Tag Archives: 2016

Ryley Walker: Golden Sings That Have Been Sung

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On August 19, 2016, “Dead Oceans” label released “Golden Sings That Have Been Sung”, the third Ryley Walker studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by LeRoy Bach and Ryley Walker.

Personnel:

  • Ryley Walker – vocals, acoustic guitar, arrangements
  • LeRoy Bach – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboards, piano, clarinet, percussion, arrangements, additional engineering
  • Brian Sulpizio – electric guitar
  • Ben Boye – keyboards, piano, autoharp
  • Anton Hatwich – bass
  • Frank Rosaly, Quin Kirchner, Ryan Jewell – drums
  • Whitney Johnson – viola
  • Cooper Crain – engineer
  • Matt Dewine – additional engineering
  • Brian Deck – mixing
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering assistant
  • Brian Blomerth – artwork
  • Miles Johnson – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryley Walker.

  1. The Halfwit in Me
  2. A Choir Apart
  3. Funny Thing She Said
  4. Sullen Mind
  5. I Will Ask You Twice
  6. The Roundabout
  7. The Great and Undecided
  8. Age Old Tale

John Paul White: Beulah

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On August 19, 2016, “Single Lock Records” label released “Beulah”, the second John Paul White studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Single Lock Studios” in Florence, “FAME Studios” in Muscle Shoals, and was produced by Ben Tanner and John Paul White.

Personnel:

  • John Paul White – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, baritone guitar, package design
  • Laura Rogers (The Secret Sisters) – vocals
  • Lydia Slagle (The Secret Sisters) – vocals
  • Jason Goforth – lap steel, harmonica
  • Bryan Farris – electric guitar
  • Jon Estes – piano, bass, mandolin
  • Ben Tanner – pump organ, electric guitar, B3, Wurlitzer, recording, mixing
  • David Hood – bass
  • Zac Cockrell – bass
  • Reed Watson – drums
  • Jeremy Gibson – drums
  • Ken Lewis – percussion
  • Jonathan Oliphant – vibraphone, package design
  • Kimi Samson – violin
  • Caleb Elliott – cello
  • Elizabeth Estes – fiddle
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Browan Lollar – artwork
  • Rachel Briggs – package design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Paul White.

  1. Black Leaf
  2. What’s So
  3. The Once and Future Queen
  4. Make You Cry
  5. Fight for You
  6. Hope I Die
  7. I’ve Been Over This Before
  8. The Martyr
  9. Hate the Way You Love Me
  10. I’ll Get Even

Thee Oh Sees: Weird Exits

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On August 12, 2016, “Castle Face” label released “Weird Exits”, the seventeenth Thee Oh Sees studio album. It was recorded in 2015 – 2016, at “The Dock Studio” in Sacramento, California.

Personnel:

  • John Dwyer – vocals, guitar, Mellotron, synths, moisturizer, flute, percussion, band photography
  • Tim Hellman – bass
  • Dan Rincon – drums
  • Ryan Moutinho – drums
  • Brigid Dawson – vocals
  • Chris Woodhouse – drums, organ, guitar, percussion
  • Greer McGitrick – cello
  • Chris Woodhouse – recording, mixing
  • Robert Beatty – cover art
  • Matt Jones – layout
  • Kristin Linney – crowd photography
  • Brian Lee Hughes – Castle Face photography

Track listing:

  1. Dead Man’s Gun
  2. Ticklish Warrior
  3. Jammed Entrance
  4. Plastic Pant
  5. Gelatinous Cube
  6. Unwrap the Friend Pt. 2
  7. Crawl Out into the Fall Out
  8. The Axis

The Beths: Future Me Hates Me

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On August 10, 2018, “Carpark” label released “Future Me Hates Me”, the debut Beths (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Jonathan Pearce.

Personnel:

  • Elizabeth Stokes – lead vocals
  • Jonathan Pearce – guitars
  • Benjamin Sinclair – bass
  • Tristan Deck – drums

Track listing:

  1. Great No One
  2. Future Me Hates Me
  3. Uptown Girl
  4. You Wouldn’t Like Me
  5. Not Running
  6. Little Death
  7. Happy Unhappy
  8. River Run: Lvl 1
  9. Whatever
  10. Less Than Thou

Blues Pills: Lady In Gold

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On August 5, 2016, “Nuclear Blast” label released “Lady in Gold”, the second Blues Pills studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Don Alsterberg.

