On October 23, 2020, “Anti-“ label released “Winter Is For Lovers”, the 15th Ben Harper album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Sheldon Gomberg.
Personnel:
Ben Harper – lap steel guitar, arrangements
Sheldon Gomberg – engineer, mixing
Jason Gossman, Johnnie Burik, Larry Ferguson, Tim Sonnefeld – engineer assistant
Gavin Lurssen – mastering
Mathieu Bitton – art direction, design, photography
On October 20, 2023, “Polydor” label released “Hackney Diamonds”, the twenty-fourth Rolling Stones (The) studio album. It was recorded February 2019, 2020, December 2022, January 2023, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Henson” in Los Angeles, “The Hit Factory” in New York City, “Metropolis” in London, “Sanctuary” in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Andrew Watt and Don Was.
Personnel:
Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica
Keith Richards – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Ronnie Wood – guitar, bass guitar
Charlie Watts – drums
Matt Clifford – keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Rhodes electric piano, organ. Hammond B3 organ
Elton John – piano
Benmont Tench – Hammond organ
Stevie Wonder – piano, Rhodes electric piano, Moog synthesizer
On September 25, 2020, “Asthmatic Kitty” label released “The Ascension”, the eighth Sufjan Stevens studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Sufjan Stevens.
Personnel:
Sufjan Stevens – vocals, drums and percussion, tempest, electric guitar, Prophet ’08, Prophet 6, Prophet X, piano, recorders, performance, recording, engineer, arrangements, mixing, original art, layout, design, typography
Bryce Dessner – electric guitar
Casey Foubert – bass guitar, vibraphone, electric guitar, lead electric guitar, recording, engineer
On September 4, 2020, “Fire Records” label released “Sun Racket”, the tenth Throwing Muses studio album. It was recorded February – June 2020, at “Stable Sound Studio” in Portsmouth, RI, US, “Hobby Shop” in Los Angeles, and was produced Kristin Hersh and Steve Rizzo.
On July 19, 2020, “Hotflush” label released “Crooks & Lovers”, the debut Mount Kimble studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Dominic Maker and Kai Campos.
On July 16, 2021, “Raisin’ Records” label released “Detour de Force”, the thirteenth Barenaked Ladies studio album. It was recorded February – August 2020, at “The Herbert/Robertson Hideaway”, “Noble Street Studios”, “Vespa Studios”, and was produced by Eric Ratz and Mark Howard.
Personnel:
Ed Robertson – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, drums, percussion
Kevin Hearn – vocals, pianos, keyboards, Continuum, accordion, acoustic and electric guitars, drum loops
Jim Creeggan – vocals, electric and double bass, cello, electric guitar, Taurus pedals, string and horn arrangements
Tyler Stewart – vocals, drums, percussion
Track listing:
Flip – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
Good Life – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
New Disaster – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin
Big Back Yard – Kevin Hearn
Live Well – Ed Robertson
Flat Earth – Ed Robertson, Danny Michel
Here Together – Jim Creeggan, James Bryan McCollum
Roll On – Ed Robertson, Kevin Griffin, Craig Wiseman
On June 25, 2022, “Partisan” label released “Boy from Michigan”, the fifth John Grant studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Green House Studios” in Reykjavik, Iceland, “Hljóðriti Studios” in Hafnarfjörður, in Iceland, and was produced by Cate Le Bon and John Grant.
Personnel:
John Grant – vocals, vocoder, piano, synthesizer, synth-bass, synthesizer programming, drum programming, mixing
On June 20, 1969, “Atlantic” label released “First Take”, the debut Roberta Flack studio album. It was recorded in February 1969, at “Atlantic” in New York City, and was produced by Joel Dorn. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “First Take” at number 451 on its list of “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
Roberta Flack – vocals, piano
Bucky Pizzarelli – guitars
Ron Carter – bass
Ray Lucas – drums, percussion
Seldon Powell, Frank Wess – saxophone
Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Newman – trumpet
Benny Powell – trombone
Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff – violin
Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Theodore Israel – viola
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello
William S. Fischer – horn and string arrangements, string conducting
William Arlt – recording
Bob Liftin – remix
Stanislaw Zagorski – design
Ken Heinen – photography
Track listing:
Compared to What – Gene McDaniels
Angelitos Negros – Andrés Eloy Blanco, Manuel Álvarez Maciste
Our Ages or Our Hearts – Robert Ayers, Donny Hathaway
I Told Jesus – traditional, arranged by Roberta Flack
Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Ewan MacColl
Tryin’ Times – Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson
Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
On June 19, 2020, “Reprise” label released “Homegrown”, the 42nd Neil Young studio album. The album consists of material recorded June – December 1974, January 1975, at “Quadrafonic” in Nashville, “Broken Arrow Ranch” in Redwood City, “Village Recorders” in Los Angeles, “Ramport” in London, and was produced by Neil Young, Elliot Mazer, Tim Mulligan and Ben Keith.
Personnel:
Neil Young – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, wine glass, piano strings, narration
Emmylou Harris – vocal, backing vocals
Sandy Mazzeo – vocal
Ben Keith – vocals, pedal steel guitar, lap slide guitar, dobro, wine glass, piano strings, narration
Robbie Robertson – guitar
Stan Szelest – piano, Wurlitzer piano
Joe Yankee – piano
Tim Drummond – vocals, bass
Levon Helm – drums
Karl T. Himmel – drums
Sandy Mazzeo – backing vocals
Tom Wilkes – cover art
John Hanlon – assembly, pre-mastering, restoration
On June 17, 2022, “4AD” label released “Farm to Table”, the second Bartees Strange studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “38 North Studio”, “4AD Studios”, “Strange Land Stufios”, “Tonal Park”, and was produced by Dave Cerminara, Chris Connors, Steph Marziano and Bartees Strange.
Personnel:
Bartees Strange – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, tambourine, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, synth bass, percussion, effects, programming, recording, engineer
Chris Connors – electric guitar, 12 string guitar, bass guitar, synth brass, piano, synthesizer, recording, engineer, mixing
Graham Richman – electric guitar, 12-string guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, electric piano
Dan Kleederman – electric and slide guitar, bass guitar
Austin Vos – slide guitar
Don Godwin – piano, tuba, sousaphone
Dave Cerminara – synthesizer, drum programming, recording, engineer
John E. Daise – bass guitar
Joe Kennedy – bass guitar
Fabian Prynn – drums, recording, engineer
Dillon Treacy – drums
Victor Indrizzo – drums
Jordyn Blakely – drums, percussion
Conor Murphy – horns, trumpet
Eliza Vera – backing vocals
Sarah Register – mastering
Niek Truijen – artwork
John Brooks – recording, engineer
Alison Fielding – design
Track listing:
Heavy Heart – Chris Connors, John E. Daise, Dan Kleederman, Graham Richman, Bartees Strange, Carter Zumtobel
Mulholland Dr. – Dan Kleederman, Bartees Strange
Wretched – Bartees Strange
Cosigns – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
Tours – Steph Marziano, Bartees Strange
Hold the Line – Bartees Strange
We Were Only Close for Like Two Weeks – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
Escape This Circus – Chris Connors, Bartees Strange
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