On February 2, 2020, Ivan Král died aged 71. He was musician (guitar, bass, cello, piano, keyboards), vocalist, singer-songwriter, record producer and filmmaker. His songs were recorded by artists such as Pearl Jam, Patti Smith, U2, Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Simple Minds. He recorded and performed with Patti Smith, Blondie, John Cale, Iggy Pop, Lucie, Jiri Suchy, Aneta Langerová, Miro Zbirka, Pavel Bobek and Debbi. As leader he released 16 albums.
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Drive-By Truckers: The Unraveling
On January 31, 2020, “ATO” label released “The Unraveling”, the twelfth Drive-By Truckers studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2019 and was produced by David Barbe.
Track listing:
- Patterson Hood – vocals, guitar, mandocello
- Mike Cooley – vocals, guitar
- Brad Morgan – drums
- Jay Gonzalez – vocals, keyboards, guitars
- Matt Patton – vocals, bass, bass
- Kyleen King – viola and string arrangement
- Patti King – violin
- Cody Dickinson – electric washboard
Track listing:
All tracks by Patterson Hood, except where noted.
- Rosemary with a Bible and a Gun
- Armageddon’s Back in Town
- Slow Ride Argument – Mike Cooley
- Thoughts and Prayers
- 21st Century USA
- Heroin Again
- Babies in Charges
- Grievance Merchants – Mike Cooley
- Awaiting Resurrection
Destroyer: Have We Met
On January 31, 2020, “Dead Oceans” label released “Have We Met”, the twelve Destroyer album. It was recorded in 2019 and was produced by John Collins.
Personnel:
- Dan Bejar – vocals, synthesizer
- Nicolas Bragg – guitar
- John Collins – bass, synthesizer, drum programming, granular synthesis, mixing
- Joe LaPorta – mastering
- Maegan Hill-Carroll – front and back cover photos, design
Track listing:
- Crimson Tide
- Kinda Dark
- It Just Doesn’t Happen
- The Television Music Supervisor
- The Raven
- Cue Synthesizer
- University Hill
- Have We Met
- The Man in Blak’s Blues
- Foolssong
Wolf Parade: Thin Mind
On January 24, 2020, “Sub Pop” label released “Thin Mind”, the fifth Wolf Parade studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “Risque Disque Records” in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada, and was produced by John Goodmanson.
Personnel:
- Spencer Krug – vocals, keyboards
- Dan Boeckner – vocals, guitar
- Arlen Thompson – drums
- John Goodmanson – engineer, mixing
- Noah Mintz – mastering
Track listing:
- Under Glass – Dan Boeckner
- Julia take Your Man Home – Spencer Krug
- Forest Green – Dan Boeckner
- Out of Control – Spencer Krug
- The Static Age – Dan Boeckner
- As Kind as You Can – Spencer Krug
- Fall into Future – Spencer Krug
- Wandering Son – Dan Boeckner
- Against the Day – Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug
- Town Square – Spencer Krug
Bombay Bicycle Club: Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
On January 17, 2020, “Mmm…Records” label released “Everything Else Has Gone Wrong”, the fifth Bombay Bicycle Club studio album. It was recorded March – September 2019, at “Konk Studios” in London, “Sargent Recorders” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Congleton and Jack Steadman.
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Personnel:
- Jack Steadman – lead vocals, guitar, piano
- Jamie MacColl – guitar
- Ed Nash – bass
- Suren De Saram – drums
- Liz Lawrence – vocals, backing vocals
- Billie Marten – backing vocals
- Nate Walcott – trumpet
- Aniela Marie Perry – cello
- Elizabeth Baba – violin
- Madeline Falcone – violin
- Marta Sofia Honer – viola
- David Moyer – tenor saxophone
- David Urquidi – tenor saxophone
- John Congleton – engineer,mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Sean Cook – assistant engineer
- George Chung – assistant engineer
- María Medem – artwork illustrations
- Joe Prytherch – artwork layout, logo
Track listing:
All tracks by Jack Steadman, except where noted.
- Get Up
- Is It Real
- Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
- I Can Hardly Speak
- Good Day – Ed Nash
- Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You) – Ed Nash, Jack Steadman
- I Worry Bout’ You
- People People – Liz Lawrence, Ed Nash
- Do You Feel Loved
- Let You Go
- Racing Stripes
Field Music: Making a New World
On January 10, 2020, “Memphis Industries” label released “Making a New World”, the seventh Field Music studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by David Brewis, Peter Brewis, Liz Corney, Kevin Dosdale, and Andrew Lowther.
Personnel:
- Liz Corney – vocals, organ, piano
- Kevin Dosdale – guitar, layout
- Peter Brewis – vocals, guitar, programming
- Andrew Lowther – bass guitar
- David Brewis – vocals, drums, programming
- Andy Martin – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by David Brewis, Peter Brewis, Liz Corney, Kevin Dosdale, and Andrew Lowther.
- Sound Ranging
- Silence
- Coffee or Wine
- Best Kept Garden
- I Thought You Were Something Else
- Between Nations
- A Change of Her
- Do You read Me?
- From a Dream Into My Arms
- Beyond That of Courtesy
- A Shot to the Arm
- A Common Language Pt.1
- A Common Language Pt. 2
- Nikon, Pt.1
- Nikon, Pt. 2
- If the Wind Blows Towards the Hospital
- Only in a Man’s World
- Money Is a Memory
- An Independent State
Neil Peart
On January 7, 2020, Neil Ellwood Peart died aged 67. He was musician (drums, percussion), and songwriter, known by the nick name “The Professor”, but was best known as the drummer and the primary lyricist of the band Rush. Magazine “Rolling Stone” placed him at number 4 on its list of the “All Time Greatest Drummers”. In 1983, Peart was inducted into “The Modern Drummer Readers Poll Hall of Fame”, as the youngest person so honored.
Eugene Wright
On December 30, 2020, Eugene Joseph Wright died aged 97. He was musician (bass), worked with Monty Alexander, Charlie Parker, Lee Shaw, Gene Ammons, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Buddy DeFranco, Cal Tjader, Vince Guaraldi, Kai Winding, Sonny Stitt, Dottie Dodgion, and Dorothy Donegan, but was best known as a member and the bass player of the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Claude Bolling
On December 29, 2020, Claude Bolling died aged 90. He was musician (piano), composer, and arranger. He wrote music for more than one hundred movies, collaborated with classical musicians, but also with musicians from various genres including Alexandre Lagoya, Pinchas Zukerman, Maurice André, and Yo-Yo Ma. Bolling has worked with some of the biggest names in the jazz music including Roy Eldridge, Kenny Clarke. Oscar Peterson, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Stéphane Grappelli, and Django Reinhardt. As leader he released 24 albums.
Leslie West
On December 22, 2020, Leslie Weinstein aka Leslie West died aged 75. He was musician (guitar), vocalist, and songwriter, member of the bands The Vagrants, West, Bruce and Laing, but was best known as the founding member, guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the band Mountain. In its list of the “100 Greatest guitarists of all time”, Rolling Stone magazine placed West at number 66. As a leader he released 16 albums.
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