Tag Archives: 2022

Mary Halvarson: Amaryllis

On May 13, 2022, “Nonesuch” label released “Amaryllis”, the twelve Mary Halvorson album.

Personnel:

  • Mary Halvorson – guitar
  • Nick Dunston – bass
  • Tomas Fujiwara – drums
  • Patricia Brennan – vibraphone
  • Adam O’Farrill – trumpet
  • Jacob Garchik – trombone
  • The Mivos Quartet – strings

Track listing:

All tracks by Mary Halvorson.

  1. Night Shift
  2. Anesthesia
  3. Amaryllis
  4. Side Effect
  5. Hoodwink
  6. 892 Teeth

The Waterboys: All Souls Hill

On April 6, 2022, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “All Souls Hill”, the fifteenth Waterboys (The) studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Sussex, “The Bunker” in Welwyn, “Crow’s Nest” in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee, US, “Goyt Valley Sound”, “Miracle Studios”, “Nabby Road Studio” in Liverpool, “Ocean Soul Studios”, “Puck Towers”, “Rustic Souls” “Verlimont Studios” in Hampstead, England, “Wilbury Road Studios”, and was produced by Paul Brown, Simon Dine, James Hallawell and Mike Scott.

Personnel:

  • Mike Scott – vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, sound effects, soundscaping
  • “Brother” Paul Brown – keyboards, synthesizer, sound effects, guitar, backing vocals, mixing
  • James Hallawell – piano, organ, mellotron, guitar, Marxophone, backing vocals, sound effects
  • Simon Dine – sound effects, lead guitar
  • Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
  • Aongus Ralston – bass guitar
  • Ralph Salmins, Greg Morrow – drums
  • Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
  • Pee Wee Ellis – saxophone
  • Ian McNabb – backing vocals
  • Barny Fletcher – backing vocals
  • Rob D. Cureton – choir vocals, choir arrangements
  • Jason Eskridge – choir vocals, engineer
  • Niki Conley, Kiley Phillips – choir vocals
  • Ciaron Bell – engineer
  • Don Jackson – mastering
  • Ian James Ross – design
  • Kahn & Selesnik – photography
  • Howard Rankin – photography
  • Charlotte Annand – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Simon Dine and Mike Scott, except where noted.

  1. All Souls Hill
  2. The Liar
  3. The Southern Moon
  4. Blackberry Girl
  5. Hollywood Blues – James Hallawell, Aongus Ralston, Ralph Salmins, Mike Scott
  6. In My Dreams
  7. Once Were Brothers – Robbie Robertson
  8. Here We Go Again
  9. Passing Through – Dick Blakeslee

Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread

On May 5, 2023, “ECM” label released “Our Daily Bread”, the third Trio Tapestry studio album (the 40th Joe Lovano album overall). It was recorded in May 2022, at “Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI”, Lugano, Switzerland, and was produced by Manfred Eicher.

Personnel:

  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, tárogató, gong
  • Marilyn Crispell – piano
  • Carmen Castaldi – drums, gong, temple bells
  • Stefano Amerio – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Joe Lovano.

  1. All Twelve
  2. Grace Notes
  3. Le Petit Opportun
  4. Our Daily Bread
  5. One for Charlie
  6. The Power of Three
  7. Rhythm Spirit
  8. Crystal Ball

Flora Purim: If You Will

On April 29, 2022, “Strut Records” label released “If You Will”, the 27th Flora Purim album. It was recorded at “Astrolábio Studio” and Säo Saruê Label”, in Curitiba, Brazil, “C.A. Studios” and “Click Audio Works”, “San Anselmo Studio” in California, and was produced by Flora Purim.

Personnel:

  • Flora Purim – vocals
  • Diana Purim – vocals
  • Claudia Villela – vocals
  • Grecco Buratto – guitar, backing vocals
  • Filó Machado – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Fabio Nascimento – acoustic guitar
  • José Neto – guitar
  • Bryan Velasco – piano, keyboards
  • Mikka Mutti – keyboards
  • Frank Martin – keyboards
  • Marcio Lomiramda – keyboards
  • Davi Sartori – electric piano
  • Fábio Hess – bass
  • Andre de Santanna – bass
  • Thiago Duarte – bass
  • Gary Brown – bass
  • Léo Nobre – bass
  • Café da Silva – bata
  • Airto Moreira – vocals, percussion, drums
  • Léo Costa – drums
  • Endrigo Bettega – drums
  • Stéphane San Juan – drums
  • Celso Alberti – drums, percussion
  • Stéphane San Juan – drums
  • Filipe Castro – percussion
  • Alberto Lopes – percussion
  • Gibi dos Santos – percussion
  • Krishna Booker – percussion, backing vocals
  • Todd M. Simon – flugelhorn
  • Caro Pierotto – backing vocals
  • Maria Joana – backing vocals
  • Emina Shimanuki – backing vocals
  • Kana Shimunaki – backing vocals
  • Mari Nobre – backing vocals
  • Niura Band – backing vocals
  • Vitor Pinheiro – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. If You Will – George Duke
  2. This Is Me – Krishna Booker, Diana Purim
  3. 500 Miles High – Chick Corea, Neville Potter
  4. A Flor Da Vida – Mario Moya, Diana Purim
  5. Newspaper Girl – José Neto
  6. Dandara – Felipe Machado, Judith de Souza
  7. Zahuroo – Celso Alberti, José Neto, Claudia Villela
  8. Dois + Dois = Tres – Nuno Mindelis
  9. Lucidez – Krishna Booker, Fabio Nascimento, Diana Purim

