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Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp: Songs of the Latin Skies

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On February 17, 2017, “Kin Music” label released “Songs of the Latin Skies”, the third Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp collaborative album. It was recorded in 2016 and was produced by Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp. In 2017 the album won “ARIA Award for Best World Music Album”.

Personnel:

  • Katie Noonan – vocals
  • Karin Schaupp – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  1. Segurança – Maxwell
  2. Desafinado – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  3. Oblivion – Ástor Piazzolla
  4. Wave – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  5. Boiou – Joyce Moreno
  6. Retrato Brasileiro – Baden Powell
  7. No More Blues – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  8. Canta Mais – Antônio Carlos Jobim
  9. La Muerte del Angel – Ástor Piazzolla
  10. Manhã de Carnaval – Luiz Bonfá
  11. Sentimental Melody from Forest of the Amazon – Heitor Villa-Lobos
  12. El Marino – Antonio Lauro
  13. Tikata Tarpuinikichu – traditional

Steamchicken: Look Both Ways

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On March 10, 2017, “Chicken Records” label released “Look Both Ways”, the debut Steamchicken album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Amy Kakoura, Andrew Sharpe, Becky Eden-Green, Joe Crum, Katy Oliver, Mandy Sutton, Matt Crum and Ted Crum.

Personnel:

  • Amy Kakoura – vocals, design
  • Andrew Sharpe – piano, keyboards
  • Becky Eden-Green – alto saxophone, clarinet, bass
  • Joe Crum – percussion
  • Katy Oliver – trumpet
  • Mandy Sutton – tenor saxophone, design
  • Matt Crum – soprano saxophone, melodeon, synthesizer
  • Ted Crum – harmonica, bass, melodeon
  • John Rivers – recording, mastering
  • Elly Lucas – photography

Track listing:

  1. Jericho
  2. Brigg Fair (Roud 1083)
  3. When I Get Low I Get High
  4. Western Approaches
  5. Gypsy (Roud 1; Child 200; G/D 2:278)
  6. Oh Mary (Roud 11823)
  7. Big Tin Horn
  8. Foot Falling
  9. Mary and the Soldier (Roud 2496; G/D 1:91)

Runrig: The Story

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On January 29, 2016, “Ridge Records” label released “The Story”, the fourteenth and final Runrig studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Glo-Worm Recording” in Glasgow, Scotland, “The Old Mill” in Strathaven, Scotland, “Stirling Rock School” in Stirling, Scotland, and was produced by Brian Hurren.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Guthro – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Hurren – vocals, keyboards, accordion
  • Malcolm Jones – guitars, pipes, accordion
  • Roderick “Rory” Macdonald – vocals, bass guitar
  • Iain Bayne – drums
  • The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – strings
  • Dave Towers – saxophone
  • Scott Walker – trumpet
  • Mike Vass – fiddle
  • Calum Macdonald – vocals, percussion
  • Stirling Gaelic Choir – vocals 
  • The Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir – vocals
  • Brian Hurren – string arrangements
  • James Fitzpatrick – strings coordinator
  • Iain Hutchison – engineer, mixing
  • Jan Holster – engineer
  • Brian Hurren – additional engineering
  • Brad Blackwood – mastering
  • The Reptile House – artwork, design
  • Balazs Kral – cover development
  • Matt Liengie, George Pllu, Neil Priessman, – Paul Strand – photography 

Track listing:

  1. The Story
  2. Onar
  3. Rise and Fall
  4. Elegy
  5. Every Beating Heart
  6. The Years We Shared
  7. When the Beauty
  8. 18 July
  9. An-Diugh Ghabh Mi Cuairt
  10. The Place Where the Rivers Run
  11. Somewhere

Bloc Party: Hymns

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On January 29, 2016, “BMG” label released “Hymns”, the fifth Bloc Party studio album. It was recorded March – August 2015, at “Lynchmob Studios” in London, and was produced by Tim Bran and Roy Kerr.

Personnel:

  • Kele Okereke – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, electric piano
  • Russell Lissack – lead guitar, programming
  • Justin Harris – bass guitar, synths, backing vocals
  • Alex Thomas – drums
  • Nicky Brown – choir, vocal arranger
  • Jesse Grant – choir
  • Geo Gabriel – choir
  • Jermaine Foster – choir
  • Max Hayes – engineer
  • Ben Jackson – co-engineering
  • David Wrench – mixing
  • Nigel Walton – mastering
  • Rachael Wright – polaroids
  • Phil Armson at Big Active – design, imagery

Track listing:

All tracks by Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack, except where noted.

