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
On February 26, 2016, “Omnivore Recordings” label released “Rainbow Ends”, the fifth and the final Emitt Rhodes album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Chris Price.
On February 24, 2015, “Complicated Game Records” label released “Complicated Game”, the ninth James McMurtry studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “The Nappy Dugout”, “Marigny Recording Studio” in New Orleans, Louisiana, “La Louisianne Recording Studios”, “Electric Comoland”, “FHQ Studio” in Lafayette, Louisiana, “Wire Recording” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Mike Napolitano and C.C. Adcock.
Personnel:
James McMurtry – vocal, acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, piano, dobro
Sam Broussard – electric guitar, strings arrangements
C. C. Adcock (Charles Clinton Adcock) – electric guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards, dobro, pub gang vocals, mixing
Cornbread (Michael Traylor) – bass, pub gang vocals
Kevin Smith – double bass
Daren Hess – drums, percussion, pub gang vocals
Warren Storm – drums
Mike McGoldrick – bagpipes, low whistle, bodhrán, backing vocals
Rick Nelson – violin, cello
Quintron (Robert Rolston) – loops
Little Isidore – doo wop vocals
Tim Holt – backing vocals, pub gang vocals
David Forman – backing vocals, pub gang vocals
Trina Shoemaker – backing vocals
Doyle Bramhall II – backing vocals
Rory McGoldrick – pub gang vocals
Tony Trundle – pub gang vocals
Mike Napolitano – recording, mixing
Ben Mumphrey, Bobby Tis, David Rachou, Dave Rosser, Erik Flettrich, John Porter, Matt Aguiluz, Rick Nelson, Stuart Sullivan, Tony Daigle, Wes Fontenot – additional engineering
On February 20, 2015, “22 Records” label released R.E.M. (rapideyemovement), the second Funk Shui album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Pripor House” in Skopje, Macedonia, and was produced by Dragan Ginovski Gino.
Personnel:
Luka Ğorgievski – vocal, guitar, piano
Mihail Namičev – bass, recording, cover
David Nikolovski – drums
Risto Solunčev – vocal
Ema Jovanoviƙ – backing vocals
Mona Jovčevska – backing vocals
Dragan Ginovski Gino – mixing, mastering
Track listing:
All lyrics by Luka Ğorgievski except where noted, music by Luka Ğorgievski, Mihail Namičev and David Nikolovski except where noted.
On February 9, 2015, “Sony Music Spain” label released “Complications”, the eighth and final Dover studio album. It was recorded July – September, at “Estudios Reno” in Madrid, Spain, and was produced by Jesús Antúnez.
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