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Willow: Empathogen

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On May 3, 2024, “Three Six Zero” and “Gamma” labels released “Empathogen”, the sixth Willow studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by John Batiste, Eddie Benjamin, Chris Greatti and Willow.

Personnel:

  • Willow Smith – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar
  • Brad Oberhofer – piano
  • Zach Tenorio – piano, synthesizer; strings
  • Elijah Rawk – acoustic guitar, bass guitar
  • Zach Brown – bass guitar, percussion
  • Eddie Benjamin – bass guitar, drums, guitar, synthesizer
  • Chris Greatti – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Jon Batiste – vocals, drums, piano
  • Asher Bank – drums
  • Annie Clark – vocals
  • Zach Brown – engineer
  • Adam Schoeller – engineer
  • Chris Greatti – engineer
  • Oscar Cornejo – engineer
  • Mitch McCarthy – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Home – Willow Smith, Jon Batiste, Kate Munger
  2. Ancient Girl – Willow Smith
  3. Symptom of Life – Willow Smith, Asher Bank, Chris Greatti, Brad Oberhofer
  4. The Fear is Not Real – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti
  5.  False Self – Taylor Gordon, Chris Greatti
  6. Pain for Fun – Willow Smith, Annie Clark, Chris Greatti
  7. No Words 1 & 2 – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  8. Down – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  9. Run! – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti
  10. Between I and She – Willow Smith, Asher Bank, Chris Greatti, Elijah Rawk
  11. I Know That Face – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  12. Big Feelings – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio

Kavus Torabi: The Banishing

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On May 3, 2024, “Believers Roast” label released “The Banishing”, the second Kavus Torabi studio album.

Personnel:

  • Kavus Torabi – guitars, bass, Fender Rhodes, Prophet synthesizer, santoor, vichitra veena, harmonium, snare, tambourine, ride cymbal, bass drum, autoharp, hand claps, double bass, guzheng, shakers, prayer bells, glockenspiel
  • Kate Davis – flute

Track listing:

All tracks by Kavus Torabi.

  1. The Horizontal Man
  2. Snake Humanis
  3. Heart the Same
  4. A Thousand Blazing Chariots
  5. The Sweetest Demon
  6. Push the Faders
  7. Mountains of Glass
  8. Untethered

Marillion: Marbles

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On May 3. 2004. “Intact” label released “Marbles”, the 13th studio Marillion studio album. It was recorded 2002 – 2004, at “The Racket Club” in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, and was produced by Dave Meegan.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth – vocals, hammered dulcimer,  additional guitar
  • Steve Rothery – guitar, bass guitar
  • Mark Kelly – keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Ian Mosley – drums
  • Carrie Tree – additional vocals

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steve Hogarth, all music by Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley and Steve Hogarth.

  1. The Invisible Man
  2. Marbles I
  3. You’re Gone
  4. Angelina
  5. Marbles II
  6. Don’t Hurt Yourself
  7. Fantastic Place
  8. Marbles III
  9. Drilling Holes
  10. Marbles IV
  11. Neverland
  12. You’re Gone (single mix) – CD bonus track in Europe

The Flower Kings: Love

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On May 2, 2025, “Inside Out Music” label released “Love”, the seventeenth Flower Kings (The) album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Roine Stolt.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Hasse Fröberg – lead vocals, guitar
  • Lalle Larsson – keyboards, Mellotron, organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Michael Stolt – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer
  • Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion
  • Aliaksandr Yasinski – accordion
  • Jannica Lund – vocals
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Lars Hallbäck – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. We Claim the Moon
  2. The Elder
  3. How Can You Leave Us Now?
  4. World Spinning – Lalle Larsson
  5. Burning Both Edges
  6. The Rubble
  7. Kaiser Razor
  8. The Phoenix
  9. The Promise
  10. Love Is
  11. Walls of Shame
  12. Consideration – lyrics by Michael Stolt, Jannica Lund, music by Michael Stolt

Suzanne Vega: Flying With Angels

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On May 2, 2025, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Flying with Angels”, the tenth Suzanne Vega studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “GB’s Juke Joint” in Queens, New York City, and was produced by Gerry Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Suzanne Vega – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jamie Edwards – keyboards
  • Daniel Mintseris – keyboards
  • Jeff Hill – bass guitar
  • Aaron Johnston – drums
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Ruby Froom – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Speakers’ Corner – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  2. Flying with Angels – Suzanne Vega
  3. Witch – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  4. Chambermaid – Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  5. Love Thief – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  6. Lucinda – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  7. Last Train from Mariupol – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  8. Alley – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  9. Rats – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  10. Galway – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard

Sally Potter: Anatomy

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On May 2, 2025, “Bella Union” label released “Anatomy”, the second Sally Potter studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Marta Salogni and Sally Porter.

