In June 2026, David John Greenslade died aged 83. He was musician (piano, keyboards, Hammond organ) and composer. He was member of Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band, If, Chris Farlowe’s Thunderbirds and Colosseum, but was best known as founding member of the band Greenslade. As leader he released five albums.
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Comedy Of Errors: House Of The Mind
On June 16, 2017, “Plane Groovy” label released “House of the Mind”, the fifth Comedy of Errors album.
Personnel:
- Joe Cairney – lead and backing vocals
- Mark Spalding – guitar
- Sam McCulloch – guitar
- Jim Johnston – keyboards, backing vocals
- John Fitzgerald – bass, guitar
- Bruce Levick – drums
Track listing:
- Tachyon
- House of the Mind
- A Moment’s Peace
- One Fine Day
- Song of Wandering Jacomus
Ruins: Symphonica
On June 16, 1998, “Tzadik” label released “Symphonica”, the 11th Ruins studio album.
Personnel:
- Aki Kubota – vocals
- Emi Eleonola – vocals
- Kenichi Oguchi – vocals, keyboards
- Hisashi Sasaki – vocals, bass
- Tatsuya Yoshida – vocals, drums
Track listing:
- Thebes
- Graviyaunosch
- Big Head
- Praha in Spring
- Thrive
- Infect
- Brixon Varromiks
- Bliezzaning Moltz
Roy Ayers Ubiquity: A Tear To A Smile
On June 16, 1975, “Polydor” label released “A Tear to a Smile”, album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity (the 15th Roy Ayers album). It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Roy Ayers.
Personnel:
- Roy Ayers – lead and backing vocals
- Wayne Garfield – lead and backing vocals
- Dee Dee Bridgewater – lead and backing vocals
- Debbie Darby – lead vocal
- Edwin Birdsong – lead vocal
- Carolyn Byrd, Debbie Burrell, Terry Burrell – backing vocals
- William Allen – arrangements
- Joel Brodsky – photography
- James Green – co – producer
Track
All tracks by Roy Ayers.
- 2000 Black
- Magic Lady
- Show Us a Feeling
- Ebony Blaze
- Time and Space
- No Question
- The Way of the World
- The Old One Two (More to Groove)
- Miles (Loves’s Silent Dawn)
- A Tear to a Smile
Dee Palmer
On June 13, 2026, Dee Palmer died aged 88. He was musician (keyboards), composer and arranger, best known as member of Jethro Tull (1976 – 1980). He produced several albums of orchestral arrangements of the music of various bands, including The Beatles, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes and Queen. As leader Palmer released one album.
Wlliam D Drake: Revere Reach
On June 15, 2015, “Onomatopoeia Records” label released “Revere Reach”, the fifth William D Drake album.
Personnel:
- William D Drake – vocals, piano, organ, harmonium, toy piano, tambourine, mellotron, glockenspiel, whirly tube, arrangements
- Richard Larcombe – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
- John Lacombe – vocals, Hurdy Gurdy, organ, harmonium, celesta, dulcitone
- Andrea Parker – vocals, glockenspiel, tambourine
- John Bastable – bass
- Mario Castronari – double bass
- Stephen Gilchrist – drums
- Chris Powell – percussion
- Nicky Baigent – clarinet, bass clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute
- Rhodri Marsden – musical saw
- Ben Davies – recording, engineer
- Stephen Gilchrist – recording
- Gaz Williams – mixing
- Denis Blackham – mastering
- Orlanda Broom – painting
Track listing:
All tracks by William D Drake.
- Distant Buzzing
- In Converse
- Lifeblood
- Be Here Steryear
- A Husk
- The Blind Boy
- Clack Dance
- Heart of Oak
- The Catford Clown
- Liferaft
- Castaway
- Revere Reach
- Orlando
Areknamés: Love Hate Trip
On June 15, 2006, “Black Widow Records” label released “Love Hate Trip”, the second Areknamés album. It was recorded in 2005, at “ Lentofumo Studios” in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy.
Personnel:
- Stefano Colombi – acoustic and electric guitar, artwork
- Michele Epifani – vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, mellotron, synth, recorder, recording, mixing, artwork
- Piero Ranalli – bass, artwork
- Simone Antonini – drums, artwork
- Luigi Belfatto – trumpet
- Lucy – speech
Track listing:
All tracks by Michele Epifani, except where noted.
- The Skeletal Landscape of the World
- Deceit
- Outcast
- La Chambre
- Snails – Gnidrolog
- Yes I Must Be Something
- Ignis Fatuus
- Stray Thoughts from A Crossroad
- A Grotesque Gift
- Someone Lies Here
- Pendulum Arc
- The Web of Years
Caroline Shaw & Quartet So Percussion: Rectangles and Circumstance
On June 14, 2024, “Nonesuch” label released “Rectangles and Circumstance”, album by Caroline Shaw and Quartet So Percussion. It was recorded August – September 2023, at “Big Mercy Studio” and “Figure 8 Recording” in Brooklyn, “Guilford Sound” in Guilford, “Princeton University” in Princeton, and was produced by Jonathan Low.
Personnel:
- Caroline Shaw – vocals
- Sō Percussion – ensemble
- Adam Sliwinski, Eric Cha-Beach, Jason Treuting, Josh Quillen – percussion
- Jonathan Low – engineer, editing, mixing
- Matt Poirer – engineer, editing, additional mixing
- Dave Snyder,. Matt Hall – engineer assistant
- Josh Bonati – mastering
- Ben Tousley – design
- Daniel Kukla – photography
- Anja Schütz – artists photography
- Adam Sliwinski – liner notes
Track listing:
- Rectangles and Circumstance
- Sing On
- Silently Invisibly
- And So
- The Parting Glass
- Slow Motion
- Who Turns Out the Light
- Like a Drum
- This
- To Music
Il Bacio Della Medusa: Deus Lo Vult
On June 14, 2012, Il Bacio Della Medusa self-released “Deus Lo Vult”, band’s third album.
Personnel:
- Simone Cecchini – voice, choir, acoustic guitar, harp
- Simone Brozzetti – electric guitar
- Federico Caprai – bass
- Diego Petrini – drums, percussion, mellotron, organ
- Eva Morelli – theremin, wind
Track listing:
- Invocazione Alle Muse
- Indignatio (Infedeli In Terra Santa)
- Urbano II Bandisce La Prima Crociata
- Simplicio
- Deus Lo Vult
- Verso Casa
- La Beffa (Non Un Trono, Non Un Regno…Solo Sdegno)
Van Morrison: Remebering Now
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.
- Down to Joy
- If It Wasn’t for Ray
- Haven’t Lost My Sense of Wonder
- Love, Lover and Beloved
- Cutting Corners
- Back to Writing Love Songs
- The Only Love O Ever Need Is Yours
- Once in a Lifetime Feelings
- Stomping Ground
- Memories and Visions
- When the Rains Came
- Colourblind
- Remembering Now
- Stretching Out
