Tag Archives: 2020

The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

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On January 29, 2021, “Flemish Eye Records” label released “The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings”, sixth studio Besnard Lakes (The) album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Rigaud Ranch”, “Breakglass Studios” in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek.

Personnel:

  • Jace Lasek – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, string and horn arrangements, sounds, mixing
  • Olga Goreas – vocals, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, string and horn arrangements, handwritten font
  • Richard White – guitar
  • Robbie MacArthur – electric and 12 string guitars, baritone guitar
  • Sheenah Ko – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer 
  • Kevin Laing – drums, percussion
  • Welkom in De Blaak – organ
  • Joel Campbell – drums
  • Philip Gosselin – mastering
  • Todd Stewart – design
  • Corri-Lynn Tetz – design
  • Dave Thomas – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas.

  1. Blackstrap
  2. Raindrops
  3. Christmas
  4. Our Heads, Our Hearts on Fire Again
  5. Feuds with Guns
  6. The Dark Side of Paradise
  7. New Revolution
  8. The Father of Time Wakes Up
  9. Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

Typhoon: Sympathetic Magic

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On January 22, 2021, “Roll Call Records” label released “Sympathetic Magic”, the fifth Typhoon studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Kyle Morton.

Personnel:

  • Kyle Morton – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synths, drums
  • Shannon Steele – vocals, violin
  • Dave Hall – guitar
  • Toby Tanabe – bass
  • Alex Fitch – drums, percussion
  • Devin Gallagher – kalimba, ukulele, glockenspiel, percussion
  • Eric Stipe – vocals, trumpet
  • Pieter Hilton – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ben Morton – guitar
  • Jeff Stuart Saltzman – mixing
  • Adam Gonsalves – mastering
  • Jayson Payne – design
  • Tyler Ferrin – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Kyle Morton.

  1. Sine Qua Nonentity
  2. Empire Builder
  3. Motion and Thought
  4. Santos
  5. We’re In It
  6. Two Birds
  7. Evil Vibes
  8. And So What If You Were Right
  9. Time, Time
  10. Room Within the Room
  11. Masochist Ball
  12. Welcome to the Endgame

Steve Hackett: Under a Mediterranean Sky

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On January 22, 2021, “Inside Out Music” label released “Under a Mediterranean Sky”, the 26th Steve Hackett studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Roger King and Steve Hackett.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hackett – nylon guitar, steel guitar, 12-string guitar, charango, Iraqi oud
  • Roger King – keyboards, programming, orchestral arrangements, mixing
  • John Hackett – flute 
  • Rob Townsend – flute, soprano saxophone
  • Franck Avril – oboe
  • Malik Mansurov – tar
  • Arsen Petrosyan – duduk
  • Christine Townsend – violin, viola
  • Roger King – recording, mixing
  • Armen Yeganyan – engineer
  • Rob Townsend – engineer
  • Tamas Barabas – engineer
  • Thomas Ewerhard – design
  • Tina Korhoren – photography
  • Jo Hackett – photography
  • Amanda Lehmann – photography

Track listing:

  1. Mdina (The Walled City) – Steve Hackett, Roger King
  2. Adriatic Blue – Steve Hackett
  3. Sirocco – Steve Hackett, John Hackett, Roger King
  4. Joie de Vivre – Steve Hackett, John Hackett
  5. The Memory of Myth – Steve Hackett, John Hackett, Roger King
  6. Scarlatti Sonata – Domenico Scarlatti
  7. Casa del Fauno – Steve Hackett, Roger King
  8. The Dervish and the Djin – Steve Hackett, John Hackett, Roger King
  9. Lorato – Steve Hackett
  10. Andalusian Heart – Steve Hackett, John Hackett, Roger King
  11. The Call of the Sea – Steve Hackett

James Yorkston: The Wide. Wide River

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On January 22, 2021, “Domino” label released “The Wide, Wide River”, the tenth James Yorkston album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Karl-Jonas Winqvist and James Yorkston.

Personnel:

  • James Yorkston – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Peter Morén – vocals, electric guitar
  • Emma Nordenstam – vocals, cello, piano
  • Daniel Bengtsson – bass guitar
  • Karl-Jonas Winqvist – vocals, drums, percussion, bells
  • Ulrika “Ullis” Gyllenberg – vocals, violin
  • Cecilia Österholm – vocals, nyckelharpa
  • Felix Wickman – vocals, electric guitar, omnichord
  • Lars Frederick Swahn – vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Per Lager – drums
  • Ylva Ceder – vocals, English horn
  • Lina Langendorf – flute
  • Daniel “Våldet” Holmström – flugelhorn
  • John Broadley – artwork
  • Matthew Cooper – design
  • Paul J Street – design
  • Nadja Hallstrom – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by James Yorkston, except where noted.

  1. Ella Mary Leather
  2. To Soothe Her Wee Bit Sorrows
  3. Choices, Like Wide Rivers
  4. Struggle
  5. There Is No Upside
  6. A Droplet Forms
  7. A Very Old Fashioned Blues
  8. We Test the Beams

Algiers: There Is No Year

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On January 17, 2020, “Matador” label released “There Is No Year”, the third Algiers studio album. It was recorded April – May 2019, at “Figure 8”, “Strange Weather”, “Studio E” in New York, and was produced by Randall Dunn and Ben Greenberg.

