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of Montreal: Aureate Gloom

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On March 3, 2015, “Polyvinyl” label released “Aureate Gloom”, the thirteenth of Montreal studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Kevin Barnes.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Barnes- vocals, guitars
  • Bennett Lewis – guitars
  • Jojo Glidewell – keys, synth
  • Bob Parins – bass, clarinet
  • Clayton Rychlik – vocals, drums, percussion, clarinet
  • Kishi Bashi – vocals, strings

Track listing:

All tracks written by Kevin Barnes.

  1. Bassem Sabry
  2. Last Rites At The Jane Hotel
  3. Empyrean Abattoir
  4. Aluminum Crown
  5. Virgilian Lots
  6. Monolithic Egress
  7. Apollyon Of Blue Room
  8. Estocadas
  9. Chthonian Dirge For Uruk The Other
  10. Like Ashoka’s Inferno Of Memory

Animal Collective: Painting With

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On February 19, 2016, “Domino” label released “Painting With”, the tenth Animal Collective studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “EastWest Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Sonny DiPerri, Noah Lennox, David Portner and Brian Weitz.

Personnel:

  • Panda Bear (Noah Lennox)
  • Avey Tare (David Portner)
  • Geologist (Brian Weitz)
  • John Cale– drone
  • Colin Stetson – saxophone
  • Sonny DiPerri – recording, mixing
  • Brendan Dekora, Jeremy Miller – engineer assistant
  • Remi Barbot – mixing assistant
  • Dave Cooley – mastering
  • Brian DeGraw – artwork
  • Rob Carmichael – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Noah Lennox, David Portner and Brian Weitz.

  1. FloriDada
  2. Hocus Pocus
  3. Vertical
  4. Lying in the Grass
  5. The Burglars
  6. Natural Selection
  7. Bagels in Kiev
  8. On Delay
  9. Spilling Guts
  10. Summing the Wretch
  11. Golden Gal
  12. Recycling

Mavis Staple: Livin’ On A High Note

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On February 19, 2016, “Epitaph” label released “Livin’ on a High Note”, the Mavis Staples studio album. It was recorded in August 2015, at “Agoura Borealis” in Agoura Hills, California, “Kingsize” in Los Angeles, and “CRC” in Chicago, and was produced by Matthew Ward.

Personnel:

  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Donny Gerrard – vocals
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar
  • Tucker Martine – tambourine, mixing
  • Matthew Ward – guitars, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Jeff Turmes – bass
  • Stephen Hodges – drums
  • Alex Budman – tenor saxophone, flute
  • David Moyer – baritone saxophone
  • Sean Billings – trumpet
  • Nathaniel Walcott – trumpet, clavinet, horn arrangements
  • Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews – trumpet, trombone
  • Humberto Ruiz – trombone
  • Vicki Randle – backing vocals
  • Pierre de Reeder, Josh Kvale, Mat Lejeune – engineer
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Masaki Koike – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Take Us Back – Benjamin Booker
  2. Love and Trust – Ben Harper
  3. If It’s a Light – Charity Rose Thielen
  4. Action – Merrill Garbus
  5. High Note – Valerie June
  6. Don’t Cry – Matthew Ward
  7. Tomorrow – Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc
  8. Dedicated – Justine Vernon, Matthew Ward
  9. History Now – Neko Case, Donny Gerrard, Laura Veirs
  10. One Love – Aaron Livingston
  11. Jesus Lay Down Beside Me – Nick Cave
  12. MLK Song – Martin Luther King Jr., Matthew Ward

The Mavericks: Mono

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On February 17, 2015, “Valory” label released “Mono”, the eighth Mavericks (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2014, and was produced by Niko Bolas and Raul Malo.

Personnel:

  1. Raul Malo – vocals, guitars
  2. Eddie Perez – guitars
  3. Jerry Dale McFadden – vocals, keyboards
  4. Paul Deakin – drums

Track listing:

  1. All Night Long – Raul Malo
  2. Summertime (When I’m with You) – Raul Malo
  3. Pardon Me – Raul Malo, Allan Miller
  4. What Am I supposed to Do – Raul Malo
  5. Stones We Could Tell – Raul Malo, Wally Wilson
  6. What You Do to Me – Raul malo, Alan Miller
  7. Let It Rain (Over Me) – Raul Malo
  8. The Only Question Is – Raul Malo
  9. Out the Door – Raul Malo
  10. (Waiting For) The World to End – Raul Malo, Alan Miller
  11. Fascinate Me – Raul Malo, Jerry Dale McFadden
  12. Nitty Gritty – Doug Sahm

DIIV: Is The Is Are

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On February 5, 2016, “Captured Tracks” label released “Is the Is Are”, the second DIIV studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Strange Weather Recording Studio” and “The Bunker Studio”  in Brooklyn, and was produced by Zachary Cole Smith.

Personnel:

  • Zachary Cole Smith– vocals, guitars, bass guitar, drums, mixing, art arrangements
  • Devin Ruben Perez – bass guitar
  • Ben Wolf – drums
  • Colby Hewitt – drums
  • Colin Caulfield – drums, harmony arrangements
  • Sky Ferreira– vocals
  • Daniel Schlett – recording, additional mixing
  • Kurt Feldman – additional mixing, additional recording, , mixing
  • Jacob Portrait – mixing
  • Alex DeTurk – mastering
  • Joji Nakamura, Bizaroïds (Frederick Deming) – artwork
  • Hidemasa Miyake – photography
  • Ryan McCardle, Pam, Will – art arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Out of Mind
  2. Under the Sun
  3. Bent (Roi’s Song)
  4. Dopamine
  5. Blue Boredom (Sky’s Song)
  6. Valentine
  7. Yr Not Far
  8. Take Your Time
  9. Is the Is Are
  10. Mire (Grant’s Song)
  11. Incarnate Devil
  12. (Fuck)
  13. Healthy Moon
  14. Loose Ends
  15. (Napa)
  16. Dust
  17. Waste of Breath

Field Music: Commontime

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On February 5, 2016, “Memphis Industries Records” label released “Commontime”, the sixth Field Music studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “FMHQ”, and was produced by Peter Brewis and David Brewis.

