On May 12, 2014, “Nonesuch” label released “Turn Blue”, the eighth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded July – August 2013, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Key Club” in Benton Harbor, Michigan, “Easy Eye Sound Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. The album was certified Platinum in Canada.
Personnel:
Dan Auerbach – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards
Patrick Carney – drums, keyboards, percussion
Brian Burton – keyboards, piano
Regina, Ann, Alfreda McCrary – backing vocals
Kennie Takahashi – engineer
Geoff Neal – additional engineering
Bill Skibbe – additional engineering
Collin Dupuis – additional engineering
Tchad Blake – mixing
Brian Lucey – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, and Brian Burton except where noted.
On May 7, 2013, “4AD” label released “Monomania”, the sixth Deerhunter studio album. It was recorded January – February 2013, at “Rare Book Room” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Nicolas Vernhes, Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Frankie Broyles, Moses Archuleta and John McKay.
Personnel:
Bradford Cox – vocals, acoustic guitar, tapes, electric rhythm guitar, guitar, electric melody bass, synthesizer, organ, gamelan, treatments, little instruments, percussion, fog machine, metal box, recording, art direction
Lockett Pundt – lead vocals, electric rhythm guitar, electric lead guitar, octave lead guitar, low guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, field recording
Frankie Broyles – acoustic guitar, electric lead guitar, electric guitar, electric rhythm guitar, steel guitar, high guitar, field recording
Josh McKay – bass guitar, Farfisa, Wurlitzer, Baldwin organ
On April 30, 2013, “Caldo Verde” label released “Perils from the Sea”, album by Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle. It was recorded 2012 – 2013, and was produced by Mark Kozalek and Jimmy LaValle.
Personnel:
Mark Kozelek – vocals, photography
Jimmy LaValle – recording
Marcel Gemperli – strings
Peter Broderick – strings
Vanessa Ruotolo – strings
Aaron Prellwitz – vocals recording, mixing
Gabe Shepard – vocals recording
Nathan Winter – vocals recording
Et Cetera – design
Track listing:
All lyrics by Mark Kozelek, all music by Jimmy LaValle.
On April 29, 2013, “Fiction Records” label released “Hubcap Music”, the sixth Seasick Steve studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Seasick Steve.
Personnel:
Seasick Steve (Steven Gene Wold) – vocals, guitar
Jack White – lead guitar
Luther Dickinson – slide guitar
Fats Kaplin – pedal steel guitar, fiddle
John Paul Jones – bass guitar, mandolin, lap steel ukulele, Hammond organ, harmony vocals
On April 23, 2013, “Signature Records” label released “Massachusetts”, the seventh Lori McKenna studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Mark Erelli.
Personnel:
Lori McKenna – vocals, acoustic guitar
Rose Cousins – vocals
Mike Viola – vocals, recording
Mark Erelli – vocals, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, percussion
Jamie Edwards – piano, organ, keyboards, electric guitar, recording
Paul Kochanski – electric bass, electric upright bass
On April 22, 2014, “Kind of Blue Music” label released “BLUESAmericana”, the twelfth Keb’ Mo’ studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Stu Stu Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Keb’ Mo’, Leigh Brannon and Casey Wasner.
Personnel:
Keb’ Mo’ (Kevin Moore) – acoustic and electric guitar, resonator guitar, slide guitar, banjo, bass, piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards, harmonica, horn arrangements
The California Feet Warmers – featured artist
Paul Franklin – pedal steel
Jeffrey Moran – banjo
Patrick Morrison – banjo
Colin Linden – mandolin, handclapping
Tim Lauer – organ, piano
Michael Hanna – piano, organ
Michael Hicks – organ, backing vocals
Casey Wasner – bass, drums, engineer, tracking
Brian Allen – bass
Tom Hambridge – drums
Dominique Rodriguez – drums
Steve Jordan – drums
Keio Stroud – drums
Jovan Quallo – tenor saxophone
Brandon Armstrong – sousaphone
Charles Decastro – trumpet
Quentin Ware – trumpet
Justin Rubenstein – trombone
Roland Barber – trombone
Joshua Kaufman – clarinet
Tom Shinness – cello, mandolin
Juan Carlos Reynoso – washboard
Joe Wood – handclapping
Robbie Brooks-Moore – backing vocals
Moiba Mustafa – backing vocals
Rip Patton – backing vocals
Kevin So – backing vocals
Darcy Stewart – backing vocals
Melvin “Maestro” Lightford – horn arrangements
John Caldwell – engineer, tracking
David Leonard – engineer, tracking
John Schirmer – engineer, tracking
Zach Allen – engineer, tracking
Ross Hogarth – mixing
Richard Dodd – mastering
Meghan Aileen Schirmer – design, package design
Andrea Lucero – photography
Leigh Brannon – project manager
Track listing:
The Worst Is Yet to Come – Heather Donovan, Kevin Moore, Pete Sallis
Somebody Hurt You – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
Do It Right – Kevin Moore, Jim Weatherly
I’m Gonna Be Your Man – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
On April 16, 2013, “New West” label released “The Low Highway”, the 15th Steve Earle studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Ben’s Studio” and “Room and Board”, in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Ray Kennedy and Steve Earle.
Personnel:
Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano
On April 9, 2013, “Resonance” label released “The Magic of 2”, album Tommy Flanagan and Jaki Byard. It was recorded in February 1982, at “Keystone Korner” in San Francisco, and was produced by Todd Barkan and Zev Feldman.
Personnel:
Tommy Flanagan – piano
Jaki Byard – piano
Frank Gala – mastering
Bill Charlap, Dan Morgenstern, Diane Byard, Howard Mandel, Renee Rosnes, Zev Feldman – liner notes
George Klabin – executive producer
Track listing:
Introduction by Todd Barkan
Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington
Something to Live For – Billy Strayhorn
Send One Your Love – Stevie Wonder
Our Delight – Tadd Dameron
All Day Long – Billy Strayhorn
Sunday – Bennie Krueger, Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Ned Miller
On April 3, 2012, “Nonesuch” label released “Locked Down”, the 32nd Dr. John album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach. At the 2013 “Grammy Awards”, “Locked Down” won the “Grammy Award for Best Blues Album”.
Personnel:
Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) – lead vocal, keyboards
Dan Auerbach – guitar, percussion, backing vocals, mixing
Brian Olive – guitar, percussion, woodwind, backing vocals
Leon Michels – keyboards, percussion, woodwind, backing vocals
Nick Movshon – upright and electric bass, percussion, backing vocals
Richard Windmann – electric bass
Max Weissenfeldt – drums, percussion, backing vocals
The McCrary Sisters (Regina, Ann & Alfreda) – backing vocals
Collin Dupuis – engineer, mixing
Brian Lucey – mastering
Danny Tomczak – studio assistant
Michael Carney – art direction, photo coloring
Joshua Black Wilkins – Dr. John’s photographs
Alysse Gafkjen – studio photographs
Gabe Soria – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Mac Rebennack, Dan Auerbach, Maximilian Weissenfeldt, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Richard Windmann and Brian Olive.
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