Tag Archives: 2013

Mark Kozelek And Jimmy LaValle: Perils From The Sea

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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.

  1. What Happened to My Brother
  2. 1936
  3. Gustavo
  4. Baby in Death Can I Rest Next to Your Grave
  5. Ceiling Gazing
  6. You Missed My Heart
  7. Caroline
  8. He Always Felt Like Dancing
  9. By the Time That I Awoke
  10. Here Come More Perils from the Sea
  11. Somehow the Wonder of Life Prevails

Seasick Steve: Hubcap Music

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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 
  • Dan Magnusson – percussion, podorythmie
  • Elizabeth Cook – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Down on the Farm
  2. Self Sufficient Man
  3. Keep On Keepin’ On
  4. Over You
  5. The Way I Do
  6. Purple Shadows
  7. Freedom Road
  8. Home
  9. Hope
  10. Heavy Weight
  11. Coast Is Clear

Lori McKenna: Massachusetts

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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
  • John Sands – drums, percussion
  • Jake Armerding – fiddle
  • Chris Rival – recording, mixing
  • Dave McNair – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Salt
  2. My Love Follows You Where You Go
  3. Susanna
  4. Smaller and Smaller – Barry Dean
  5. Make Every Word Hurt
  6. Shake
  7. How Romantic is That
  8. Shouting
  9. Better with Time
  10. Take Me with You When You Go
  11. Love Can Put It Back Together
  12. Grown up Now

Keb’ Mo’: BluesAmericana

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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:

  1. The Worst Is Yet to Come – Heather Donovan, Kevin Moore, Pete Sallis
  2. Somebody Hurt You – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  3. Do It Right – Kevin Moore, Jim Weatherly
  4. I’m Gonna Be Your Man – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  5. Move – Tom Hambridge, Kevin Moore
  6. For Better or Worse – Tom Hambridge, Kevin Moore
  7. That’s Alright – Jimmy Rogers
  8. Old Me Better – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  9. More For Your Money – Kevin Moore, Gary Nicholson
  10. So Long Goodbye – Rebecca Correia, Kevin Moore

Steve Earle: The Low Highway

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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
  • Chris Masterson – guitar, pedal steel guitar
  • Eleanor Whitmore – fiddle, baritone fiddle, mandolin
  • Allison Moorer – vocal, piano, organ, accordion, harmonium
  • Kelley Looney – upright and electric bass
  • Will Rigby – drums, percussion
  • Siobhan Kennedy – vocal
  • Ray Kennedy – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Leslie Richter – engineer assistant
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – artwork
  • Paul Moore – design
  • Ted Barron – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Earle, except where noted.

  1. The Low Highway
  2. Calico County
  3. Burnin’ It Down
  4. That All You Got?
  5. Love’s Gonna Blow My Way – Steve Earle, Lucia Micarelli
  6. After Mardi Gras – Steve Earle, Lucia Micarelli
  7. Pocket Full of Rain
  8. Invisible
  9. Warren Hellman’s Banjo
  10. Down the Road Pt. II
  11. 21st Century Blues
  12. Remember Me

Tommy Flanagan And Jaki Byard: The Magic Of 2

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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:

  1. Introduction by Todd Barkan
  2. Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
  3. Just One of Those Things – Cole Porter
  4. Satin Doll – Duke Ellington
  5. Something to Live For – Billy Strayhorn
  6. Send One Your Love – Stevie Wonder
  7. Our Delight – Tadd Dameron
  8. All Day Long – Billy Strayhorn
  9. Sunday – Bennie Krueger, Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Ned Miller
  10. Chelsea Bridge – Billy Strayhorn
  11. Land of Make Believe – Chuck Mangione
  12. The Theme – Miles Davis

Dr. John: Locked Down

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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.

  1. Locked Down
  2. Revolution
  3. Big Shot
  4. Ice Age
  5. Getaway
  6. Kingdom of Izzness
  7. You Lie
  8. Eleggua
  9. My Children, My Angels
  10. God’s Sure Good

Robert Cray: In My Soul

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On March 31, 2014, “Provogue” label released “In My Soul”, the 17th Robert Cray album (credited to Robert Cray Band). It was recorded in 2013, at “Santa Barbara Sound Studios” in Santa Barbara, California, and was produced by Steve Jordan.

