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Rosanne Cash: The River & The Thread

On January 14, 2014, “Blue Note” label released “The River & the Thread”, the thirteenth Rosanne Cash studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by John Leventhal. In 2015, the album won three “Grammy Awards” for “Best Americana Album”, “Best American Roots Song” and “Best American Roots Performance”.

Personnel:

  • Rosanne Cash – lead and backing vocals
  • John Leventhal – guitar, bass guitar, organ, celeste, mandolin, electric sitar, drums, percussion, harmony vocals, string arrangements, mixing
  • Derek Trucks – slide guitar
  • Jon Cowherd – Wurlitzer piano
  • Tim Luntzel – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Dan Rieser – drums
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Rick DePofi – percussion, backing vocals, mixing
  • Jake Leventhal – percussion, backing vocals
  • Gabe Witcher – fiddle
  • Larry Farrell – trombone
  • David Mansfield – violin, viola
  • Dave Eggar – cello
  • Allison Moorer – harmony vocals
  • John Paul White – harmony vocals
  • Cory Chisel – harmony vocals
  • Donivan Cowart – recording
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
  • Tabitha Fair – backing vocals
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Amy Helm – backing vocals, choir
  • Kris Kristofferson – choir
  • John Prine – choir
  • Tony Joe White – choir
  • Rodney Crowell – choir
  • Bobby Tis – recording
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Jill Dell’Abate – production co-ordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal.

  1. A Feather’s Not a Bird
  2. The Sunken Lands
  3. Etta’s Tune
  4. Modern Blue
  5. Tell Heaven
  6. The Long Way Home
  7. World of Strange Design
  8. Night School
  9. 50.000 Watts
  10. When the Master Calls the Roll
  11. Money Road

Sara Bareilles: Amidst the Chaos

On April 5, 2019, “Epic” label released “Amidst the Chaos” the sixth Sara Bareilles studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “The Village” in Los Angeles, “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, CA, and was produced by T Bone Burnett. Track “Saint Honesty” earned Bareilles a “Grammy Award” for “Best American Roots Performance” at the 2020 ceremony.

Personnel:

  • Sara Bareilles – vocals, piano, electric guitar, programming
  • Marc Ribot – guitar, ukulele
  • Blake Mills – guitar, mandolin, 6-string bass
  • Joseph Ryan – guitar, vocal harmonies
  • T Bone Burnett – guitar
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards, string arrangements
  • Keefus Ciancia – keyboards
  • Philip Khronengold – piano
  • Dennis Crouch – acoustic and electric bass
  • Zachary Dawes – electric bass, 6-string bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Mike Piersante – percussion
  • John Legend – vocals
  • Emily King – vocal harmonies
  • Gabriel Johnson – trumpet
  • Billy Centenaro, Karl Wingate, Joseph Lorge – second engineer
  • Jason Wormer – editing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Pete Giberga – executive producer
  • Ivy Skoff – contractor, production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Sara Bareilles, except where noted.

  1. Fire
  2. No Such Thing – Sara Bareilles, Justin Tranter
  3. Amor
  4. If I Can’t Have You – Sara Bareilles, Emily King, Aaron Sterling
  5. Eyes on You
  6. Miss Simone – Sara Bareilles, Lori McKenna
  7. Wicked Love
  8. Orpheus
  9. Poetry by Dead Man – Sara Bareilles, Justin Tranter
  10. Someone Who Loves Me
  11. Saint Honesty – Sara Bareilles, Lori McKenna
  12. A Safe Place to Land – Sara Bareilles, Lori McKenna