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Charles Lloyd and the Marvels: Tone Poem

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On March 12, 2021, “Blue Note” label released “Tone Poem”, album by Charles Lloyd and the Marvels (the 48th Charles Lloyd overall). It was recorded in 2020, at “Eastwest Studios”, “Noches Del Botánico” and Santa Barbara Sound Design”, and was produced by Charles Lloyd and Dorothy Darr.

Personnel:

  • Charles Lloyd – alto flute, tenor saxophone, liner notes
  • Bill Frisell – guitar
  • Greg Leisz – guitar
  • Reuben Rogers – bass
  • Eric Harland – drums
  • Adam Camardella – recording
  • Dom Camardella – recording
  • Michael C. Ross – recording, mixing
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Dorothy Darr – design, photography
  • Meat and Potatoes Inc. – layout
  • Watanabe Toru – liner notes
  • Joe Harly – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Peace – Ornette Coleman
  2. Ramblin’ – Ornette Coleman
  3. Anthem – Leonard Cohen
  4. Dismal Swamp -Charles Lloyd
  5. Tone Poem – Charles Lloyd
  6. Monk’s Mood – Thelonious Monk
  7. Ay Amor (Live) – Villa Fernandez Ignacio Jacinto
  8. Lady Gabor – Gabor Szabo
  9. Prayer – Charles Lloyd

Israel Nash: Topaz

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On March 12, 2021, “Loose Music”, “Desert Folklore Music” and “Soundly Music” labels released “Topaz”, the ninth Israel Nash album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Plum Creek Sound” in Texas, and was produced by Israel Nash and Adrian Quesada.

Personnel:

  • Israel Nash – vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Adrian Quesada – electric guitar
  • Curtis Roush – electric guitar
  • Roger Sollenberger – electric guitar
  • Eric Swanson – pedal steel guitar, electric guitar, harmonies
  • Sam Powell – piano, organ, synth
  • Scott Davis – bass
  • Edward Brailiff – piano
  • Ed Jarusinsky – drums, percussion
  • Seth Kauffman – drums, percussion, bass
  • Josh Fleischmann – drums, percussion
  • Derek Phelps – trumpet
  • Jacob Rodriguez – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Joe Woullard – baritone saxophone
  • Jason Frey – tenor saxophone
  • Rockyanne Bullwinkel – backing vocals
  • Jenny Carson – backing vocals
  • Taylor Torres – engineer
  • Matt Gerhard – engineer
  • Kevin Ratterman – mixing, mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Israel Nash.

  1. Dividing Lines
  2. Closer
  3. Down in the Country
  4. Southern Coasts
  5. Stay
  6. Canyonheart
  7. Indiana
  8. Howling Wind
  9. Sutherland Springs
  10. Pressure

Jenny Hval: Classic Objects

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On March 11, 2022, “4AD” label released “Classic Objects”, the eighth Jenny Hval studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Øra Studio” in Trondheim, Norway, and was produced by Jenny Hval and Kyrre Laastad.

Personnel:

  • Jenny Hval – lead and backing vocals, various instruments, programming, arranger, concept, recording
  • Kyrre Laastad – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, recording
  • Håvard Volden – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
  • Daniel Meyer Grønvold – guitar
  • Johan Lindvall – keyboards, piano
  • Vivian Wang – keyboards, additional vocals, recording
  • Hans Hulbækmo – drums, percussion
  • Natali Abrahamsen Garner – additional vocals, recording
  • Annie Bielski – additional lyrics, artwork, concept, photography
  • Even Ormestad – recording
  • Heba Kadry – mixing, mastering
  • Lasse Marhaug – graphic design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jenny Hval.

  1. Year of Love
  2. American Coffee
  3. Classic Objects
  4. Cemetery of Splendour
  5. Year of Sky
  6. Jupiter
  7. Freedom
  8. The Revolution Will Not Be Owned

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Made in Timeland

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On March 5, 2022, “Flightless” label released “Made in Timeland”, the nineteenth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie.

