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Rufus Wainwright: Folkocracy

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On June 2, 2023, “BMG” label released “Folkocracy”, the eleventh Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, and was produced by Mitchell Froom.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Val McCallum – guitar
  • Madison Cunningham – guitar
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, guitar, mandolin
  • Patrick Sauber – banjo
  • Chaim Tannenbaum – banjo
  • Richard Parks – mandolin
  • Steve Amedée – tambourine
  • Patrick Warren – organ
  • Van Dyke Parks – piano, accordion
  • Jacob Mann – piano
  • Mitchell Froom – harpsichord, Mellotron, piano, electric piano 
  • Anna McGarrigle – accordion
  • David Piltch – bass
  • Pete Thomas – drums
  • Ted Poor – percussion
  • Andrew Bird – violin
  • Madison Cunningham
  • John Legend
  • Susanna Hoffs
  • Nicole Scherzinger
  • Van Dyke Parks
  • Chris Stills
  • Brandi Carlile
  • Anna McGarrigle 
  • Chaim Tannenbaum
  • Lily Lanken
  • Martha Wainwright
  • Lucy Wainwright Roche
  • Anohni
  • David Byrne
  • Chaka Khan
  • Andrew Bird
  • Chris Stills
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Rob Moose – strings, arrangement
  • David Boucher – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Alone – Edwan MacColl
  2. Heading for Home – Peggy Seeger
  3. Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) – John E. A Phillips
  4. Down in the Willow Garden – Charlie Monroe
  5. Shenandoah – traditional
  6. Nacht und Träume – Franz Schubert, Matthäus von Collin
  7. Harvest – Neil Young
  8. Going to a Town – Rufus Wainwright
  9. High on a Rocky Ledge – Louis Hardin
  10. Kaulana Nā Pua – Ellen Keho’ohiwaokalani Wright Prendergast
  11. Hush Little Baby – traditional
  12. Black Gold – Van Dyke Parks
  13. Cotton Eyed Joe – traditional
  14. Arthur McBride – traditional
  15. Wild Mountain Thyme – traditional

Andrew Bird: Sunday Morning Put-On

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On May 24, 2024, “Loma Vista” label released “Sunday Morning Put-On”, the 20th Andrew Bird album. It was recorded in 2024, at “Valentine Studios” in California, and was produced by Andrew Bird.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violin, art direction
  • Alan Hampton – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Ted Poor – drums, vibraphone
  • Jeff Parker – electric guitar
  • Larry Goldings – piano
  • Travis Pavur – engineer
  • David Boucher – engineer, mixing
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • MariaRice – mastering
  • Sage Lamonica – package design
  • Christopher Leckie – art direction, package design
  • Alexa Viscius – art direction, photography

Track listing:

  1. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. Caravan – Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol
  3. I Fall in Love Too Easily – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  4. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Cole Porter
  5. My Ideal – Leo Robin, Newell Chase, Richard A. Whiting
  6. Django – John Lewis
  7. I Cover the Waterfront – Edward Heyman, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman
  8. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  9. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
  10. Ballon de peut‐être – Andrew Bird

Andrew Bird: Noble Beast

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On January 20, 2009, “Fat Possum” label released “Noble Beast”, the fifth Andrew Bird studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Andrew Bird.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, guitar, violin, whistling
  • Jeremy Ylvislaker – guitar, bass, organ, shortwave
  • Todd Sickafoose – double bass
  • Ben Martin – cardboard box drums
  • Martin Dosh – percussion, looping, keys
  • Mike Lewis – clarinet
  • Tony Crow – juno
  • Kelly Hogan – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird, except where noted.

  1. Oh No
  2. Masterswarm
  3. Fitz and the Dizzyspells
  4. Effigy
  5. Tenuousness
  6. Nomenclature
  7. Ouo
  8. Not a Robot, but a Ghost – Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh
  9. Unfolding Fans – Andrew Bird, Jeremy Ylvisaker
  10. Anonanimal
  11. Natural Disaster
  12. The Privateers
  13. Souverian
  14. On Ho

Andrew Bird: Inside Problems

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On June 3, 2022, “Loma Vista” label released “Inside Problems”, the fourteenth Andrew Bird studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Barebones Studios”, and was produced by Mike Viola.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird — vocals, guitar, violin
  • Michael A. “Mike” Viola — guitar, bass, additional vocals, recording
  • Alan Hampton — guitar, bass, additional vocals
  • Abraham Rounds — drums, percussion, additional vocals
  • James H. “Jimbo Mathus” Mathis, Jr. — banjo
  • Madison Cunningham — additional vocals
  • David Boucher — recording, mixing
  • Eric Boulanger — mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird, except where noted. 

