On October 14, 2014, Randolph Isaiah “Ikey” Owens died aged 39. He was musician (keyboard, piano, organ, melodica, tuba) and producer, worked with an array of bands from the Long Beach music scene. Some of the names hw worked with includes Long Beach Dub Allstars, The Mars Volta, Free Moral Agents, Jack White, Look Daggers, De Facto, Reel Big Fish, Forget the World, The Hippos, Second-hand and The Visionaries. As leader, Owens released one album (“Looking for Lauryn Hill In Lakewood”, July, 2010).
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Lee Kerslake
On September 19, 2020, Lee Kerslake died aged 73. He was musician (drums, percussion, keyboards, trumpet, kazoo, vocal), recorded and performed with The Gods, Head Machine, Toe Fat, National Head Band, Ken Hensley, David Byron, Living Loud, Ozzy Osborne, but was best known as drummer of Uriah Heep. With Swedish singer Stefan Berggren he formed Berggren Kerslake Band.
The Kooks: Listen
On September 8, 2014, “Universal” label released “Listen”, the fourth Kooks (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2013, in London and Los Angeles, and was produced by Inflo.
Personnel:
- Luke Pritchard – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming, synths, tambourine, bass, hand claps
- Hugh Harris – guitar, backing vocals
- Peter Denton – bass, guitar, percussion
- Alexis Nunez – drums, percussion, bass
- Inflo – percussion, synths, programming, piano, guitar, organ
- Fraser T Smith – keyboards, guitar, drum programming
- Tommy Antonio – Rhodes
- Behind the Force Choir – choir
- Carmen Phelan – violin, viola
- Cleo Nikolic – backing vocals
- Betty Thorpe – crowd vocals
- Kate Fletcher – crowd vocals
- Erica Earl – additional vocals
Track listing:
Al tracks by Luke Pritchard and Inflo, except where noted.
- Around Town
- Forgive & Forget – Luke Pritchard, Inflo, Alexis Nuñez
- Westside – Luke Pritchard, Inflo, Hugh Harris
- See Me Now
- It Was London
- Bad Habit – Luke Pritchard, Inflo, Peter Denton
- Down
- Dreams
- Are We Electric – Luke Pritchard, Fraser T Smith
- Sunrise
- Sweet Emotion
Tigran Hamasyan: Luys i Luso
On September 4, 2015, “ECM” label released “Luys i Luso”, the seventh Tigran Hamasyan album. It was recorded October 2014, and was produced by Manfred Eicher. The album was released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
Personnel:
- Tigran Hamasyan – piano
- Yerevan State Chamber Choir
- Harutyun Topikyan – conductor
Track listing:
- Ov Zarmanali
- Ankanim Araji Qo
- Ov Zarmanali (Var. 1)
- Hayrapetakan Maghterg
- Bazum En Qo Gtutyunqd
- Nor Tsaghik
- Hayrapetakan Maghterg (Var. 1)
- Hayrapetakan Maghterg (Var. 2)
- Havoun Havoun
- Voghormea Indz Astvats
- Sirt Im Sasani
- Surb Astvats
- Sirt Im Sasani
- Orhnyal E Astvats
Angus & Julia Stone: Same
On August 1, 2014, “EMI Music Australia” label released the self-titled, third Angus & Julia Stone album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Shangri-La Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Complex”, “Grand Street Recording”, and was produced by Rick Rubin, Angus Stone and Julia Stone.
Personnel:
- Angus Stone – vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, bass
- Julia Stone – vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, trumpet
- Jordan Power, Ken Rich, Tomek Miernowski – recording
- Ryan Hewitt – recording, mixing
- Adam Fuller, Jason Gossman, Sean Oakley – editing
- Billy Bush – mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Jennifer Stenglein – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Angus Stone and Julia Stone.
- A Heartbreak
- My Word for It
- Grizzly Bear
- Heart Beats Slow
- Wherever You Are
- Get Home
- Death Defying Acts
- Little Whiskey
- From the Stalls
- Other Things
- Please You
- Main Street
- Crash and Burn
Jenny Lewis: The Voyager
On July 29, 2014, “Warner Bros” label released “The Voyager”, the third Jenny Lewis studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Pax-Am Studios” in Hollywood, CA. “ARC Studios” in Omaha, NE, and was produced by Ryan Adams, Beck Hansen, Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Rice and Mike Viola.
Personnel:
- Jenny Lewis – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, layout
- Alex Greenwald – vocal
- Beck Hansen – vocal
- Johanna Söderberg – vocal
- Jonathan Rice – vocal
- Klara Söderberg – vocal
- Mike Viola – vocal
- Farmer Dave Scher – vocal
- Benmomt Tench – vocal, keyboards
- Ryan Adams – vocal, guitar
- Elizabeth Berg – vocal, guitar
- Jason Boesel – vocal, guitar
- Rebecca Stark – vocal, tambourine
- Blake Mills – guitar
- Gus Seyffert – guitar
- Lou Barlow – bass, guitar
- Mike Elizondo – bass, keyboards
- Mickey Madden – bass
- Wyllie Gelber – bass
- Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
- Jason Boessel – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Nate Walcott – horn
- The Section Quartet
- Lili Haydn – violin
- Daphine Chen – string arrangements
- Nathaniel Walcott – string arrangements
- The Watson Twins
- Charlie Stavish, David Labrel, Mike Mogis – recording
- Brent Arrowood, Chris Szcech, Cole Marsden, Grief Neill, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, Jason Lader, Jim Watts, Mario Borgatta, Pierre de Reeder, Robert Rossman – additional recording
- Rich Costey – mixing
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
- Norman Wonderly, Stephen Walker – layout
- Autumn De Wilde – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jenny Lewis, except where noted.