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, mellotron, drums, ocarina, vocoder
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, percussion, keyboards 
  • Cook Craig – keyboards, synthesizer 
  • Lucas Harwood – keyboards, synthesizer, bass, fretless bass 
  • Joey Walker – synthesizer, percussion
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums, percussion, synthesizer
  • Stu Mackenzie – mixing
  • Joey Walker – mixing
  • Joseph Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Timeland – Michael Cavanagh, Cook Craig, Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker
  2. Smoke & Mirrors – Michael Cavanagh, Lucas Harwood, Ambrose Kenny Smith, Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker

Band of Horses: Things are Great

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On March 4, 2022, “BMG” label released “Things Are Great”, the sixth Band of Horses studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Ben Bridwell and Wolfgang Zimmerman.

Personnel:

  • Benjamin Bridwell – vocals, guitar, drums, baritone guitar, bass, synthesizer, ukulele, additional recording, engineer, back cover image
  • Ian MacDougall – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Ryan Monroe – electric guitar, keyboards, organ, Rhodes piano, electric guitar
  • Matt Gentling – bass
  • Creighton Barrett – drums
  • Robert Cheek – acoustic guitar
  • Christian Chidester – electric guitar
  • Brantley Gutierrez – vocals
  • Wolfgang Zimmerman – guitar, engineer
  • Jason Lytle – guitar, keyboards, percussion, additional production
  • Dave Sardy – keyboards, noises, acoustic guitar, guitar, tambourine, sound effects, timpani, baritone vocals, drums, mixing, additional production
  • Dave Fridmann – keyboards, organ, additional production
  • Robert Cheek – engineer
  • Sam Farrar – engineer assistant
  • Michael Fridmann – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering
  • Cody Ackors – art direction, design
  • Pam Smith – front cover image

Track listing:

All tracks by Ben Bridwell, except where noted.

  1. Warning Signs – Ben Bridwell, Ryan Monroe
  2. Crutch
  3. Tragedy of the Commons
  4. In the Hard Times – Ben Bridwell, Wolfgang Zimmerman
  5. In Need of Repair – Ben Bridwell, Jason Lytle, Ryan Monroe
  6. Aftermath
  7. Lights
  8. Ice Night We Are Having
  9. You Are Nice to Me
  10. Coalinga – Ben Bridwell, Sam Farrar, Brantley Gutierrez, Harrison Kipner

Marillion: An Hour Before It’s Dark

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On March 4, 2022, “Intact” and “earMUSIC” labels released “An Hour Before It’s Dark”, the 20th Marillion studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Racket Club” in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, “Real World” in Wiltshire, “Ace” in Aartselaar, Belgium, and was produced by Michael Hunter, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly and Steve Hogarth.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hogarth – lead vocals
  • Steve Rothery – electric guitar
  • Mark Kelly – keyboards
  • Pete Trewavas – bass guitar
  • Ian Mosley – drums
  • Choir Noir – vocals
  • Michael Hunter – recording, mixing
  • Simon Ward – artwork

All lyrics by Steve Hogarth; all music by Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly and Steve Hogarth.

  1. Be Hard on Yourself
  2. Reprogram the Gene
  3. Only a Kiss
  4. Murder Machine
  5. The Crow and the Nightingale
  6. Sierra Leone
  7. Care

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ghost Song

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On March 4, 2022, “Nonesuch” label released “Ghost Song”, the sixth Cécile McLorin Salvant studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Bunker Studio”, “St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church” in New York, and was produced by Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortner and Paul Sikivie. In April 2022, it was chosen as “Album of the Month” for both performance and sonics by “Stereophile”.

Personnel:

  • Cécile McLorin Salvant – vocal, piano, creative director, illustration
  • Marvin Sewell – guitar
  • James Chirillo – banjo
  • Aaron Diehl – piano, organ
  • Sullivan Fortner – vocal, piano
  • Burniss Travis – bass
  • Paul Sikivie – bass, electric bass, synthesizer
  • Kyle Poole – drums
  • Keita Ogawa – percussion
  • Alexa Tarantino – flute
  • Daniel Swenberg – flute, theorbo
  • Iris McLorin Picot – vocal
  • Violette McLorin Picot – vocal
  • Brooklyn Youth Chorus – choir
  • Todd Whitelock – recording, mixing, associate producer
  • Patrick Dillett – recording
  • Chris Muth – mastering
  • Ben Tousley – art direction, design
  • Shawn Michael Jones – photography
  • Robert Hurwitz – executive producer
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All tracks by Cécile McLorin Salvant, except where noted.

