Tag Archives: 2016

The Hidden Cameras: Home On Native Land

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On October 28, 2016, “Outside Music” label released “Home on Native Land”, the seventh Hidden Cameras (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rooster Recording Studio”, and was produced by Joel Gibb. 

Personnel:

  • Joel Gibb – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, piano, keyboards, drums, additional recording
  • Afie Jurvanen – electric guitar
  • Sam Gleason – guitar
  • Stew Crookes – pedal steel guitar, additional recording, mixing
  • Tim Bovaconti – lap steel guitar
  • Ron Sexsmith – piano, vocal
  • Laura Barrett – piano
  • Paul Mathew – double bass
  • Jon Hynes – bass
  • Don Kerr – drums, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • John Power – drums
  • Lex Vaughn – drums
  • Aisslin Hosky – violin
  • Jamie McCarthy – violin
  • Andrew Eng – violin
  • Lief Mosbauh – viola
  • Marla Hansen – viola
  • Amy Laing – cello
  • Mike Olsen – cello
  • Ivan Turkalj – cello
  • Carly Stasko – handclaps
  • Trevor Norris – handclaps
  • Courtney Harrell – vocal
  • Sandy Mack – vocal
  • Jessica Joi – vocal
  • Danniel Gesundheit – vocal
  • Faye Allen – vocal
  • Allie X, Craig White, Reg Vermue, Jan Klesse, Jens Schärdel, Jordan Hunt, Tom Wu, Verity Susman – choir
  • Neil Tennant – backing vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Mary Margaret O’Hara – backing vocals
  • Leslie Feist – backing vocals
  • Courtney Harrell, Sandy Mack – backing vocals
  • Coco Morier – backing vocals, additional recording
  • Chris Lowe – additional recording
  • Andrew Rosriguez – additional recording
  • James Butnon – additional recording
  • Nicolas Sierig – additional recording
  • Dan Misha Goldman – additional recording
  • Robbie Lackritz – additional recording, mixing
  • Shepemod – mixing
  • Jeff Carroll – mastering
  • Raymond Larabie – design
  • Jeff Harris – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Gibb, excepted where noted.

  1. The Day I Left Home
  2. He is the Boss of Me
  3. Ode To an Ah
  4. Dark End of the Street – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
  5. You and Me Again
  6. Last Driver’s Waltz – Wade Hemsworth
  7. Be What I Want
  8. Counting Stars
  9. The Great Reward
  10. Big Blue
  11. Don’t Make Promises – Tim Hardin
  12. Drunk Dancer’s Waltz
  13. Had a Feeling Bout You
  14. Twilight of the Season

Christian Scott: The Emancipation Procrastination

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On October 20, 2017, “Ropeadope” label released “The Emancipation Procrastination”, the 13th Christian Scott (Christian aTunde Adjuah) album. It was recorded in April 2016, at “The Parlor” in New Orleans, and was produced by Christian aTunde Adjuah and Chris Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – trumpet, siren, flugelhorn, MIDI controller
  • Braxton Cook – alto saxophone
  • Stephen J. Gladney – tenor saxophone
  • Kris Funn – bass
  • Luques Curtis – bass
  • Weedie Braimah – djembe, bata, congas
  • Joe Dyson Jr. – drums, MIDI controller
  • Corey Fonville – drums, MIDI controller
  • Marcus Gillmore – drums, MIDI controller
  • Elena Pinderhughes – flute
  • Cliff Hines – guitar
  • Dominic Minix – guitar
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Lawrence Fields – piano, electric piano

Track listing:

All tracks by Christian Scott, except where noted.

  1. The Emancipation Procrastination
  2. AvengHer
  3. Ruler Rebel (X. aTunde Adjuah Remix)
  4. Ashes of Our Forever
  5. In the Beginning (Interlude) – Weedie Braimah
  6. Michele with One L
  7. The Cypher
  8. Videotape – Colin Charles Greenwood, Thomas Edward Yorke, Philip James Selway
  9. Gerrymandering Game – Cliff Hynes, Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  10. Unrigging November
  11. Cages – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  12. New Heroes – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields

Beth Hart: Fire On The Floor

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On October 14, 2016, “Provogue / Masqot” labels released “Fire on the Floor”, the eighth Beth Hart studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “RW” studio, and was produced by Oliver Leiber.

Personnel:

  • Beth Hart – lead and backing vocals, piano
  • Oliver Leiber – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone guitar, drums, percussion, engineer
  • Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
  • Michael Landau – electric and baritone guitar
  • Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar
  • Ivan Neville – piano, Hammond B3, Vox Continental organ – Ivan Neville
  • Jim Cox – piano, electric piano
  • Brian Allen – bass
  • Paul Peterson – bass
  • Rick Marotta – drums
  • Eric Leeds – tenor saxophone
  • Brad Shermock – trumpet
  • Patrick Warren – arrangements
  • Eric Leeds – arrangements
  • Niko Bolas – recording
  • Rune Westberg – recording
  • J, J, Blair – engineer
  • John Rausch – additional engineering, mixing
  • Diego Ruelas, Jeremy Tomlison, John R. Edwards – engineer assistant
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering
  • Roy Koch – artwork
  • Thomas Van Der Kooi – artwork
  • Mona Nordoy – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Beth Hart, except where noted.