  1. Underlands
  2. Lone Didion
  3. Fixed Positions
  4. Inside Problems
  5. The Night Before Your Birthday
  6. Make a Picture
  7. Atomized
  8. Faithless Ghost
  9. Eight
  10. Stop n’ Shop
  11. Never Fall Apart – Jeremy Ylvisaker

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Hot

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On June 4, 1996, “Mammoth” label released “Hot”, the second Squirrel Nut Zippers studio album. It was recorded October – November 1995, and was produced by Brian Paulson and Mike Napolitano. The album was certified Platinum in USA by “RIAA”.

Personnel:

  • Jimbo Mathus – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano
  • Katharine Whalen – vocals, banjo, baritone ukulele
  • Tom Maxwell – vocals, guitar, baritone saxophone, clarinet, chandelier
  • Ken Mosher – vocals, guitar, alto and baritone saxophones
  • Don Raleigh – double bass, gong
  • Chris Phillips – drums, percussion, announcement
  • Clay Walker – multimedia
  • Duke Heitger – trumpet, cornet
  • Andrew Bird – violin

Track listing:

All tracks by Jimbo Mathus, except where noted.

  1. Got My Own Thing Now
  2. Put A Lid On It – Tom Maxwell
  3. Memphis Exorcism
  4. Twilight – Tom Maxwell
  5. It Ain’t You
  6. Prince Nez
  7. Hell – Tom Maxwell
  8. Meant to Be – Tom Maxwell
  9. Bad Businessman – Jimbo Mathus, Ken Mosher
  10. Flight of the Passing Fancy – Jimbo Mathus, Ken Mosher
  11. Blue Angel – Jimbo Mathus, Ken Mosher
  12. The Interlocutor – Ken Mosher

Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison

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On October 16, 2020, “Bool’s records” label released “Serpentine Prison”, the debut Matt Berninger studio album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Earthstar Creation Center” in Venice, California, “Knobworld” in Los Angeles,” Silent Partner” in Philadelphia, “Cecelia’s” in Brooklyn, New York,” Long Pond” in Hudson Valley, New York, and was produced by Booker T. Jones.

Personnel:

  • Matt Berninger – vocals
  • Booker T. Jones – electric guitar, bass, Hammond B3 organ, piano, electric piano, OP-1 synthesizer, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Harrison Whitford – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, slide guitar, bass
  • Sean O’Brien – acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, gang vocals
  • Walter Martin – electric guitar, bass, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
  • Hayden Desser – acoustic guitar, piano
  • Mike Brewer – acoustic guitar, bass
  • Teddy Jones – electric guitar
  • Brent Knopf – guitars, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Matt Sheehy – acoustic guitar, bass
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica, bass harmonica
  • Gail Ann Dorsey – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Scott Devendorf – bass
  • Matt Barrick – drums, percussion
  • Ben Lanz – trombone, bass, piano
  • Kyle Resnick – trumpet, backing vocals
  • Andrew Bird – violin, loops, backing vocals
  • Jamie Heaslip – gang vocals
  • Sean O’Brien – recording, mixing, additional production
  • Matt Barrick – additional engineering
  • Bella Blasko – additional engineering
  • Walter Martin – additional engineering
  • John X Volaitis – additional engineering
  • Michael Carson – artwork
  • Dale Doyle – design
  • Chris Sgroi – photography
  • Tom Berninger – photography

Track listing:

  1. My Eyes Are T-Shirts – Matt Berninger, Scott Devendorf
  2. Distant Axis – Matt Berninger, Walter Martin
  3. One More Second – Matt Berninger, Matt Sheehy
  4. Loved So Little – Matt Barninger, Mike Brewer
  5. Silver Springs – Matt Berninger, Sean O’Brien, Harrison Whitford
  6. Oh Desire – Matt Berninger, Sean O’Brien, Harrison Whitford
  7. Take Me Out of Town – Matt Berninger, Hayden Desser
  8. Collar of Your Shirt – Matt Berninger, Walter Martin
  9. All of Nothing – Matt Berninger, Brent Knopf
  10. Serpentine Prison – Matt Berninger, Sean O’Brien, Harrison Whitford

Esperanza Spalding: Exposure

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On December 16, 2017, “Concord” label released “Exposure”, the sixth Esperanza Spalding studio album. It was recorded in September 2017, at “NRG Recording Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding, Ray Angry, Matthew Stevens, Justin Tyson, and Rob Schwimmer.