  1. Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
  2. Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Herbert Stothart
  3. Ghost Song
  4. Obligation
  5. Until – Gordon Sumner
  6. I Lost My Mind
  7. Moon Song
  8. Trail Mix
  9. The World is Mean – Kurt Weil, Berthold Brecht, Marc Blitzstein
  10. Dead Poplar
  11. Thunderclouds
  12. Unquiet Grave – traditional, arranged by Cécile McLorin Salvant

Altin Gün: Yol

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On February 26, 2021, “ATO Records” label released “YOL”, the third Altın Gün studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Katzwijm Studio” in Voorhout, “Barracão Sound Laboratory”, and was produced by Asa Moto, Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız, Merve Daşdemir, Jasper Verhulst and Daniel Smienk.

Personnel:

  • Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız – vocals, baglama, synthesizer, handclaps, arrangements, recording
  • Merve Daşdemir – vocals, synthesizer, omnichord, percussion, handclaps, arrangements, recording
  • Jasper Verhulst – guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, drum programming, handclaps, arrangements, recording
  • Daniel Smienk – drums, arrangements, recording
  • Ben Rider – guitar
  • Gino Groeneveld – percussion, handclaps
  • Asa Moto – additional synthesizer, mixing
  • Jasper Geluk – recording
  • Guido Joseph – recording
  • Wouter Brandenburg – mastering
  • Anne Caesar – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Bahçada Yeşil Çınar – traditional
  2. Ordunun Dereleri – traditional
  3. Nulunur Mu – Neşet Ertaş
  4. Hey Nari – Çekiç Ali
  5. Yüce Dağ Başında – Mustafa Keser
  6. Kesik Çayır – lyrics by Neşet Ertaş, music by Erdinç Ecevit Yıldız, Merve Daşdemir, Jasper Verhulst, Daniel Smienk
  7. Arda Boylari – traditional
  8. Kara Toprak – Aşık Veysel
  9. Sevda Olmasaydi – Neşet Ertaş
  10. Maçka Yolları – traditional
  11. Yekte – traditional
  12. Esmerim Güzelim – traditional

Maximo Park: Nature Always Wins

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On February 26, 2021, “Prolifica Inc.” label released “Nature Always Wins”, the seventh Maxïmo Park studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Ben H. Allen III.

Personnel:

  • Paul Smith – lead vocals, field recording, engineer
  • Duncan Lloyd – bass, guitar, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals, field recording, engineer
  • Tom English – drums, percussion, field recording
  • Pauline Murray – vocal
  • Ben H. Allen III – bass, guitar, percussion, synthesizer, programming, mixing
  • Tom Etherington – drums, design
  • Alex Blamire – engineer
  • Annie Leeth – engineer
  • Ben Etter – engineer
  • Robert Whiteley – engineer
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Em Cole – band photo
  • Laura Lancaster – cover painting
  • John David Lawson – photography, painting photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul Smith, Duncan Lloyd and Thomas English, except where noted.

  1. Partly of My Making
  2. Versions of You – Paul Smith, Duncan Lloyd, Thomas English, Ben Allen
  3. Baby, Sleep
  4. Placeholder
  5. All of Me – Paul Smith, Duncan Lloyd, Thomas English, Ben Allen
  6. Ardour – Paul Smith, Duncan Lloyd, Thomas English, Jemma Freese
  7. Meeting Up
  8. Why Must a Building Burn? – Paul Smith, Duncan Lloyd, Thomas English, Paul Rafferty
  9. I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
  10. The Acid Remark
  11. Feelings I’m Supposed to Feel
  12. Child of the Flatlands