Personnel:

  • Elin Larsson – vocals
  • Dorian Sorriaux – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Zach Anderson – bass
  • André Kvarnström – drums
  • Tobias Winterkorn – mellotron
  • Rickard Nygren – organ
  • Per Larsson – piano
  • Carl Lindvall, Elin Larsson, Ellinor Svensson, Sofie Lee Johansson – choir (Voodoo Chor)
  • Don Alsterberg – xylophone
  • Francis Rencoret – vocal arrangements
  • Don Alsterberg – recording, mixing
  • Hans Olsson Brookes – mastering
  • Marijke Koger-Dunham –design
  • Kiryk Drewinski – logo design, layout, typography
  • John McMurtrie – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Zach Anderson and Elin Larsson except where noted, all music by Elin Larsson, Dorian Sorriaux, Zach Anderson and André Kvarnström, except where noted.

  1. Lady in Gold
  2. Little Boy Preacher
  3. Burned Out
  4. I Felt a Change – lyrics by Elin Larsson
  5. Gone So Long
  6. Bad Talkers
  7. You Gotta Try
  8. Won’t Go Back
  9. Rejections
  10. Elements and Things – lyrics and music Tony Joe White

Black Grape: Pop Voodoo

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On August 4, 2017, “UMC” label released “Pop Voodoo”, the third Black Grape studio album. It was recorded in September 2016, at Martin “Youth” Glover’s studio in Sierra Nevada, Spain, and in London, and was produced by Martin “Youth” Glover.

Personnel:

  • Shaun Ryder – vocals
  • Paul “Kermit” Leveridge – vocals
  • Martin “Youth” Glover – guitar, Fender VI bass, programming
  • Seth Leppard – guitar
  • Jackson Scott – acoustic guitar
  • Jamie Grashion – guitar, programming
  • Michael Rendall – keyboards, guitar, programming
  • Rainbow Man – harmonica
  • Alex Ward – saxophone
  • Michael Rendall – recording, mixing, additional production
  • Jamie Grashion – engineer assistant
  • Luke Fitzpatrick – engineer assistant
  • Mike Marsh – mastering
  • Jon Gray – illustration
  • Estuary English – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Shaun Ryder, Paul Leveridge and Martin Glover.

  1. Everything You Know Is Wrong – Intro
  2. Nine Lives
  3. Set the Grass on Fire
  4. Whiskey, Wine and Ham
  5. Money Burns
  6. String Theory
  7. Pop Voodoo
  8. I Wanna Be Like You
  9. Sugar Money
  10. Shame
  11. Losing Sleep
  12. Young and Dumb

Buddy Guy: Born To Play Guitar

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On July 31, 2015, “RCA” label released “Born to Play Guitar”, the 17th Buddy Guy studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Tom Hambridge. In 2016, the album won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Guy – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitar
  • Joss Stone – vocals
  • Van Morrison – vocals
  • Doyle Bramhall II – 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Rob McNelley – electric guitar, resonator guitar, slide guitar
  • Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
  • Bob Britt – electric guitar, resonator guitar
  • Reese Wynans – clavinet, Hammond B3, grand piano, upright piano, Wurlitzer
  • Kevin McKendree – African piano, Hammond B3, piano
  • Rob McKendree – clavinet
  • Kim Wilson – harmonica
  • Billy Cox – electric bass
  • Glenn Worf – electric bass, upright bass
  • Michael Rhodes – acoustic bass, electric bass
  • Tommy Macdonald – electric bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums, percussion, tambourine, triangle, wind chimes, backing vocals, mixing
  • Chris Carmichael – strings, string arrangements
  • The McCrary Sisters – backing vocals
  • Ducky Carlisle – engineer, mixing
  • Michael Saint-Leon – engineer
  • Jonathan Joseph – engineer
  • Nathan James – engineer
  • Roger Seibel – mastering
  • Seth Morton – engineer assistant
  • Erwin Gorostiza – creative director
  • Tommy Macdonald – production assistant
  • Gilbert Garza – guitar technician
  • Josh Cheuse – art direction, design, photography
  • Bradley Cook – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Born to Play Guitar – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  2. Wear You Out – Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  3. Back Up Mama – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  4. Too Late – Charles Brown, Willie Dixon, John Phillips
  5. Whiskey, Beer & Wine – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  6. Kiss Me Quick – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge
  7. Crying Out of One Eye – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  8. (Baby) You Got What It Takes – Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, Murray Stein
  9. Turn Me Wild – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  10. Crazy World – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  11. Smarter Than I Was – Tom Hambridge
  12. Thick Like Mississippi Mud – Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
  13. Flesh & Bone (Dedicated to B.B. King) – Tom Hambridge, Gary Nicholson
  14. Come Back Muddy – Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge

Rhyton: Redshift

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On July 22, 2016, “Thrill Jockey” label released “Redshift”, the fifth Rhyton album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Black Dirt Studio” in New York, and was produced by Dave Shuford, Jimy Seitang and Rob Smith.  

Personnel:

  • Dave Shuford – guitar, arrangements
  • Jimy Seitang – arrangements
  • Rob Smith – drums, arrangements
  • Jason Meagher – recording, mixing
  • Patrick Klem – mastering
  • Arik Moonhawk Roper – art direction, design
  • Paul Gold – lacquer cut

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Shuford, Jimy Seitang and Rob Smith, except where noted.

  1. The Nine
  2. Redshift
  3. Concentric Village
  4. End of Ambivalence
  5. D. D. Damage
  6. Turn to Stone – Joe Walsh, Terry Trebandt
  7. The Variety Playhouse

The Amazing: Ambulance

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On July 22, 2016, “Partizan Records” label released “Ambulance”, the fifth Amazing (The) album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Buller & Bäng Studio” in Solna, Sweden, and was produced by Alexis Benson, Christoffer Gunrup, Fredrik Swahn, Moussa Fadera and Reine Fiske.

Personnel:

  • Reine Fiske – guitar
  • Alexis Benson
  • Christoffer Gunrup
  • Fredrik Swahn 
  • Moussa Fadera – drums
  • Fredrik Swahn
  • Mattias Glava – mixing, mastering
  • Donovan Brien – design
  • Frank Machalowski – cover and sleeve photography
  • Kristian Bengtsson – portraits photography

Track listing:

  1. Ambulance
  2. Divide
  3. Blair Drager
  4. Tracks
  5. Floating
  6. Through City Lights
  7. Moments Like These
  8. Perfect Day for Shrimp

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: Crooked Calypso

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On July 21, 2017, “Virgin EMI” label released “Crooked Calypso”, the third Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott studio album. It was recorded 2016 – 2017, at “Chairworks” in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, and was produced by John Owan Williams.

Personnel:

  • Paul Heaton – lead vocal
  • Jacqui Abbott – lead vocal
  • Jonny Lexus – guitar, backing vocals
  • Stephen Large – piano, keyboards, accordion, melodica
  • Chris Wise – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Pete Marshall – drums, mandolin, timpani, backing vocals
  • Gary Hammond – percussion
  • Sam Healey – tenor saxophone
  • Gavin Hibberd, Kat Curlett – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Richard McVeigh – trombone
  • John Purton, Natalie Purton, Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, Savannah Simmons – violin
  • Alice Billen, Emma Richards – viola
  • Esther Harriott – cello
  • Liz Hanks – cello
  • Stephen Large – strings arrangements
  • Pete Whitfield – strings arrangements
  • David Watts – engineer, mixing
  • Jamie Ross – Robson, Marina Walker, Mark Scully – mixing assistant
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Salvador Design – design
  • Sean Welch – photography

Track listing:

  1. I Gotta Praise – Johnny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  2. He Wants To – Paul Heaton
  3. If I May – Paul Heaton
  4. She Got the Garden – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  5. People Like Us – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  6. Blackwater Banks – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  7. The Lord Is a White Con – Paul Heaton
  8. Silence Is – Paul Heaton
  9. Love Makes You Happy – Paul Heaton
  10. The Fat Man – Jonny Lexus, Paul Heaton
  11. Your Bit of Stuff – Paul Heaton
  12. He Can’t Merry Her – Paul Heaton