Personnel:

  • Peter Brewis
  • David Brewis
  • Andrew Moore – keyboards
  • Pete Fraser – saxophone
  • Simon Dennis – trumpets
  • Ed Cross, Josephine Montgomery – violin
  • Chrissie Slater – viola
  • Ele Leckie – cello
  • Liz Corney, Jennie Brewis – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by David Brewis and Peter Brewis.

  1. The Noisy Days Are Over
  2. Disappointed
  3. But Not for You
  4. I’m Glad
  5. Don’t You Want to Know What’s Wrong?
  6. How Should I Know If You’ve Changed?
  7. Trouble at the Lights
  8. They Want You to Remember
  9. It’s a Good Thing
  10. The Morning Is Waiting
  11. Indeed It Is
  12. That’s Close Enough for Now
  13. Same Name
  14. Stay Awake

Hugh Masekela

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On January 23, 2018, Hugh Ramopolo Masekela died aged 78. He was musician (trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet), singer and composer, known as “Father of South African Jazz.” As leader Masekela released 49 albums, and received many awards, including:

  • 1968 – Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Performance – instrumental
  • 2002 – BBC Radio Jazz Awards: International Award of the Year
  • 2005 – Channel O Music Video Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2007 – Ghana Music Awards: 2007 African Music Legend Award
  • 2010 – Order of Ikhamanga: South African National Orders Ceremony
  • 2014 – University of York Honorary Doctorate in Music
  • 2015 – Rhodes University: Doctor of Music

William Guest

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On December 24, 2015, William Franklin Guest died aged 74. He was singer, best known as member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. His vocal can be heard on all of the group’s major hits, including “Midnight Train To Georgia”, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” and “Neither One Of Us”. In 1996, Guest was inducted to the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” with Gladys Knight & the Pips.

Magma: Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh

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In December 1973, “Vertigo” label released “Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh”, the third Magma studio album. It was recorded in 1973, and was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky. The French edition of “Rolling Stone” magazine named the album the 33rd greatest French rock album.  In 2015, the same magazine ranked the album at number 24 on its list of the “50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time.

Personnel:

  • Klaus Blasquiz– vocals, percussion
  • Stella Vander– vocals
  • Muriel Streisfield– vocals
  • Evelyne Razymovski– vocals
  • Michele Saulnier– vocals
  • Doris Reinhardt– vocals
  • Claude Olmos– guitar
  • Jean-Luc Manderlier– piano, organ
  • Benoit Widemann– keyboards
  • Jannick Top– bass
  • Christian Vander– drums, vocals, organ, percussion
  • René Garber– bass clarinet, vocals
  • Teddy Lasry– brass, flute
  • Eddie Sprigg, Gilbert, Gilles Sallé, Simon Heyworth, Steve Michell, Tom Rabstener– engineer
  • Loulou Sarkissian– stage manager

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian Vander.

  1. Hortz Fur Dëhn Štekëhn Ẁešt
  2. mah Sürï Dondaï
  3. Kobaïa Ïss Dëh Hündïn
  4. Da Zeuhl Ẁortz Mëkanïk
  5. Nëbëhr Gudahtt
  6. Mëkanïk Kömmandöh
  7. Kreühn Köhrmahn Ïss Dëh Hündin

The Rolling Stones: Blue & Lonesome

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On December 2, 2016, “Polydor” label released “Blue & Lonesome”, the 23rd Rolling Stones album. It was recorded in December 2015, at “British Grove Studios” and was produced by Don Was and The Glimmer Twins. It is the band’s first album to feature only cover songs. The album won “Album of the Year” at the “2017 Jazz FM Awards”. “Blue & Lonesome” was certified Platinum in Austria by “IFPI Austria”; Platinum in Belgium by “BEA”; 2 x Platinum in France by “SNEP”; Platinum in Poland by “ZPAV”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.

Personnel:

  • Mick Jagger– vocals, harmonica
  • Keith Richards– electric guitar
  • Ronnie Wood– electric guitar
  • Charlie Watts– drums
  • Eric Clapton– slide guitar; lead electric guitar
  • Darryl Jones– bass
  • Matt Clifford, Chuck Leavell– keyboards
  • Jim Keltner– percussion
  • Andy Cook, Jason Elliott, Derrick Stockwell – enginer assistant
  • Krish Sharma – engineer, mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen, Ron McMaster – mastering
  • Pierre de Beauport – crew chief
  • Don McAulay – drum technician
  • Richard Havers – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Just Your Fool – Buddy Johnson
  2. Commit a Crime – Howlin’ Wolf
  3. Blue and Lonesome – Little Walter
  4. All of Your Love – Magic Sam
  5. I Gotta Go – Little Walter
  6. Everybody Knows About My Good Thing – Miles Grayson, Lermon Horton
  7. Ride ‘Em on Down – Eddie Taylor
  8. Hate to See You Go – Little Walter
  9. Hoo Doo Blues – Otis Hicks, Jerry West
  10. Little Rain – Ewart G.Abner Jr., Jimmy Reed
  11. Just Like I Treat You – Willie Dixon
  12. I Can’t Quit You Baby – Willie Dixon