Personnel:

  • Esperanza Spalding – vocals, acoustic bass, electric bass, kalimba
  • Matthew Stevens – guitar
  • Robert Glasper – piano
  • Ray Angry – keyboard
  • Justin Tyson – drums
  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violin
  • Lalah Hathaway – vocals
  • Rob Schwimmer – continuum
  • Tivona Miller – backing vocals
  • Starr Busby – backing vocals
  • Fernando Lodeiro – recording, mixing
  • Zach Brown – recording
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Paul Blakemore – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Esperanza Spalding except where noted.

Exposure

  1. Swimming Toward the Black Dot
  2. Public Trance It
  3. Heaven in Pennies – Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding
  4. Colonial Fire
  5. Coming to Life – Lalah Hathaway, Esperanza Spalding
  6. Geriment
  7. I Am Telling You
  8. The Way You Got the Love – Andrew Bird, Esperanza Spalding
  9. I Do
  10. Double Jointed Canyon – Justin Tyson, Matthew Stevens, Esperanza Spalding

Undeveloped (Pre-Exposure Practice)

  1. Helluva
  2. Tangerine
  3. Word Jungle
  4. Chelsea Mercy
  5. Work of Art
  6. Winning Machines
  7. Trouble
  8. 4th Grade
  9. Whisper
  10. Fittest

Kristin Hersh: The Grotto

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On March 17, 2003, “4AD” label released “The Grotto”, the sixth Kristin Hersh album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Kristin Hersh.

Personnel:

  • Kristin Hersh – vocals, guitar
  • Howe Gelb– piano
  • Andrew Bird– violin
  • Steve Rizzo – engineer, mixing
  • Shinro Ohtake – artwork
  • Vaughan Oliver – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Sno Cat
  2. Deep Wilson
  3. Snake Oil
  4. Vanishing Twin
  5. SRB
  6. Silver Sun
  7. Vitamins V
  8. Arnica Montana
  9. Milk Street
  10. Ether

 

Andrew Bird: Are You Serious

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On April 1, 2016, “Loma Vista” label released “Are You Serious”, the thirteen Andrew Bird studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Fairfax Studio” and “Zeitgeist Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Tony Berg and David Boucher.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, violins, whistling, guitar, omnichord
  • Blake Mills – guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, tiple, electric banjo, drums
  • Tony Berg – guitar, keyboards, recording
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards
  • Bram Inscore – keyboards
  • Alan Hampton – bass, guitar
  • Ted Poor – drums, percussion, vibes, tubular bells
  • Moses Sumney – vocals
  • Fiona Apple – vocals
  • David Boucher – recording, mixing
  • Joseph Lorge – additional recording
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Brian Roettinger – art direction, design
  • John Baldessari – artwork

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird.

  1. Capsized
  2. Roma Fade
  3. Truth Lies Low
  4. Puma
  5. Chemical Switches
  6. Left Handed Kisses
  7. Are You Serious
  8. Saints Preservus
  9. The New Saint Jude
  10. Valleys of the Young
  11. Bellevue

Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself

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On March 5, 2012, “Mom+Pop Records” label released “Break It Yourself”, the sixth Andrew Bird studio album.

Personnel:

  • Andrew Bird – vocals, guitar, violin, whistling
  • Jeremy Ylvisaker – guitar, keyboards, background vocals
  • Mike Lewis – bass, tenor saxophone, background vocals
  • T. Bates – drums
  • Martin Dosh – drums
  • Annie Clark (St. Vincent) – vocals
  • Nora O’Connor – vocal harmonies
  • Simone White – vocal harmony
  • Wendy Lewis – cooking, moral support

Track listing:

All tracks by Andrew Bird.

  1. Desperation Breeds
  2. Polynation
  3. Dance Caribe
  4. Give It Away
  5. Eyeoneye
  6. Lazy Projectors
  7. Near Death Experience
  8. Behind the Barn
  9. Lusitania
  10. Orpheo Looks Back
  11. Sifters
  12. Fatal Shore
  13. Hole in the Ocean Floor
  14. Belles