  1. Jazz Man
  2. Love Gangster
  3. Coca Cola
  4. Let’s Get Together – Beth Hart, Rune Westberg
  5. Love Is a Lie
  6. Fat Man – Beth Hart, Glen Burtnik
  7. Fire on the Floor
  8. Woman You’ve Been Dreaming Of
  9. Baby Shot Me Down
  10. Good Day to Cry
  11. Picture in a Frame
  12. No Place Like Home

Van Morrison: Keep Me Singing

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On September 30, 2016, “Caroline” label released “Keep Me Singing”, the 36th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Van Morrison.

Personnel:

  • Van Morrison – vocals, guitar, drums, piano, alto saxophone, blues harp
  • Dave Keary – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Johnny Scott – electric guitar
  • Nigel Price – acoustic and electric guitar
  • John Platania – acoustic guitar
  • Paul Moore – bass
  • Nicky Scott – bass
  • Jez Brown – bass
  • Laurence Cottle – bass, trombone
  • Paul Moran – keyboards, trumpet
  • Fiachra Trench – keyboards, strings arrangements
  • Enda Walsh – keyboards, percussion
  • Robbie Ruggiero – drums
  • Liam Bradley – drums, percussion
  • Paul Robinson – drums
  • Neal Wilkinson – drums
  • Kate St John – English horn
  • Anthony Kerr – vibraphone
  • Tony Fitzgibbon – fiddle
  • Ange Grant, Dana Masters, Lance Ellington – backing vocals.

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Morrison.

  1. Let It Rhyme
  2. Every Time I See a River
  3. Keep Me Singing
  4. Out in the Cold Again
  5. Memory Lane
  6. The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword
  7. Holy Guardian Angel
  8. Shere Your Love with Me
  9. In Tiburon
  10. Look Beyond the Hill
  11. Going Down to Bangor
  12. Too Late
  13. Caledonia Swing

Bruno Pernadas: Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them

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On September 23, 2016, “Pataca Discos” label released “Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them”, album by Bruno Pernadas.  It was recorded in 2016, at “Estúdio 15A”.

Personnel:

  • Bruno Pernadas – vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, bass, synthesizer, home recording
  • Margarida Campelo – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • Afonso Cabral, Francisca Cortesão – vocals
  • Nuno Lucas – bass
  • João Correia – drums, percussion
  • João Capinha – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Raimundo Semedo – tenor and baritone saxophone 
  • Diana Mortágua – flute
  • Tiago de Sousa – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Diogo Duque – flute, trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Rita Westwood – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Poem
  2. Spaceway 70
  3. Problem Number 6
  4. Valley In the Ocean
  5. Anywhere in Spacetime
  6. Poem
  7. Because It’s Hard to Develop That Capacity On Your Own
  8. Galaxy
  9. Ya Ya Breathe
  10. Lachrymose

Ethan Iverson: The Purity Of The Turf

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On September 16, 2016, “Criss Cross Jazz” label released “The Purity of the Turf”, the seventh Ethan Iverson album. It was recorded in February 2016, at “Systems Two Recording Studios” in Brooklyn, New York, and was produced by Gerry Teekens.

Personnel:

  • Ethan Iverson − piano, inside photography
  • Ron Carter − bass
  • Nasheet Waits – drums
  • Michael Marciano – recording
  • David Darlington – mixing, mastering
  • Bloemendaal In Vorm, Gerry Teekens – design
  • Jimmy Katz – front photography

Track listing:

  1. The Purity of the Turf – Ethan Iverson
  2. Song for My Father – Horace Silver
  3. Darn That Dream – Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange
  4. Along Came Betty – Benny Golson
  5. Graduation Day – Ethan Iverson
  6. Confirmation – Charlie Parker
  7. Kush – Nasheet Waits
  8. Sent for You Yesterday – Count Basie, Eddie Durham
  9. Strange Serenade – Andrew Hill
  10. Little Waltz – Ron Carter
  11. Einbahnstrasse – Ron Carter
  12. So Hard It Hurts – Annette Peacock

