Tag Archives: 2018

Hookworms: Microshift

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On February 2, 2018, “Domino” label released “Microshift”, the third studio and final Hookworms album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Suburban Home Studios” in Leeds, and was produced by MJ.

Personnel:

  • MJ – vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, recording, mixing
  • JW – guitars
  • EO – guitars, additional percussion, backing vocals
  • MB – bass, modular synthesizer, synthesizers
  • JN – drums, percussion
  • Alice Mérida Richards – additional and backing vocals
  • Christopher Duffin – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • Richard Formby – additional modular synthesizer
  • Tom Woodhead – mastering
  • Louis Byrne – artwork

Track listing:

All lyrics by MJ, all music by MJ, JW, EO, MB and JN, except where noted.

  1. Negative Space
  2. Static Resistance
  3. Ullswater
  4. The Soft Season
  5. Opener
  6. Each Time We Pass – Alice Mérida Richards, MJ, JW, EO, MB, JN
  7. Boxing Day
  8. Reunion
  9. Shortcomings

Better Oblivion Community Center: Same

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On January 24, 2019, “Dead Oceans” label released the self-titled, debut and only Better Oblivion Community Center album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Fivestar” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Phoebe Bridges, Conor Oberst and Andy LeMaster.

Personnel:

  • Phoebe Bridgers – vocals, guitar, electric piano, baritone guitar, photography
  • Conor Oberst – vocals, guitar, baritone guitar, piano, keyboards, , Whirly tube, photography
  • Christian Lee Hutson – guitar, EBow, tambourine, pocket piano
  • Nick Zinner – guitar
  • Nick White – keyboards
  • John Congleton – synthesizer, mixing
  • Nathaniel Walcott – synthesizer
  • Wylie Gelber – bass guitar
  • Anna Butterss – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Andy LeMaster – bass guitar, synthesizer, programming, pocket piano, mellotron, samples, engineer
  • Carla Azar – drums, percussion
  • Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
  • Marshall Vore – percussion
  • Taylor Hollingsworth – sampled voice
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Nathaniel David Utesch – design, layout
  • Nik Freitas – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Phoebe Bridges and Conor Oberst, except where noted.

  1. Didn’t Know What I Was in For
  2. Sleepwalin’
  3. Dylan Thomas
  4. Service Road
  5. Exception to the Rule
  6. Chesapeake – Phoebe Bridges, Conor Oberst, Christian Lee Hutson
  7. My City
  8. Forest Lawn – Phoebe Bridges, Conor Oberst, Christian Lee Hutson
  9. Big Black Heart – Phoebe Bridges, Conor Oberst, Adam McIlweem Ben Walsh
  10. Dominos – Taylor Hollingsworth

Bobo Stenson Trio: Contra la indecisión

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On January 19, 2018, “ECM” label released “Contra la indecisión”, album by Bobo Stenson Trio (the twelve Bobo Stenson album overall). It was recorded in May 2017, at “Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI Studio” in Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Bobo Stenson – piano
  • Anders Jormin – bass
  • Jon Fält – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Anders Jormin, except where noted.

  1. Canción contra la indecisión – Silvio Rodriguez
  2. Doubt Thou the Stars
  3. Wedding Song from Poniky – Béla Bartók
  4. Three Shades of a House
  5. Elégie – Erik Satie
  6. Canción y danza VI – Federico Mompou
  7. Alice – Bobo Stenson
  8. Oktoberhavet
  9. Kalimba Impressions – Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Jon Fält
  10. Stilla
  11. Hemingway Intonations

The Delines: The Imperial

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On January 11, 2019, “Décor” label released “The Imperial”, the second Delines (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Flora Recording & Playback”, “B-Side Studios”, “Type Foundry” and “Scenic Burrows” in Portland, Oregon, and was produced by John Morgan Askew.