V.A.: Jazz Sabbath Vol. 2

On April 23, 2022, “Blacklake” label released “Jazz Sabbath – Vol. 2”, album by various artists. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Milton Keanes.

Personnel:

  • Angus Guitaropoulus, Arthur Itis, Newton Abbot Wes Tostrayer – guitar
  • Milton keanes – piano
  • Leighton B’Zard – Hammond organ
  • Jacque T’Fono – upright bass
  • Allen Kees – Fender Rhodes
  • Juan Take – drums
  • Francis Mellie – percussion
  • Fenton Breezley – saxophone, clarinet
  • Elton Spanks-William – trumpet
  • Lester Trumpton – trombone, euphonium
  • Loquacious Fellaish – horns, arrangements
  • Adam Wakeman – mixing
  • Brett Caldas-Lima – mastering
  • Backlake – design

Track listing:

  1. Paranoid
  2. Snowblind
  3. Behind the Wall of Sleep
  4. Sabbra Cadabra
  5. Symptom of the Universe
  6. N.I.B.
  7. Black Sabbath

Papa Roach: Ego Trip

On April 8, 2022, “New Noize” label released “Ego Trip”, the eleventh Papa Roach studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, and was produced by Colin Brittain, Jason Evigan, Nicholas Furlong, Andrew Goldstein, Drew Fulk, Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance and Tony Palermo.

Personnel:

  • Jacoby Shaddix – vocals
  • Jerry Horton – guitars
  • Tobin Esperance – bass
  • Tony Palermo – drums
  • Anthony Esperance – additional guitars
  • Jonathan Gering – keyboards, programming
  • Erica Sliver – backing vocals
  • Meron Ryan – backing vocals
  • Fever 333
  • Sueco
  • Andrew Migliore – string arrangements
  • Jason Evigan – engineer
  • Nicholas Furlong – engineer
  • Drew Fulk – engineer
  • Michael Nolasco – engineer
  • Brenden Collins – engineer assistant
  • Colin Brittain – mixing
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Kevin McCombs – additional production
  • Darren Craig – creative director, design
  • Bryson Roatch – creative director
  • Jim Hughes – layout

Track listing:

  1. Kill the Noise
  2. Stand Up
  3. Swerve
  4. Bloodline
  5. Liar
  6. Ego Trip
  7. Unglued
  8. Dying to Believe
  9. Killing Time
  10. Leave a Light On (Talk Away the Dark)
  11. Always Wandering
  12. No Apologies
  13. Cut the Line
  14. I Surrender

Father John Misty: Chloë and the Next 20th Century

On April 8, 2022, “Sub Pop” label released “Chloë and the Next 20th Century”, the fifth Father John Misty (Josh Tillman) studio album. It was recorded August – December 2020, and was produced by Jonathan Wilson and Josh Tillman.

Personnel:

  • Josh Tillman – performance
  • Jonathan Wilson – performance
  • Drew Erickson – performance, arrangements
  • Chris Darley – guitar
  • Nona Quartet
    • Andrew Bulbrook – violin
    • Wynton Grant – violin
    • Zach Dellinger – viola
    • Jake Braun – cello
  • Dan Higgins – flute, clarinet, saxophone, additional arrangements
  • Steve Holtman – trombone, bass trombone
  • Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
  • Greg Huckins – flute, clarinet
  • Chad Smith – bassoon
  • John Yoakum – oboe, clarinet
  • Mark Hollingsworth – flute, clarinet
  • Grant Milliken – vibraphone
  • Jason Crosby – fiddle
  • Davey Chegwidden – congas, bongos, percussio
  • Cristina Black – harp
  • Dave Cerminara – engineer, mixing, additional production
  • Drew Erickson – additional production
  • Sasha Barr – layout, design
  • Josh Tillman – concept, art direction
  • Kelci Tillman – illustration
  • Lauren Ward – photography
  • Alex Kweskin – photography
  • Steve Moulton – darkroom printing, comping
  • Alia Penner – costume design, collage
  • Payton Morse – model

Track listing:

All tracks by Josh Tillman.