Personnel:

  • Franklin James Fisher – vocals, keyboards
  • Lee Tesche – guitar
  • Ryan Mahan – bass
  • Matt Tong – drums
  • Randall Dunn – Korg MS-20, Modal 001, Ensoniq ESQ-1, modular synth, percussion, mixing, additional programming, sound design
  • Ben Greenberg – MPC 2000, additional programming
  • Skerik (Eric Walton) – saxophone
  • Kyle Kidd – additional vocals
  • La Toya Kent – additional vocals
  • Lou the Dog – vocal sounds
  • Randall Dunn – mixing
  • Garrett DeBlock – mixing assistant
  • Jason Ward – mastering
  • Farbod Kokabi – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Franklin James Fisher, Lee Tesche, Ryan Mahan and Matt Tong.

  1. There Is No Year
  2. Dispossession
  3. Hour of the Furnaces
  4. Losing is Ours
  5. Unoccupied
  6. Chaka
  7. Wait for the Sound
  8. Repeating Night
  9. We Can’t Be Found

Pinegrove: Marigold

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On January 17, 2020, “Rough Trade” label released “Marigold”, the fourth Pinegrove studio album. It was recorded May 2018 – February 2019, at “Amperland” in Kinderhook, New York, and was produced by Evan Stephens Hall and Sam Skinner.

Personnel:

  • Evan Stephens Hall – vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, mixing
  • Nick Levine – vocals, guitar, pedal steel, baritone guitar, mixing
  • Zack Levine – vocals, drums, percussion, mixing
  • Josh Marré – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, lap steel
  • Sam Skinner – guitar, synthesizer, mixing
  • Nandi Rose Plunkett – vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Doug Hall – vocals, piano
  • Michael William Levine – pedal steel

Track listing:

All tracks by Evan Stephens Hall, except where noted.

  1. Dotted Line
  2. Spiral
  3. The Alarmist
  4. No Drugs
  5. Moment
  6. Hairpin
  7. Phase
  8. Endless
  9. Alcove – Evan Stephens Hall, Josh Marré.
  10. Neighbor
  11. Marigold

The Big Moon: Walking Like We Do

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On January 10, 2020, “Fiction Records” label released “Walking Like We Do”, the second Big Moon (The) studio album. It was recorded in2019, at “Studio BTS” in Atlanta, US, and was produced by Ben H. Allen III.

Personnel:

  • Juliette Jackson – vocals, guitars, keyboards, flute, piano
  • Soph Nathan – vocals, guitars, bass
  • Celia Archer – vocals, keyboards, piano, bass
  • Fern Ford – vocals, keyboards, drums, trumpet
  • Ben H. Allen III – additional keyboards, percussion, mixing
  • Richard Sherrington – horns
  • Rob Opitz – horns
  • Ben Etter – engineer, mixing
  • Billy Halliday – additional engineer
  • Duncan Albert Jr. – engineer assistant
  • Ian Horrocks – engineer assistant
  • Parker Bradford – engineer assistant
  • Rafael Rojas – engineer assistant
  • Spencer Poole – engineer assistant
  • Trae Young – engineer assistant
  • Pooneh Ghana – photography

Track listing:

  1. It’s Easy Then
  2. Your Light
  3. Dog Eat Dog
  4. Why
  5. Don’t Think
  6. Waves
  7. Holy Roller
  8. Take a Piece
  9. Barcelona
  10. A Hundred Ways to Land
  11. ADHD

Steve Earl: J.T.

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On January 4, 2021, “New West Records” label released “J.T.”, the 19th Steve Earl album. It was recorded with his band The Dukes, in 2020, at Electric Ladyland Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Steve Earle. The album is a tribute to Earle’s oldest son, Justin Townes Earle, who died in August, 2020.

Personnel:

  • Steve Earle – vocals, guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin, harmonica
  • Chris Masterson – vocals, guitar, mandolin, one finger piano
  • Eleanor Whitmore – vocals, fiddle, mandolin, organ
  • Ricky Ray Jackson – vocals, pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • Jeff Hill – vocals, acoustic and electric bass, cello
  • Brad Pemberton – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Ray Kennedy – recording, mixing, mastering
  • John Rooney – recording assistant
  • Laurence Kern – guitar technician
  • Tom Bejgrowicz – package design, layout
  • Tony Fitzpatrick – cover art
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Shervin Lainez – photography
  • Sara Sharpe – photography
  • Ian Dublin Earle – associate producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Justin Townes Earle, except where noted.

  1. I Don’t Care
  2. Ain’t Glad I’m Leaving
  3. Maria
  4. Far Away in Another Town – Justin Townes Earle, Scotty Melton
  5. They Killed John Henry
  6. Turn Out My Lights – Justin Townes Earle, Scotty Melton
  7. Lone Pine Hill
  8. Champagne Corolla
  9. The Saint of Lost Causes
  10. Harlem River Blues
  11. Last Words – Steve Earle

Alto Reed

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On December 30, 2020, Thomas Neal Cartmell aka Alto Reed, died aged 72. He was musician (saxophone), recorded and performed with Grand Funk Railroad, Dave Mason, Foghat, Spencer Davis, Little Feat, Otis Rush, Enchantment, Jamie Oldaker, George Terry, Tico Torres, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, George Thorogood, Robin Gibb, Holograf and The Ventures, but was best known as member of the Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band.