Personnel:

  • Amy Boone – vocals
  • Willy Vlautin – vocals, guitar
  • Tucker Jackson – pedal steel guitar
  • Cory Gray – keyboards, trumpet, arrangements
  • Freddy Trujillo – vocals, bass
  • Sean Oldham – vocals, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Willy Vlautin.

  1. Cheer Up Charley
  2. The Imperial
  3. Where Are You Sonny?
  4. Let’s Be Us Again
  5. Roll Back My Life
  6. Eddie & Polly
  7. Holly the Hustle
  8. That Old Haunted Place
  9. He Don’t Burn for Me
  10. Waiting on the Blue

Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding: Alive At The Village Vanguard

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On January 6, 2023, “Palmetto” label released “Alive at the Village Vanguard”, album by  Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding. It was recorded in October 2018, at “Village Vanguard” in New York City, and was produced by Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding.

Personnel:

  • Fred Hersch – piano
  • Esperanza Spalding – voices
  • James Farber – engineer
  • Geoff Countryman – engineer assistant
  • Tyler McDiarmid – engineer assistant, mixing
  • Nate Wood – mastering
  • Douglas Heusser – design
  • Erika Kapin – photography
  • Missi Callazzo – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. But Not for Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. Dream of Monk – Fred Hersch
  3. Little Suede Shoes – Charlie Parker
  4. Girl Talk – Bobbt Troup, Neal Hefti
  5. Evidence – Thelonious Monk
  6. Some Other Time – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
  7. Loro – Egberto Gismonti
  8. A Wish – Fred Hersch, Norma Winstone

Alfa Anderson

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On December 17, 2024, Alfa Anderson died aged 78. She was singer and educator, founding member (together with her husband Eruliel Barfield) of the band “Voices of Shalom”, but was best known as the lead singer of the band Chic. She recorded with many famous musicians, among them with Luther Vandross, Lou Rawls, The B-52’s, Jaheim, Roberta Flack, The Roches, Marvin Sease, Odyssey, Doc Powell, Martha Wash, Debbie Gibson, Jennifer Holliday, Ashford and Simpson, Nat Adderley, Roy Buchanan and Dionne Warwick. In 2014, Anderson received the “Global Entertainment Media Arts (G.E.M.A.) Foundation’s Golden Mic Award”, and Citation from the City of Philadelphia for her contributions to music  “Le Freak” (song by Chis) featuring Anderson on the lead vocals, was inducted into the 2015 “Grammy Hall of Fame”. In 2018, the song was added to the “National Recording Registry” by the “Library of Congress”. In 2018, Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. of Augusta, Georgia gave Anderson the Keys to the City and declared May 5 as “Alfa Anderson Day”.

Elvis Presley: That’s The Way It Is

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On November 11, 1970, “RCA” label released “That’s the Way It Is”, the twelfth Elvis Presley studio album. In 1970, the eight studio tracks were recorded at “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, and four live tracks were recorded at “The International Hotel” in Las Vegas, and was produced by Felton Jarvis. In March 2018, the album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.

Personnel:

Studio tracks:

  • Elvis Presley – lead and harmony vocals, guitar
  • James Burton – lead guitar
  • Chip Young – rhythm guitar
  • Charlie Hodge – acoustic rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • David Briggs – piano, organ
  • Charlie McCoy – organ, harmonica, marimba
  • Norbert Putnam – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion, vibes
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • The Imperials – backing vocals

Live tracks

  • Elvis Presley – lead vocals, guitar
  • James Burton – lead guitar
  • John Wilkinson – rhythm guitar
  • Charlie Hodge – acoustic rhythm guitar, scarves, harmony and backing vocals
  • Glen Hardin – piano, electric piano
  • Jerry Scheff – bass
  • Ronnie Tutt – drums
  • Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
  • The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals
  • The Imperials – backing vocals
  • The Joe Guercio Orchestra

Track listing:

