Nina Nastasia: Riderless Horse

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On July 22, 2022, “Temporary Residence Limited” label released “Riderless Horse”, the seventh Nina Nastasia studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Steve Albini, Nina Nastasia and Greg Norman.

Personnel:

  • Nina Nastasia – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Steve Albini – engineer
  • Greg Norman – engineer assistant
  • Elizabeth Neel – painting
  • Dave Thomas (as DLT) – layout, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Nina Nastasia.

  1. Cork and Pour
  2. Just Stay in Bed
  3. You Were So Mad
  4. This Is Love
  5. Nature
  6. Lazy Road
  7. Ask Me
  8. Blind as Batsies
  9. The Two of Us
  10. Go Away
  11. The Roundabout
  12. Trust
  13. Afterwards
  14. Creek and Chimes

Ben Harper: Bloodline Maintenance

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On July 22, 2022, “Chrysalis” label released “Bloodline Maintenance”, the 16th Ben Harper album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Sheldon Gomberg and Ben Harper.

Personnel:

  • Ben Harper – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, arrangements
  • Chris Joyner – keyboards
  • Jason Yates – keyboards, congas
  • Anna Butterss – bass guitar
  • DJ Johnny Juice – drums, percussion, turntable
  • Jimmy Paxson – drums, additional percussion
  • Leon Mobley – percussion
  • Geoff Burke – flute, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, horn and woodwind arrangements
  • Bruce Harris – trumpet
  • Larry Goldings – clavinet 
  • De’Ante Duckett – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Alethea Mills – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Chavonne Stewart – backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Kevin Smith – engineer
  • Jason Gossman – additional engineering
  • Sheldon Gomberg – additional engineering, mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Jackie Phillips – artwork, design
  • Michael Halsband – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Harper

  1. Below Sea Level
  2. We Need to Talk About It
  3. Where Did We Go Wrong
  4. Problem Child
  5. Need to Know Basis
  6. It Aint No Use
  7. More Than Love
  8. Smile at the Mention
  9. Honey, Honey
  10. Knew the Day Was Comin’
  11. Maybe I Can’t

Ty Segall: Hello, Hi

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On July 22, 2022, “Drag City” label released “Hello, Hi”, the fourteenth Ty Segall studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Cooper Crain.

Personnel:

  • Ty Segall – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, electric piano, drums, recording
  • Ben Boye – Rhodes piano
  • Charles Moothart – drums
  • Mikal Cronin – saxophone
  • Cooper Crain – recording
  • JJ Golden – lacquer cut
  • Denée Segall – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ty Segall.

  1. Good Morning
  2. Cement
  3. Over
  4. Hello, Hi
  5. Blue
  6. Looking at You
  7. Don’t Lie
  8. Saturday Pt. 1
  9. Saturday Pt. 2
  10. Distraction

Hubert Laws: Wild Flower

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On July 22, 1972, “Atlantic” label released “Wild Flower”, the seventh Hubert Laws album. It was recorded October – November 1971, in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn.

Personnel:

  • Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute, piccolo, electric flute
  • Chick Corea – piano
  • Gary Burton – vibraphone
  • Ron Carter, Richard Davis – double bass
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Ramon “Mongo” Santamaría – congas
  • Joe Chambers, Airto Moreira, Warren Smith – percussion
  • Bernard Eichen, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Guy Lumia, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Aaron Rosand – violin
  • Julian Barber, Selwart Clarke, Harold Coletta, Richard Dickler, Harry Zaratzian – viola
  • Seymour Barab, Richard Bock, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman – cello
  • John Murtaugh – arrangements, conductor

Track listing:

  1. Wild Flower – John Murtaugh
  2. Pensativa – Clare Fischer
  3. Equinox – John Coltrane
  4. Ashanti – John Murtaugh
  5. Motherless Child – traditional
  6. Yoruba – John Murtaug

Blur: The Ballad Of Darren

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On July 21, 2023, “Parlaphone” label released “The Ballad of Darren”, the ninth Blur studio album. It was recorded January – May 2023, at “Studio 13” in London and Devon, and was produced by James Ford.

Personnel:

  • Damon Albarn – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano
  • Graham Coxon – lead and backing vocals, guitar
  • Alex James – bass guitar
  • Dave Rowntree – drums, backing vocals
  • James Ford – keyboards
  • Chris Storr – trumpet
  • Danny Marsden – trumpet
  • Alistair White – trombone
  • Nichol Thompson – trombone
  • Kotono Sato – violin
  • Sarah Tuke – violin
  • Ciara Ismail – viola
  • Izzi Dunn – cello
  • Samuel Egglenton – engineer, additional production
  • Mat Bartram – strings engineering, brass engineering
  • Giacomo Vianello – engineering assistant
  • Luke Pickering – engineering assistant
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Grace Banks – mixing assistant
  • Matt Colton – mastering
  • Martin Parr – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.

