Tag Archives: 2021

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

Thomas Stevens

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On January 23, 2021, Thomas Howard Stevens died aged 64. He was musician (bass, guitar) and singer, recorded with Magi, Danny and Dasty, Jack Waterson, Donovan’s Brain, associated with the Paisley Underground, but was best known as member and bass player of The Long Ryders. As leader he released on EP and six albums.

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

Buck Meek: Two Saviors

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On January 15, 2021, “Keeled Scales” label released “Two Saviors”, the second Buck Meek studio album. It was recorded in July 2019, and was produced by Andrew Sarlo.

Personnel:

  • Buck Meek – vocals, guitar
  • Adrianne Lenker – vocals, guitar, photography
  • Dylan Meek – vocals, piano, organ
  • Adam Brisbin – vocals, guitar
  • Matthew Davidson – vocals, bass, guitar, pedal steel guitar, fiddle
  • Austin Vaughn – drums, percussion
  • Andrew Sarlo – engineer, mixing
  • Heba Kadry – mastering
  • Miles Johnson – design
  • Robbie Jeffers – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alexander Meek, except where noted.

  1. Pareidolia
  2. Candle – Adrianne Lenker, Alexander Meek
  3. Second Sight
  4. Two Saviors
  5. Two Moons
  6. Dream Daughter
  7. Ham on White
  8. Cannonball Pt. 2
  9. Two Moons (Morning)
  10. Pocketknife
  11. Halo Light

Band – Maid: Unseen World

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On January 13, 2021, “Pony Canyon” label released “Unseen World”, the seventh Band-Maid studio album.

Personnel:

  • Saiki Atsumi – lead vocals
  • Miku Kobato – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Kanami Tōno – lead guitar
  • Misa – bass
  • Akane Hirose – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics written by Miku Kobato, all music Miku Kobato, Saiki Atsumi, Kanami Tōno, Misa and Akane Hirose.

  1. Warning
  2. No God
  3. After Life
  4. Manners
  5. I Still Seek Revenge
  6. H-G-K
  7. Nightingale
  8. Why Why Why
  9. Chemical Reaction
  10. Ambition
  11. Black Hole
  12. Without Holding Back

Sammy Hagar & the Circle: Lockdown 2020

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On January 8, 2021, “Mailboat Records” label released “Lockdown 2020”, the second Sammy Hagar & The Circle album.

Personnel:

  • Sammy Hagar – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, recording, liner notes
  • Vic Johnson – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, recording, photography
  • Michael Anthony – bass guitar, backing vocals, recording
  • Jason Bonham – drums, percussion, backing vocals, recording
  • Jamieson Durr – recording, editing, mixing, photography, liner notes
  • Justin Weiss – mastering
  • Jesse Bale, Kari Hagar, Michele Johnson, Sue Anthony – photography

Track listing:

  1. Funky Feng Shui
  2. Won’t Get Fooled Again
  3. Good Enough
  4. Three Little Birds
  5. Whole Lotta Rosie
  6. For What It’s Worth
  7. Keep A – Knockin’
  8. Right Now
  9. Don’t Tell Me What Love Can Do
  10. Sympathy for the Human
  11. Heroes

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