On May 29, 2015, “Island” label released “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”, the third Florence and the Machine studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “The Pool”, “Angel”, “Urchin”, “Lightship”, “123”, “Sarm Studio”, and “No. 1 Baltic Place” in London, “Bedrock Rehearsal” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Markus Dravs, Kid Harpoon, John Hill, Paul Epworth, James Ford, Charlie Hugall, Isabella Summers, Brett Shaw and Dan Wilson.
Personnel:
Florence Welch – lead and backing vocals, body percussion, stamps, claps, piano, percussion
Rob Ackroyd – acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele
Leo Abrahams – acoustic and electric guitar
Kid Harpoon – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, piano, CP 70 synth, drums, percussion, bass, brass writing, brass arrangements
On May 2015, “Castle Face” label released “Mutilator Defeated at Last”, the sixteenth Thee Oh Sees studio album (the tenth to be released under the name, Thee Oh Sees). It was recorded in 2015, at “The Dock” in Sacramento.
Personnel:
John Dwyer – lead vocals, guitars, synths, mellotron
Chris Woodhouse – synth, mellotron, percussion
Tim Hellman – bass guitar
Nick Murray – drums
Brigid Dawson – backing vocals
Chris Woodhouse – recording, mixing
Tetsunori Tawaraya – artwork
Doctor Matthew Jones – layout
John Dwyer – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by John Dwyer, Chris Woodhouse, Tim Hellman, Nick Murray and Brigid Dawson.
On May 5, 2015, “Brainfeeder” label released “The Epic”, the third Kamasi Washington studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Kingsize Spundblabs” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Kamasi Washington.
Personnel:
Kamasi Washington – tenor saxophone, band leader, arrangements
Cameron Graves – piano, organ
Brandon Coleman – keyboards, organ, piano
Thundercat – electric bass
Miles Mosley – upright and electric bass
Ronald Bruner, Jr. – drums
Tony Austin – drums, engineer
Robert Miller – drums
Leon Mobley – percussion
Igmar Thomas – trumpet
Todd Simon – trumpet
Shaunte Palmer – trombone
Ryan Porter – trombone
Neel Hammond – violin
Tylana Renga Enomoto – violin
Paul Cartwright – violin
Jennifer Simone – violin
Lucia Micarelli – violin
Molly Rogers – viola
Andrea Whitt – viola
Artyom Manukyan – cello
Ginger Murphy – cello
Dawn Norfleet – choir
Thalma de Freitas – choir
Maiya Sykes – choir
Gina Manziello – choir
Patrice Quinn – choir
Natasha F. Agrama – choir
Dwight Trible – choir
Steven Wayne – choir
Taylor Graves – choir
Charles Jones – choir
Jason Marales – choir
Dexter Story – choir
Cameron Graves – choir
Tracy Carter – choir
Dwight Trible – lead vocals
Patrice Quinn – lead vocals
Brian Rosemeyer – engineer
Benjamin Tierney – mixing
Daddy Kev – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Kamasi Washington, except where noted.
Volume 1: The Plan
Change of the Guard
Askim
Isabelle
Final Thought
The Next Step
The Rhythm Changes – Patrick Quinn, Kamasi Washington
Volume 2: The Glorious Tale
Miss Understanding
Leroy and Lanisha
Re Run
Seven Prayers
Henrietta Our Hero – Patrick Quinn, Kamasi Washington
On April 28, 2015, “Constellation Records” label released “Never Were the Way She Was” album by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld. It was recorded in 2015 at “End of the World” in Vermont. In 2016, “Never Were the Way She Was” won the “Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year”.
Personnel:
Colin Stetson – tenor saxophone, bass saxophone, contrabass clarinet
On April 28, 2015, “Big Machine Records” label released “Jekyll + Hyde”, the fourth Zac Brown Band studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Zac Brown, CeeLo Green, Jim Hoke, In the Arena Production, Jay Joyce and Darrell Scott.