  1. The Ballad
  2. St. Charles Square
  3. Barbaric
  4. Russian Strings
  5. The Everglades (for Leonard)
  6. The Narcissist
  7. Goodbye Albert
  8. Far Away Island
  9. Avalon
  10. The Heights

Nils Lofgren: Mountains

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On July 21, 2023, “Castle Track Road Records” label released “Mountains”, the 29th Nils Lofgren album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at Lofgren’s home studio in Scottsdale, Arizona, and was produced by Nils Lofgren and Amy Lofgren.

Personnel:

  • Nils Lofgren – vocals, guitar, keyboards, pedal steel guitar, dulcimer, lap steel guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion
  • Neil Young – vocals
  • Cindy Mizelle – vocals
  • David Crosby – vocals
  • The Howard University Gospel Choir – choir
  • Ron Carter – double bass 
  • Kevin McCormick – bass guitar
  • Ringo Starr – vocals, drums
  • Andy Newmark – drums
  • Timm Biery – drums
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Christine Vivona – harp
  • Jamison Weddle – engineer, recording, mixing
  • Ed Mell – album artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Nils Lofgren, except where noted.

  1. Ain’t the Truth Enough
  2. Only Ticket Out
  3. Back in Your Arms – Bruce Springsteen
  4. Won’t Cry No More (for Charlie Watts)
  5. Nothin’s Easy (for Amy)
  6. Dream Killer
  7. Only Your Smile
  8. I Remember Her Name
  9. We Better Find It
  10. Angel Blues

Greta Van Fleet: Starcatcher

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On July 21, 2023, “Lava” and “Republic” labels released “Starcatcher”, the third studio Greta Van Fleet studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2023, at “RCA Studio A” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Low Country South” in Savannah, Georgia, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Joshua Kiszka – lead and backing vocals, harmonica
  • Jacob Kiszka – guitar, backing vocals
  • Samuel Kiszka – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Daniel Wagner – drums, backing vocals
  • Greg Gordon – engineer
  • Phillip Smith – additional engineering
  • Greg Gordon – mixing
  • Dave Cobb – mixing
  • Pete Lyman – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Fate of the Faithful
  2. Waited all Your Life
  3. The Falling Sky
  4. Sacred the Thread
  5. Runway Blues
  6. The Indigo Streak
  7. Frozen Light
  8. The Archer
  9. Meeting the Master
  10. Farewell for Now

Joe Pass: Joe’s Blues

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On July 21, 1998, “Laserlight” label released “Joe’s Blues”, the 65th Joe Pass album. It was recorded in 1968, at “Radio recorders” in Hollywood, and was released posthumously in 1998.

Personnel:

  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Monty Budwig – bass
  • Colin Bailey – drums
  • Adam Ross – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
  2. Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva
  3. Joe’s Blues – Joe Pass
  4. Georgia – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. When You’re Smiling – Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin
  6. The Shadow of Your Smile – Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster
  7. What Have They Done to My Song, Ma – Melanie Safka
  8. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Herb Nacio Brown, Gus Kahn
  9. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey

The Ocean Blue: Same

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On July 21, 1989, “Sire” label released the self-titled, debut Ocean Blue (The) album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Eden Studios” in London, and was produced by Mark Opitz and John Porter.

Personnel:

  • David Schelzel – vocals, guitars
  • Steve Lau – vocals, keyboards, saxophone
  • Bobby Mittan – bass guitar
  • Rob Minnig – drums
  • Mike Dignam – engineer
  • Mark Opitz – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Schelzel, all music by David Schelzel, Steve Lau, Bobby Mittan and Rob Minning.

  1. Between Something and Nothing
  2. Vanity Fair
  3. Drifting, Falling
  4. The Circus Animals
  5. Frigid Winter Days
  6. Just Let Me Know
  7. Love Song
  8. Ask Me Jon
  9. Awaking the Dream
  10. The Office of a Busy Man
  11. Myron
  12. A Familiar Face

Emitt Rhodes: Mirror

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On July 21, 1971, “Dunhill” label released “Mirror”, the third Emitt Rhodes album. It was recorded in 1971, and was produced by Emitt Rhodes.

Personnel:

  • Emitt Rhodes – vocals, all instruments, arrangements, recording
  • Keith Olsen – mixing
  • Tom Gundelfinger – art direction, design
  • Andrew Sackheim – photography
  • Harvey Bruce – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Emitt Rhodes

  1. Birthday Lady
  2. Better Side of Life
  3. My Love Is Strong
  4. Side We Seldom Show
  5. Mirror
  6. Really Wanted You
  7. Medley: Bubble Gum the Blues / I’m a Cruiser
  8. Love Will Stone You
  9. Golden Child of God
  10. Take You Far Away

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