- Head Underwater
- She’s Not Me – Jonathan Rice
- Just One of the Guys
- Slippery Slopes
- Late Bloomer
- You Can’t Outrun ‘Em
- The New You – Jonathan Rice
- Aloha & the Three Johns
- Love U Forever
- The Voyager
Alvvays: Same
On July 22, 2014, “Royal Mountain” label released the self-titled, debut Alvvays album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Chad VanGaalen. In 2015, “CBS Music” ranked it at number 1 on its list of “30 Best Canadian Albums of 2014”.
Personnel:
- Molly Rankin – vocals, guitar
- Alec O’Hanley – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drum machine, additional mixing
- Kerri MacLellen – vocals, keyboards
- Brian Murphy – bass
- Sheridan Riley – drums
- Eric Hamelin – drums
- Chris Dadge – drums
- Chad VanGaalen – programming, tambourine, bongos, engineer
- Graham Walsh – additional tracking
- Jeff McMurrich – additional tracking
- John Agnello – mixing
- Ian McGettigan – additional mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Steve Fallone – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Molly Rankin and Alec O’Hanley, except where noted.
- Adult Diversion – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murphy
- Archie, Marry Me
- Ones Who Love You – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murphy
- Next of Kin – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murphy
- Party Police – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murphy
- The Agency Group – Molly Rankin, Alec O’Hanley, Brian Murph
- Dives
- Atop a Cake
- Red Planet
Puss n Boots: No Fools, No Fun
On July 15, 2014, “Blue Note” label released “No Fools, No Fun”, the debut Puss n Boots studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Studio G”, “The Bell House” in Brooklyn, New York.
Personnel:
- Norah Jones – vocals, electric guitar, fiddle
- Catherine Popper – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
- Sasha Dobson – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums
- Joel Hamilton – engineer, mixing
- Matt Labozza – engineer assistant
- Mike Jinno – engineer assistant
- Francisco Botero – engineer assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Nicole Frantz – creative direction
- Frank Harkins – art direction, design
- Richard Ballard – photography
Track listing:
- Leaving London – Tom Paxton
- Bull Rider – Rodney Crowell
- Twilight – Robbie Robertson
- Sex Degrees of Separation – Sasha Dobson
- Don’t Know What It Means – Norah Jones
- Down by the River – Neil Young
- Tarnished Angel – Roger Miller
- Jesus, Etc – Jeff Tweedy
- Always – Catherine Popper
- GTO – Jeb Loy Nichols
- Pines – Catherine Popper
- You’ll Forget Me – Sasha Dobson
Comet Gain: Paperback Ghosts
On July 7, 2014, “Fortuna Pop” label released “Paperback Ghosts”, the seventh Comet Gain studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Soup Studio” in London.
Personnel:
- David Feck – vocals, guitar
- James Hornsey – bass
- Woodie Taylor – drums, percussion
- Helen Short – cello
- Rachel Evans – vocals
- John McKeown – voice
- Anne Laure Guillain – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
- Sam Beer – organ
- David Christian – vocals, guitar
- Kevin Pickering – guitar
- Ben Phillipson – guitar glockenspiel, backing vocals
- A Little Orchestra – strings
- Claire Hadidjenar, Matthew Walker – violin
- Alison Cotton – viola
- Giles Barrett, Simon Trought – engineer
- The Woodland Eye – artwork
Track listing:
- Long After Tonite’s Candles Are Blown
- Sad Love and Other Short Stories
- Behind the House She Lived In
- Wait ‘Til December
- Breaking Open the Head Part 1
- The Last Love Letter
- Sixteen Oh Four
- (All The) Avenue Girls
- Your Haunted Heart
- Far from the Pavilion
- An Orchid Stuck Inside Her Throat
- Confessions of a Daydream
Anderson / Stolt: Invention of Knowledge
On June 24, 2016, “Inside Out Music” label released “Invention of Knowledge”, the debut Anderson/Stolt album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, at “Fenix Studios” in Varnhem, Sweden, and in California, and was produced by Reine Stolt.
Personnel:
- Jon Anderson – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, percussion
- Roine Stolt – acoustic and electric guitars, Portuguese guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboards, dobro, percussion, backing vocals, mixing
- Tom Brislin – Yamaha C7 grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizers
- Lalle Larsson – grand piano, synthesizer
- Jonas Reingold – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Michael Stolt – bass guitar, Moog bass
- Felix Lehrmann – drums
- Daniel Gildenlöw – backing vocals
- Nad Sylvan – backing vocals
- Anja Obermayer – backing vocals
- Maria Rerych – backing vocals
- Kristina Westas – backing vocals
- Lars Hallbäck – backing vocals recording
- Jonas Reingold – mastering
- Silas Toball – artwork
- Eva Toball – artwork assistant
- Johnny Taxen – photography
- Per Kristianssen – photography
- Lilian Westin – photography
- Anders Olsson – photography
- Hans Froberg – photography
- Erik Edlund – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Jon Anderson.
- Invention – Jon Anderson, Neil Campbell, Roine Stolt
- We Are Truth – Jon Anderson, Dan Spollen
- Knowledge – Jon Anderson, Neil Campbell, Roine Stolt
- Knowing – Jon Anderson, Kristian Ducharme, Roine Stolt
- Chase and Harmony – Jon Anderson, Kristian Ducharme
- Everybody Heals – Jon Anderson, Roine Stolt, Neil Campbell, Joseph Cowell, Andy Maslivec, Marty Snape
- Better by Far – Jon Anderson, Dan Spollen
- Golden Light – Jon Anderson, Roine Stolt, Neil Campbell, Joseph Cowell, Andy Maslivec, Marty Snape
- Know – Jon Anderson, Kristian Ducharme, Roine Stolt
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