Tag Archives: 2024

Willow: Empathogen

On May 3, 2024, “Three Six Zero” and “Gamma” labels released “Empathogen”, the sixth Willow studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by John Batiste, Eddie Benjamin, Chris Greatti and Willow.

Personnel:

  • Willow Smith – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, guitar
  • Brad Oberhofer – piano
  • Zach Tenorio – piano, synthesizer; strings
  • Elijah Rawk – acoustic guitar, bass guitar
  • Zach Brown – bass guitar, percussion
  • Eddie Benjamin – bass guitar, drums, guitar, synthesizer
  • Chris Greatti – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Jon Batiste – vocals, drums, piano
  • Asher Bank – drums
  • Annie Clark – vocals
  • Zach Brown – engineer
  • Adam Schoeller – engineer
  • Chris Greatti – engineer
  • Oscar Cornejo – engineer
  • Mitch McCarthy – mixing
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Home – Willow Smith, Jon Batiste, Kate Munger
  2. Ancient Girl – Willow Smith
  3. Symptom of Life – Willow Smith, Asher Bank, Chris Greatti, Brad Oberhofer
  4. The Fear is Not Real – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti
  5.  False Self – Taylor Gordon, Chris Greatti
  6. Pain for Fun – Willow Smith, Annie Clark, Chris Greatti
  7. No Words 1 & 2 – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  8. Down – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  9. Run! – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti
  10. Between I and She – Willow Smith, Asher Bank, Chris Greatti, Elijah Rawk
  11. I Know That Face – Willow Smith, Eddie Benjamin
  12. Big Feelings – Willow Smith, Chris Greatti, Zach Tenorio

Kavus Torabi: The Banishing

On May 3, 2024, “Believers Roast” label released “The Banishing”, the second Kavus Torabi studio album.

Personnel:

  • Kavus Torabi – guitars, bass, Fender Rhodes, Prophet synthesizer, santoor, vichitra veena, harmonium, snare, tambourine, ride cymbal, bass drum, autoharp, hand claps, double bass, guzheng, shakers, prayer bells, glockenspiel
  • Kate Davis – flute

Track listing:

All tracks by Kavus Torabi.

  1. The Horizontal Man
  2. Snake Humanis
  3. Heart the Same
  4. A Thousand Blazing Chariots
  5. The Sweetest Demon
  6. Push the Faders
  7. Mountains of Glass
  8. Untethered

The Flower Kings: Love

On May 2, 2025, “Inside Out Music” label released “Love”, the seventeenth Flower Kings (The) album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Roine Stolt.

Personnel:

  • Roine Stolt – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Hasse Fröberg – lead vocals, guitar
  • Lalle Larsson – keyboards, Mellotron, organ, piano, synthesizer
  • Michael Stolt – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer
  • Mirko DeMaio – drums, percussion
  • Aliaksandr Yasinski – accordion
  • Jannica Lund – vocals
  • Hasse Bruniusson – percussion
  • Lars Hallbäck – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Roine Stolt, except where noted.

  1. We Claim the Moon
  2. The Elder
  3. How Can You Leave Us Now?
  4. World Spinning – Lalle Larsson
  5. Burning Both Edges
  6. The Rubble
  7. Kaiser Razor
  8. The Phoenix
  9. The Promise
  10. Love Is
  11. Walls of Shame
  12. Consideration – lyrics by Michael Stolt, Jannica Lund, music by Michael Stolt

Suzanne Vega: Flying With Angels

On May 2, 2025, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Flying with Angels”, the tenth Suzanne Vega studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “GB’s Juke Joint” in Queens, New York City, and was produced by Gerry Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Suzanne Vega – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jamie Edwards – keyboards
  • Daniel Mintseris – keyboards
  • Jeff Hill – bass guitar
  • Aaron Johnston – drums
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Ruby Froom – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Speakers’ Corner – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  2. Flying with Angels – Suzanne Vega
  3. Witch – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  4. Chambermaid – Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  5. Love Thief – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  6. Lucinda – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  7. Last Train from Mariupol – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  8. Alley – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  9. Rats – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  10. Galway – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard

Sally Potter: Anatomy

On May 2, 2025, “Bella Union” label released “Anatomy”, the second Sally Potter studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Marta Salogni and Sally Porter.

Personnel:

  • Sally Potter – vocals
  • Fred Frith – guitar
  • Liam Dunachie – piano
  • Misha Mullov-Abbado – upright bass
  • Gwen Reed – double bass
  • Toby Hughes – double bass
  • Dave Brown – double bass
  • Ben Reed – electric bass
  • Valentina Magaletti – drums
  • Kieran Leonard – bodhran
  • David Geoghegan – trumpet
  • Paul Cott – French horn
  • Phillippa Koush-Jalali – French horn
  • Richard Bayliss – French horn
  • Sasha Koushk Jalali – tuba
  • Viktoria Mullova – violin
  • Matthew Barley – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Sally Potter.

  1. Anatomy
  2. Coming Home
  3. Words
  4. My Earth
  5. Carmageddon
  6. Walk Away
  7. Time to Go
  8. Come Back
  9. Honey
  10. Oh Daughter
  11. Elegy
  12. The Fall

Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra: Still Blooming

On April 25, 2025, “Decca” label released “Still Blooming”, the third by Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced Alex Frank and Scott Gilman.