  1. The Love Within
  2. Only He Can Heal Me
  3. So Real
  4. The Good News
  5. Fortress
  6. Different Drugs
  7. Into the Earth
  8. My True Name
  9. Virtue
  10. Exes
  11. Living Lux
  12. The God Vibration (hidden track)

Emma Polock: In Search of Harperfield

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On January 29, 2016, “Chemical Underground” label released “In Search of Harperfield”, the third Emma Pollock studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Paul Savage.

Personnel:

  • Emma Pollock – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, xylophone, dulcimer
  • David McAulay – guitar, bass guitar, drum machine
  • RM Hubbert – guitar
  • Graeme Smillie – piano
  • Michael John McCarthy – keyboards, accordion
  • Paul Savage – drums, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, string arrangements, programming
  • Malcolm Lindsay – strings, cello, string arrangements
  • Cairn String Quartet – strings, string arrangements
  • Jackie Baxter – cello
  • Paul Savage – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Niall Smillie – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Emma Pollock, except where noted.

  1. Cannot Keep a Secret
  2. Don’t Make Me Wait
  3. Alabaster
  4. Clemency
  5. Intermission
  6. Parks and Recreation
  7. Vacant Stare
  8. In the Company of the Damned – RM Hubert, Emma Pollock
  9. Dark Skies
  10. Monster in the Pack
  11. Old Ghosts

Paul Kantner

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On January 28, 2016, Paul Lorin Kantner died aged 74. He was musician (guitar, banjo, and harmonica) and vocalist, member of the KBC Band and Jefferson Starship, but was best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist and occasional vocalist of the Jefferson Airplane. In 1996, as a member of Jefferson Airplane, Kantner was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.

James Bain

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On January 23, 2016, James Stewart Bain died aged 68. He was musician (bass, guitar, keyboards), vocalist and songwriter, performed and recorded with Phil Lynott, Wild Horses, Gary Moore, Hear ‘n Aid, Ian Hunter, John Cale and Last in Line, but was best known as member and bass player of Rainbow and Dio.

Cherry Glazerr: Apocalipstick

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On January 20, 2017, “Secretly Canadian” label released “Apocalipstick”, the second Cherry Glazerr studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Sunset Sound”, “Music Friends” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joe Chiccarelli and Carlos de la Garza.

Track listing:

  • Clementine Creevy – vocals, guitar
  • Sasami Ashworth – vocals, keyboards
  • Sean Redman – bass
  • Tabor Allen – drums, percussion
  • Malachi Ward – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Clementine Creevy and Sean Redman.

  1. Told You I’d Be with the Guys
  2. Trash People
  3. Moon Dust
  4. Humble Pro
  5. Nuclear Bomb
  6. Only Kid in the Block
  7. Lucid Dreams
  8. Sip O’ Poison
  9. Nurse Ratched
  10. Instagratification
  11. Apocalipstick

Terence Griffin

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On January 17, 2016, Terence Dale “Buffin” Griffin died aged 67. He was musician (drums) and music producer. He was member of the band The British Lions, but was best known as founding member and the drummer of Mott the Hoople. As producer he worked with Hanoi Rocks and Cult, and produced numerous BBC Radio 1 John Peel sessions from 1981 to 1994.

Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White: Gentlewoman, Ruby Man

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On January 13, 2017, “Glassnote Records” label released “Gentlewoman, Ruby Man”, album by Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White. It was recorded in 2016, at “Montrose Recording” in Richmond, VA, and was produced by Matthew E. White.

Personnel:

  • Matthew E. White – vocals
  • Flo Morrissey – vocals
  • Allan Parker – guitar
  • Devonne Harris – keyboards
  • Cameron Raiston – bass
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Adrian Olsen – engineer, mixing
  • Vlado Meller – mastering
  • Alexandra Spalding – technician
  • Joel Speasmaker – art direction
  • Anouska Beckwith – photography
  • Cameron Lewis – photography
  • Jethro Waters – photography

Track listing:

  1. Look at What the Light Did Now – Kyle Field
  2. Thinking ‘Bout You – Frank Ocean
  3. Looking for You – Nino Ferrer
  4. The Color of Anything – James Blake
  5. Everybody Loves the Sunshine – Roy Ayers
  6. Grease – Barry Gibb
  7. Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
  8. Sunday Morning – Lou Reed, John Cale
  9. Heaven Can Wait – Charlotte Gainsbvourg
  10. Govindam – George Harrison