afrique – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  7. C’est pas facile pour les Aigles – Mariam Doumbia, Ebony Bones
  8. Sans toi – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia
  9. Mogo – Amadou Bagayoko, Bertrand Cantat
  10. Bagnale – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Abdallah Oumbadougou
  11. Nebe Miri – Amadou Bagayoko, Mariam Doumbia, Theophilus London
  12. Chérie – Mariam Doumbia

Luis Gasca: For Those Who Chant

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In April 1972, “Blue Thumb” label released “For Those Who Chant”, the second Luis Gasca album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Columbia Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Luis Gasca.

Personnel:

  • Luis Gasca – trumpet, flugelhorn, mixing
  • Carlos Santana – guitar
  • Neal Schon – guitar
  • George Cables – piano, electric piano
  • Greg Rolie – piano, electric piano
  • Mark Levine – piano, electric piano
  • Richard Kermode – organ
  • Stanley Clark – bass
  • Lenny White – drums
  • Mike Shrieve – drums
  • Mike Carabello – congas
  • Victor Pantoja – congas
  • Snooky Flowers – percussion
  • Garnette Mims – percussion
  • Jean MacGregor – percussion
  • Rico Reyes – percussion
  • Jose “Chepito” Areas – vibraphone
  • Carmelo Garcia – timbales
  • Coke Escovedo – timbales
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Hadley Caliman – flute
  • Moon – cosmic dog
  • Glen Kolotkin – engineer
  • Mike Larner – engineer
  • Ken Hopkins – mixing
  • Stan Marcum – mixing
  • Phillip Lindsay Mason – painting
  • Victor Aleman – photography
  • Stan Marcum – production suipervision

Track listing:

  1. Street Dude – Luis Gasca
  2. La Raza – Luis Gasca
  3. Spanish Gypsy – Don Menza, Luis Gasca
  4. Little Mama – Luis Gasca

Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc.: Music Inc.

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In April 1971, “Strata-East” label released “Music Inc.”, album by Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver fifth album overall). It was recorded in November 1971, in New York City, and was produced by George Klabin.

Personnel:

  • Charles Tolliver – trumpet
  • Stanley Cowell – piano
  • Cecil McBee – bass
  • Jimmy Hopps – drums
  • Bobby Brown – flute
  • Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, tuba
  • Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams – trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin – trombone

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Tolliver, except where noted.

  1. Ruthie’s Heart
  2. Brilliant Circles – Stanley Cowell
  3. Abscretions – Stanley Cowell
  4. Household of Saud
  5. On the Nile
  6. Departure – Stanley Cowell

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