Personnel:
Zac Brown – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, programming
Coy Bowles – electric guitar, slide guitar, resonator guitar, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
John Driskell Hopkins – baritone guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, ukulele, backing vocals
Clay Cook – piano, keyboards, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, National guitar, ukulele, Mellotron, Hammond organ, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, glockenspiel, backing vocals
Matt Mangano – acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Chris Fryar – drums
Daniel de los Reyes – percussion
Jimmy De Martini – violin, fiddle, strings, cello, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Darrell Scott – acoustic guitar and electric guitar, banjo, pedal steel guitar, acoustic stringed instrument, piano, backing vocals
Donald Dunlavey – electric guitar
Béla Fleck – banjo
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Byron House – upright bass
Jay Joyce – percussion, programming
Jim Hoke – tenor saxophone, flute
Randy Leago – baritone saxophone
Ben Simonetti – trumpet, programming
Steve Herrmann – trumpet
John Hinchey – trumpet
Vinnie Ciesleski – trumpet
Barry Green – trombone
Michael McGoldrick – Uileann pipes, Irish flute, pennywhistle
Chris Cornell – duet vocals
Sara Bareilles – duet vocals
Jewel – backing vocals
Darrell Scott, Maureen Murphy, Sarah Dugas, John Cowan, Odessa Settles, Rick Jones, Jason Eskridge – choir
Niko Moon – programming, backing vocals
Nicholas Fournier – engineer
Kyle Lehning – engineer
Sean Phelan – engineer
Anthony Ruotolo – engineer
Martin Cooke – engineer
Paul Cossette – engineer
Kyle Stevens – engineer
Tom Syrowski – enginer
Brandon Bell – engineer, mixing
Jason Hall – engineer, mixing
Ben Simonetti – engineer, mixing
Jay Joyce – mixing
Rich Costey – mixing
Andrew Scheps – mixing
Mario Borgatta – mixing assistant
Chris Bellman – mastering
Track listing:
Beautiful Drug – Zac Brown, Niko Moon
Loving You Easy – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Al Anderson
Remedy – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Keb’ Mo
Homegrown – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
Mango Tree – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Anna Harwood
Heavy is the Head – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins, Jimmy De Martini, Darrell Scott
Bittersweet – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
Castaway – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, John Driskell Hopkins
Tomorrow Never Comes – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
One Day – Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Rich Robinson, Sarah Dugas, Christian Dugas, Matt Mangano
Dress Blues – Jason Isbell
Young and Wild – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Amos Lee, Coy Bowles
Junkyard (contains elements of Is There Anybody Out There? by Pink Floyd) – Zac Brown, Roger Waters
I’ll Be Your Man (Song for a Daughter) – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, John Driskell Hopkins, Darrell Scott
On April 27, 2015, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Let’s Hear It for the Dogs”, the tenth Proclaimers(The) studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at Rockfield Studios” in Wales, and was produced by Dave Eringa.
On April 8, 2016, “Prescriptions” label released “The Peace & Truce of Future of the Left”, the fifth Future of the Left album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Monnow Valley Studio” in Monmouth, and was produced by Anthony Chapman, Andrew Falkous, Julia Ruzicka and Jack Egglestone.
On April 7, 2015, “PIAS” label released “Strange Trails”, the second Lord Huron studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Ben Schneider.
Personnel:
Tom Renaud – vocals, guitars
Ben Schneider – lead vocals, guitars, engineer assistant, artwork
On April 2, 2015, “High Note” label released “The Real Thing”, the 38th Eric Alexander album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Eric Alexander.
Personnel:
Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
Pat Martino – guitar
Harold Mabern – piano
John Webber – bass
Joe Farnsworth – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mixing, mastering
Maureen Sickler – engineer assistant
Christopher Drukker – design, session photography
Jimmy Katz – Eric Alexander photography
Joe Fields – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Eric Alexander except where noted.
The Real Thing
Pure Pat
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes – Buddy Bernier, Jerry Brainin
Little Boat – Ronaldo Bôscoli, Roberto Menescal
For George and Trane
Sleep Warm – Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Lew Spence
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