Tag Archives: 2021

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

Michael Nesmith

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On December 10, 2021, Robert Michael Nesmith died aged 78. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. Nesmith was member of the bands The Strangers and The First National Band, but was known as member of The Monkees. In 1981, he won the first “Grammy Award” given for “Video of the Year” for his hour-long television show “Elephant Parts”.

David Longdon

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On November 20, 2021, David Longdon died aged 56. He was musician (guitar, flute, keyboards, bass, mandolin, lute, banjo, accordion, dulcimer, psaltry, vibraphone, theremin, glockenspiel, percussion), singer and song-writer, member of the band The Gift Horse. He recorded with Louis Philippe, The Tangent, The Charlatans, Dave Kerzner, Nick Beggs, Rob Reed, Nick D’ Virgilio, Christina Booth and Steve Hackett, but was best known as member and the lead singer of the band Big Big Train. As leader, Longdon released one album .