Personnel:

  1. Robert Cray – vocals, guitar
  2. Dover Weinberg – keyboards
  3. Richard Cousins – bass
  4. Les Falconer – vocal, drums
  5. Steve Jordan – drums, percussion, mixing
  6. Trevor Lawrence – tenor sacophone
  7. Steve Madaio – trumpet
  8. Niko Bolas – engineer
  9. Dom Camardella, Tomas del Toro-Diaz – engineer assistant
  10. Niko Bolas – mixing
  11. Greg Calbi – mastering
  12. Steve Fallone – mastering assistant
  13. Roy Koch – artwork
  14. Jeff Katz Photography – photography
  15. Fallout Ent – studio album

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Cray, except where noted.

  1. You Move Me
  2. Nobody’s Fault but Mine – Otis Redding
  3. Fine Yesterday
  4. You Good Thing Is Above to End – David Porter, Isaac Hayes
  5. I Guess I’ll Never Know – Jeff Paris, Les Falconer, Rick Whitfield
  6. Hold On – Hendrix Ackle, Richard Cousins
  7. What Would You Say
  8. Hip Tight Onions – Hendrix Ackle, Richard Cousins
  9. You’re Everything
  10. Deep in My Soul

The Bad Plus: The Rite Of Spring

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On March 25, 2014, “Sony Masterworks” label released “The Rite of Spring”, the ninth Bad Plus (The) studio album. It was recorded in June 2013, at “Kaleidoscope Sound Studios” in Union City, New Jersey, and was produced by Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King. The album is interpretation of the Igor Stravinsky orchestral composition.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson – piano
  • Reid Anderson – bass, electronics
  • David King – drums
  • Pete Rende – engineer, mixing
  • Huntley Miller – mastering
  • David King – artwork
  • Greg Meyers – design
  • Jay Fram – photography
  • Darryl Pitt – executive producer
  • Chris Hinderaker – production coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Igor Stravinsky.

First Part: Adoration of the Earth

  1. Introduction
  2. The Augurs of Spring
  3. Ritual of Abduction
  4. Spring Rounds
  5. Games of the Two Rival Tribes / Procession of the Sage
  6. The Sage / Dance of the Earth

Second Part: The Sacrifice

  1. Introduction
  2. Mystic Circle of the Young Girls
  3. Glorification of the Chosen One
  4. Evocation of the Ancestors / Ritual Action of the Ancestors
  5. Sacrificial Dance

Tears For Fears: The Tipping Point

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On February 25, 2022, “Concord” label released “The Tipping Point”, the seventh Tears for Fears studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2021, and was produced by Charlton Pettus, Florian Reutter, Sacha Skarbek, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.

Personnel:

  • Roland Orzabal – vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Curt Smith – vocals, keyboards, bass guitars, mixing
  • Max von Ameln – guitars
  • Charlton Pettus – keyboards, guitars, programming, mixing
  • Sacha Skarbek – acoustic piano, vocal production
  • Doug Petty – accordion, Hammond organ, acoustic piano, string arrangements
  • Aaron Sterling – drums
  • Jamie Wollam – drums
  • Jason Joseph – choir, vocal arrangements
  • Charles Jones – choir
  • Jessi Collins – choir
  • Lauren Evans – choir
  • Carina Round – backing vocals
  • Florian Reutter – programming, vocal production
  • Tim Palmer – mixing
  • Craig Silvey – mixing
  • Tony Maserati – mixing
  • Steven Wilson – surround mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Justin Shturtz – mastering
  • Max von Ameln – engineer assistant
  • Tommy Steele – art direction, design
  • Carrie Smith – art direction
  • Cinta Vidal – cover art
  • Frank Ockenfels 3 – photography

Track listing:

  1. No Small Thing – Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith
  2. The Tipping Point – Roland Orzabal, Charlton Pettus
  3. Long, Long, Long Time – Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus
  4. Break the Man – Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus
  5. My Demons – Roland Orzabal, Sacha Skarbek, Florian Reutter
  6. Rivers of Mercy – Roland Orzabal, Charlton Pettus, Doug Petty
  7. Please Be Happy – Roland Orzabal, Sacha Skarbek
  8. Master Plan – Roland Orzabal
  9. End of Night – Roland Orzabal
  10. Stay – Curt Smith, Charlton Pettus