  1. Chloe
  2. Goodbye Mr. Blue
  3. Kiss Me (I Loved You)
  4. (Everything But) Her Love
  5. Buddy’s Rendezvous
  6. Q4
  7. Olvidado (Otro Momento)
  8. Funny Girl
  9. Only a Fool
  10. We Could Be Strangers
  11. The Next 20th Century

Crown Lands: Fearless

On March 31, 2023, “Universal Music Canada” label released “Fearless”, the second Crown Lands studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “80A Studios” and “Mainstation Studio” in Toronto, “Rock Falcon Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by David Bottrill and Nick Raskulinecz.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Comeau – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, pedalboard, synthesizer, mellotron, piano
  • Cody Bowles – drums, wind chimes, flute
  • Nathan Yarborough – engineer 
  • Phil Hotz – engineer
  • David Bottrill – mixing
  • Nick Raskulinecz – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Andy Slater – creative director
  • Quinn Henderson – painting
  • James Livitski – design, layout
  • Andy Ford – photography
  • Shawn Marino – A&R

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Comeau, except where noted.

  1. Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II
  2. Dreamer of the Dawn
  3. The Shadow – Cody Bowles, David Bottrill
  4. Right Way Back
  5. Context: Fearless Pt. I
  6. Reflections
  7. Penny
  8. Lady of the Lake
  9. Citadel

The Flower Kings: By Royal Decree

On March 4, 2022, “Inside Out Music” label released “By Royal Decree”, the fifteenth Flower Kings (The) studio album.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, ukulele, Portuguese guitar, nylon guitar, additional keyboards, orchestration, mixing
  • Hasse Fröberg – vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
  • Zach Kamins – organ, piano, synthesizers, orchestrations
  • Jonas Reingold – fretted bass, fretless bass
  • Michael Stolt – bass, Moog Taurus pedalboard, backing vocals
  • Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion, additional orchestration
  • Aliaksandr Yasinski – accordion
  • Jonas Lindberg – bass
  • Rob Townsend – saxophones
  • Hasse Bruniusson – acoustic and electronic percussion
  • Jannica Lund – backing vocals
  • Lasse Hallbäck – engineer
  • Kevin Sloan – artwork
  • Thomas Ewerhard – layout
  • Lilian Forsberg, Patrick Marek – photography

Track listing:

  1. The Great Pretender
  2. World Gone Crazy
  3. Blinded
  4. A Million Stars
  5. The Soldier
  6. The Darkness in You
  7. We Can Make It Work
  8. Peacock on Parade
  9. Revolution
  10. Time the Great Healer
  11. Letter
  12. Evolution
  13. Silent Ways
  14. Moth
  15. The Big Funk
  16. Open Your Heart
  17. Shrine
  18. Funeral Pyres

Big Big Train: Welcome To The Planet

On January 28, 2022, “English Electric” label released “Welcome to the Planet”, the fourteenth Big Big Train studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Real World” in Box, Wiltshire, England, “Sweetwater” in Fort Wayne, Indiana, “Aubitt” in Southampton, England, “Castlesound” in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by David Longdon, Gregory Spawton, Nick D’Virgilio, Richard Sjöblom, Dave Foster and Clare Lindley.

Personnel:

  • David Longdon – vocals, tambourine, mellotron, piano, flute
  • Dave Foster – acoustic and electric guitar, 6-and 12-string electric guitars
  • Rikard Sjöblom – Hammond organ, mellotron, guitar, ARP synthesizer, accordion, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer piano, piano, 12 string acoustic guitar
  • Carly Bryant – vocals, backing vocals, piano, synthesizer
  • Clare Lindley – vocals, violin
  • Gregory Spawton – bass guitar, bass pedals, 12 string-acoustic guitar, 6 string-acoustic guitar, mellotron, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals, spoken voice
  • Nick D’Virgilio – vocals, drums, vibraphone, mellotron, percussion loops, keyboards, sleigh bells, Fender Rhodes, organ, synthesizer; percussion
  • John Storey – euphonium
  • Nick Stones – French horn
  • Dave Desmond – trombone, brass arrangementс
  • Ben Godfrey – trumpet
  • Jon Truscott – tuba
  • Derek Reeves – violin
  • Aidan O’Rourke – violin, soundscapes
  • Riaan Vosloo – double bass
  • Stuart Hamilton – engineer
  • Bobby Dellarocco, Shawn Dealey – engineer
  • Rob Aubrey – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Sarah Louise Ewing – artwork
  • Ioan Hazell – engineer assistant
  • Rachel Leonard – engineer assistant

Track listing:

  1. Made from Sunshine – lyrics by David Longdon, music by Dave Foster
  2. The Connection Plan – Nick D’Virgilio
  3. Lanterna – Gregory Spawton
  4. Capitoline Venus – Gregory Spawton
  5. A Room with No Ceiling – Richard Sjöblom
  6. Proper Jack Froster – Gregory Spawton
  7. Bats in the Belfry – Nick D’Virgilio
  8. Oak and Stone – lyrics by Gregory Spawton, music by Gregory Spawton, Nick D’Virgilio, Richard Sjöblom
  9. Welcome to the Planet – Carly Bryant