Personnel:

  • Sally Potter – vocals
  • Fred Frith – guitar
  • Liam Dunachie – piano
  • Misha Mullov-Abbado – upright bass
  • Gwen Reed – double bass
  • Toby Hughes – double bass
  • Dave Brown – double bass
  • Ben Reed – electric bass
  • Valentina Magaletti – drums
  • Kieran Leonard – bodhran
  • David Geoghegan – trumpet
  • Paul Cott – French horn
  • Phillippa Koush-Jalali – French horn
  • Richard Bayliss – French horn
  • Sasha Koushk Jalali – tuba
  • Viktoria Mullova – violin
  • Matthew Barley – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Sally Potter.

  1. Anatomy
  2. Coming Home
  3. Words
  4. My Earth
  5. Carmageddon
  6. Walk Away
  7. Time to Go
  8. Come Back
  9. Honey
  10. Oh Daughter
  11. Elegy
  12. The Fall

Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch

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On May 2, 2003, “Shoplifter Records” label released “Soviet Kitsch”, the third Regina Spektor album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Regina Spektor and Alan Bezozi.

Personnel:

  • Regina Spektor – voice, piano, Rhodes, drumstick, percussion
  • Oren Bloedow – guitar
  • Graham Maby – bass
  • Alan Bezozi – drums, percussion, heartbeat
  • Gordon Raphael – percussion
  • Bear Spektor – whispers
  • The 4×4 String Quartet – strings
  • Kill Kenada – backing punk band

Track listing:

All tracks by Regina Spektor, except where noted.

  1. Ode to Divorce
  2. Poor Little Rich Boy
  3. Carbon Monoxide
  4. The Flowers
  5. Us
  6. Sailor Song
  7. * * *
  8. Your Honor
  9. Ghost of Corporate Future
  10. Chemo Limo
  11. Somedays – Eric Biondo

Uriah Heep: Sea Of Light

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On May 1, 1995, “HTD” label released “Sea of Light”, the 19th Uriah Heep album. It was recorded November – December 1994, January – February 1995, at “Karo Studios” in Brackel, Germany, and was produced by Kalle Trapp, Mick Box, Lee Kerslake, Trevor Bolder, Phil Lanzon and Bernie Shaw.

Personnel:

  • Bernie Shaw – lead vocals
  • Mick Box – guitars, backing vocals
  • Phil Lanzon – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Trevor Bolder – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Lee Kerslake – drums, backing vocals
  • Piet Sielck – additional keyboards
  • Pete Beckett – additional backing vocals, strings arrangements
  • Rolf Köhler – additional backing vocals
  • Kalle Trapp – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

  1. Against the Odds – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  2. Sweet Sugar – Trevor Bolder
  3. Time of revelation – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  4. Mistress of All Time – Phil Lanzon
  5. Universal Wheels – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  6. Fear of Falling – Trevor Bolder
  7. Spirit of Freedom – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  8. Logical progression – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  9. Love in Silence – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  10. Words in the Distance – Mick Box, Phil Lanzon
  11. Fires of Hell (Your Only Son) – Trevor Bolder
  12. Dream On – Trevor Bolder

Merle Hagard And The Strangers: Same Train, A Different Time

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In April 1969, “Capitol” label released “Same Train, A Different Time”, album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers (the ninth Merle Haggard studio album overall). It was recorded August 1968 – February 1969, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson.

Personnel:

  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar, harmonica
  • Norman Hamlet – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums
  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • Billy Mize – harmony vocals
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals
  • James Burton – guitar, dobro
  • Bob Morris – bass
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmie Rodgers, except where noted.

  1. California Blues
  2. Narration #1
  3. Hobo’s Meditation
  4. Waitin’ for a Train
  5. Mother, The Queen of My Heart – Jimmy Rodgers, Hoyt Bryant
  6. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
  7. Narration #2
  8. Train Whistle Blues
  9. Why Should I Be Lonely? – Jimmy Rodgers, Estelle Lovel
  10. Jimmie’s Texas Blues
  11. Blue Yodel#6 – Jimmy Rodgers, George Vaughan
  12. Narration #3
  13. Mule Skinner Blues
  14. Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia – Jimmy Rodgers, Clayton McMichen
  15. Down the Old Road To Home – Jimmy Rodgers, Carey D. Harvey
  16. Travelin’ Blues – Jimmy Rodgers, Shelly Lee Alley
  17. Miss the Mississippi and You – Bill Halley
  18. Frankie and Johnny
  19. No Hard Times
  20. Narration #4
  21. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride – Waldo LaFayette O’Neal
  22. My Old Pal – Jimmy Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams
  23. Nobody Knows But Me – Jimmy Rodgers, McWilliams
  24. Narration #5
  25. Jimmie Rodgers’ Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)

Jimmy Smith: A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2

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In April 1956, “Blue Note” label released “A New Sound – A New Star, Vol. 2”, the second Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Jimmy Smith – organ
  • Thornel Schwartz – guitar
  • Donald Bailey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Babs Gonzales – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimmy Smith, except where noted.

  1. The Champ – Dizzy Gillespie
  2. Bayou
  3. Deep Purple – Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish
  4. Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
  5. Ready ‘n Able
  6. Turquoise
  7. Bubbis