Personnel:

  • John Storie – guitar, arrangements
  • Jeff Goldblum – piano, arrangements
  • Joe Bagg – organ, arrangements
  • Alex Frank – bass, conductor, music direction, arrangements
  • Kenny Elliott – drums, arrangements
  • James King – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, flute, arrangements
  • Scott Gilman – tenor saxophone, arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Aaron Serfaty – percussion
  • Leah Zeger – violin
  • Ariana Grande – vocals
  • Cynthia Erivo – vocals
  • Scarlett Johansson – vocals
  • Maiya Sykes – vocals
  • Javier Cruces – engineer
  • Ben Burget – engineer
  • Dave Donnelly – mastering
  • John Mastro – executive production

Track listing:

  1. I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) – Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert
  2. The Green Patrol – Plas Johnson
  3. We’ll Meet Again – Hughie Charles, Ross Parker
  4. Blue Minor – Sonny Clark
  5. The Best Is Yet to Come – Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
  6. Bye-Ya – Thelonious Monk
  7. Stella by Starlight – Victor Young, Ned Washington
  8. Bouncing with Bud – Earl Rudolph Powell
  9. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter

Painkiller: The Great God Pan

On April 18, 2025, “Tzadik” label released “The Great God Pan”, the tenth Painkiller album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Lad’s Old Room B14” in Birmingham, England, “Orange Music” in East Orange, New Jersey,.

  • John Zorn – alto saxophone
  • Bill Laswell – bass
  • Mick Harris – drums
  • Mick Harris – recording
  • James Dellatacoma – recording, mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Austin Osman Spare – illustration
  • Chippy – design
  • Heung-Heung Chin – design
  • Karath=Razar. Tomyo T. L. – design

Track listing:

All tracks by John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Mick Harris.

  1. Ercildoune
  2. Secret Sins

The Mars Volta: Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio

On April 11, 2025, “Clouds Hill” label released “Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacio”, the ninth Mars Volta (The) studio album. It was recorded 2024 – 2025, and was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.

Personnel:

  • Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals
  • Omar Rodríguez-López – synths, guitars, engineer
  • Marcel Rodríguez-López – synths, keyboards, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Leo Genovese – keyboards, saxophone
  • Josh Moreau – bass guitar
  • Linda-Philomène Tsoungui – drums
  • Daniel Diaz – percussion
  • Eva Gardner – bass guitar
  • Willy Rodriguez – drums
  • Jon Debaun – engineer
  • John Frusciante – engineer
  • Chris Common – engineer, mastering
  • Adán Guevara – artwork

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Cedric Bixler-Zavala; all music by Omar Rodríguez-López.

  1. Fin
  2. Reina Tormnenta
  3. Enlazan las Tinieblas
  4. Mictlán
  5. The Iron Rose
  6. Cue the Sun
  7. Alba del Orate
  8. Voice in My Knives
  9. Poseedora de Mi Sombra
  10. Celaje
  11. Vociferó
  12. Mito de los Trece Cielos
  13. Un Disparo al Vacío
  14. Detrás de la Puerta Dorada
  15. Maullidos
  16. Morgana
  17. Cue the Sun (reprise)
  18. Lucro Sucio

Khruangbin: A La Sala

On April 5, 2024, “Dead Oceans” and “Night Time Stories” labels released “A La Sala”, the fourth Khruangbin studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Mark Speer and Steve Christensen.

Personnel:

  • Mark Speer – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Laura Lee – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Donald “DJ” Johnson – vocals, drums, arrangements
  • Chris Longwood – mastering
  • Nick Scott – art direction
  • Tiny Frees – creative direction, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Laura Lee, Mark Speer, and Donald “DJ” Johnson.

  1. Fifteen Fifty-Three
  2. May Ninth
  3. Ada Jean
  4. Farolim de Felgueiras
  5. Pon Pon
  6. Todavía Viva
  7. Juegos y Nubes
  8. Hold Me Up (Thank You)
  9. Caja de la Sala
  10. Three from Two
  11. A Love International
  12. Les Petits Gris

Cedric Burnside: Hill Country Love

On April 5, 2024, “Provogue” label released “Hill Country Love”, the third Cedric Burnside studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Luther Dickinson and Cedric Burnisde.

Personnel:

  • Cedric Burnside — vocals, guitar, baritone guitar, mixing
  • Luther Dickinson — slide guitar, bass guitar, mixing
  • Patrick Williams — harmonica
  • Artemus Le-Sueur — drums
  • Kevin Houston — recording
  • Ted Jensen — mastering
  • Roy Koch — artwork
  • Jim Arbogast — photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Cedric Burnside, except where noted.

  1. I Know
  2. Hill Country Love
  3. Shake Em on Down – Fred McDowell
  4. Juke Joint
  5. Smile
  6. Closer
  7. Coming Real to Ya
  8. Thank You
  9. Love Your Music
  10. Toll on They Life
  11. You Got to Move –Fred McDowell, Gary Davis
  12. Strong
  13. Funky
  14. Po Black Mattie – Robert Burnside