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree

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On September 9, 2018, “Bad Seed Ltd” released “Skeleton Tree”, the sixteenth Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds studio album. It was recorded 2014 – 2016, at “Retreat” in Brighton, UK, “La Frette” in La Frette-sur-Seine, in France, and was produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – vocals and backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, vibraphone
  • Warren Ellis – synthesizer, loops, Wurlitzer, piano, baritone tenor guitar, violin, viola, drum treatments, drum loops, backing vocals
  • Martyn Casey – bass
  • Thomas Wydler – drums
  • Jim Sclavunos – percussion, vibraphone, tubular bells, Wurlitzer, backing vocals
  • George Vjestica – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Else Torp – additional vocals
  • Ellie Wyatt – violin
  • Charlotte Glason – viola
  • Joe Giddey – cello
  • Kevin Paul – recording, additional overdubs, mixing
  • Nick Launay – recording
  • Jake Jackson – additional overdubs, mixing
  • Nick Cave – mixing
  • Warren Ellis – mixing
  • Jim Sclavunos – mixing
  • Chris Blakey – mixing assistant
  • Nicolas Quéré – mixing assistant
  • Arnaud Bequet – mixing assistant
  • Jonathan Ratovoarisoa – mixing assistant
  • John Prestage – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Hingston Studio – design
  • Alwin Küchler – photography

Track listing:

All lyrics by Nick Cave, all music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. Jesus Alone
  2. Rings of Saturn
  3. Girl in Amber
  4. Magneto
  5. Anthrocene
  6. I Need You
  7. Distant Sky
  8. Skeleton Tree

Wilco: Schmilco

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On September 9, 2016, “dBpm” label released “Schmilco”, the tenth Wilco studio album. It was recorded in 2016, in Chicago, and was produced by Jeff Tweedy and Tom Schick.

Personnel:

  • Nels Cline – guitar
  • Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals, guitar
  • Pat Sansone – guitar, keyboard
  • Mikael Jorgensen – keyboard
  • John Stirratt – bass guitar
  • Glenn Kotche – drums
  • Spencer Tweedy – drums
  • Mark Greenberg – engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Joan Cornellà – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Jeff Tweedy.

  1. Normal American Kids
  2. If I Ever Was a Child
  3. Cry All Day
  4. Common Sense
  5. Nope
  6. Someone Is Lose
  7. Happiness
  8. Qaurters
  9. Locator
  10. Shrug and Destroy
  11. We Aren’t the World (Safety Girl)
  12. Just Say Goodbye

Glass Animals: How To Be A Human Being

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On August 26, 2016, “Wolf Tone” and “Caroline International” label released “How to Be a Human Being”, the second Glass Animals studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Wolf Tone Studios” in London, and was produced by David Bayley and John Bettis.

Personnel:

  • David Bayley – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, programming, art direction, design
  • Drew MacFarlane – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, percussion, additional vocals, programming
  • Edmund Irwin-Singer – keyboards, piano, synthesizer, percussion, programming
  • Joe Seaward – drums, percussion, additional vocals, programming
  • Charlie Seaward – flute
  • Matt Wiggins – engineer, mixing
  • David Wrench – mixing 
  • Riley MacIntyre – engineering assistance
  • Marta Salogni – mixing assistance
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Mat Cook – art direction, design
  • Neil Krug – photography
  • Paul Epworth – executive production

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bayley, except where noted.

  1. Life Itself – David Bayley, Tariq Tafo
  2. Youth  
  3. Season 2 Episode 3 – David Bayley, Ben McFadden
  4. Pork Soda
  5. Mama’s Gun – David Bayley, John Bettis, Richard Carpenter
  6. Cane Shuga
  7. Premade Sandwiches
  8. The Other Side of Paradies
  9. Take a Slice
  10. Poplar St.
  11. Agnes

Christian Scott: Diaspora

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On June 23, 2017, “Ropeadope” label released “Diaspora”, the eleventh Christian Scott album. It was recorded in April 2016, at “The Parlor” in New Orleans, and was produced by Christian Scott (Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah) and Chris Dunn.

Personnel:

  • Christian Scott – trumpet, siren, sirenette, reverse flugelhorn, SPD-SX, sampling, sonic architecture
  • Lawrence Fields – piano
  • Cliff Hines – guitar
  • Kris Funn – bass
  • Corey Fonville – drums, SPD-SX
  • Joe Dyson Jr. – pan-African Drums, SPD-SX
  • Weedie Braimah – djembe, bata, congas
  • Chief Shaka Shaka – dununba, sangban, kenikeni
  • Beaxton Cook – alto saxophone
  • Elena Pinderhughes – flute
  • Sarah Elizabeth Charles – vocals

Track listing:

  1. Diaspora – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  2. IDK – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  3. Our Ladu Of New Orleans – Christian Scott
  4. Bae (Interlude) – Lawrence Fields
  5. Desire and Burning Girl – Christian Scott
  6. Uncrown Her – John Key Jr.
  7. Lawless – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields
  8. Completely – Christian Scott
  9. New Jack Bounce (Interlude) – Christian Scott
  10. No Love – Erik Bodin, Fredrik Wallin, Håkan Wirenstrandm Yukimi Nagano
  11. The Walk – Christian Scott, Lawrence Fields, Sarah Elizabeth Charles