  1. I Just Can’t Help Believin’ – Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann
  2. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights – Ben Weisman, Clive Westlake
  3. How the Web Was Woven – Clive Westlake, David Most
  4. Patch It Up – Eddie Rabbitt, Rory Bourke
  5. Mary in the Morning – Johnny Cymbal, Michael Rashkow
  6. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me – Vicky Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini
  7. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector
  8. I’ve Lost You – Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard
  9. Just Pretend – Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett
  10. Stranger in the Crowd – Winfield Scott
  11. The Next Step Is Love – Paul Evans, Paul Parnes
  12. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon

Marianne Faithfull: Negative Capability

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On November 2, 2018, “Panta Rei” label released “Negative Capability”, twentieth Marianne Faithfull studio album. It was recorded in January 2018, at “La Frette Studios” in Paris, and was produced by Head, Rob Ellis and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals
  • Nick Cave – backing and additional vocals, piano
  • Rob McVey – guitar, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Ed Harcourt – piano, bass guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, organ, harmonium, backing vocals
  • Warren Ellis – viola, synthesizer, violin, keyboards, piano, synthesiser bass, alto flute, backing vocals
  • Rob Ellis – drums, percussion, synthesizer, piano, bass synthesizer, glockenspiel, thumbjam synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Yann Orhan – cover art

Track listing:

  1. Misunderstanding – Marianne Faithfull, Rob McVey, Sivert Høyem, Ed Harcourt
  2. The Gypsy Faerie Queen – Marianne Faithfull, Nick Cave
  3. As Tears Go By – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham
  4. In My Own Particular Way – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt, Warren Ellis, Rob McVey
  5. Born to Live – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt
  6. Witches Song – Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Steve York, Terry Stannard
  7. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Bob Dylan
  8. They Come at Night – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt
  9. Don’t Go – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt
  10. No Moon in Paris – Marianne Faithfull, Ed Harcourt

Joe Bonamassa: Redemption

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On September 21, 2018, “Provogue – Mascot Music Productions” label released “Redemption”, the thirteenth Joe Bonamassa studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Blackbird” and “Addiction Sound” in Nashville, “The Cave” in Sydney, “Studio at the Palms” in Las Vegas, “Hit Factory Criteria” in Miami, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Joe Bonamassa – vocals, guitar
  • Reese Wynans – organ, piano
  • Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
  • Anton Fig – drums, percussion
  • Lee Thornburg – horn
  • Paulie Cerra – horn
  • Kenny Grinberg – guitar
  • Doug Lancio – guitar
  • Gary Pinto – harmony vocals
  • Mahalia Barnes – backing vocals
  • Jade MacRae – backing vocals
  • Juanita Tippins – backing vocals
  • Jamey Johnson – backing vocals
  • Roy Weisman – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Evil Mama
  2. King Bee Shakedown
  3. Molly O
  4. Deep in the Blues Again
  5. Self-Inflicted Wounds
  6. Pick Up the Pieces
  7. The Ghost of Macon Jones
  8. Just ‘Cos You Can Don’t Mean You Should
  9. Redemption
  10. I’ve Got Some Mind Over What Matters
  11. Stronger Now in Broken Places
  12. Love Is a Gamble

Low: Double Negative

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On September 14, 2018, “Sub Pop” label released “Double Negative”, the twelfth Low studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “April Bas” in Fall Creek, “The Terrarium” in Minneapolis, and was produced by BJ Burton.

Personnel:

  • Alan Sparhawk – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Garrington – bass guitar
  • Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion
  • Maaika van der Linde – bass flute
  • B. J. Burton – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Brett Bullion – engineer assistant
  • Zach Hanson – engineer assistant
  • David Kramer – editing assistant, design
  • Peter Liversidge – artwork, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alan Sparhawk, Steve Garrington and Mimi Parker.

  1. Quorum
  2. Dancing and Blood
  3. Fly
  4. Tempest
  5. Always Up
  6. Always Trying to Work It Out
  7. The Son, the Sun
  8. Dancing and Fire
  9. Poor Sucker
  10. Rome (Always in the Dark)
  11. Disarray