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Lianne La Havas: Same

On July 17, 2020, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled Lianne La Havas third album. It was recorded October – December 2019, in London, Bath and New York, and was produced by Lianne La Havas, Matt Hales, Beni Giles, Chris Tabron, Nick Hakim, Sam Crowe and Mura Masa.

Personnel:

  • Lianne La Havas – lead and backing vocals, guitar, snare drums
  • Elroy Powell – vocals
  • Bruno Major – guitar, piano
  • Nick Hakim – electric guitar, Mellotron, Minimoog, Wurlitzer, backing vocals, drum programming
  • Sam Crowe – keyboards, piano, Rhodes, Moog
  • Chris Tabron – keyboards
  • James Wyatt – keyboards, Moog, piano, Rhodes, claps, vocoder, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
  • Burniss Travis – double bass
  • Joe Harrison – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
  • Yves Fernandez – bass guitar, claps
  • Geordan Reid-Campbell – bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Matt Hales – bass guitar, Rhodes, drum programming
  • Richard Adlam – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Hal Ritson – drums, keyboards, programming
  • Mark Guiliana – drums, percussion
  • Dan See – drums, percussion
  • Homer Steinwess – drums
  • Gareth Lockrane – flute
  • Tim Mcnalley – viola, cello
  • Davide Rossi – violin, viola, cello, string arrangement
  • Paul Castelluzzo – whistle
  • Frida Touray – backing vocals, claps
  • Dan Grech – additional programming
  • Robert Wilkes – engineer, additional vocal recording
  • Daniel Moyler – engineer, additional vocal recording
  • Sam Crowe – engineer
  • Joe Harrison – engineer
  • Homer Steinwess – engineer
  • Geordan Reid-Campbell – engineer
  • Nick Hakim – engineer, recording
  • Bill Malina – engineer
  • Nate Odden – engineer
  • Chris Tabron – engineer, mixing
  • Beni Giles – mixing, additional vocal recording
  • Matt Hales – mixing, vocal engineering
  • Dan Grech – mixing
  • Renaud Letang – mixing
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Augusto Sanchez – engineer assistant
  • Brandon Peralta – engineer and mixing assistant
  • Jonny Breakwell – engineer assistant, additional vocal recording

Track listing:

  1. Bittersweet – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, DiFosco Ervin, Jr., Isaac Hayes, Rudy Love
  2. Read My Mind – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Benjamin Edwards
  3. Green Papaya – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Samuel Crowe, Frida Touray
  4. Can’t Fight – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Alexander Crossan
  5. Paper Thin – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales
  6. Out of Your Mind (interlude) – Lianne La Havas, Geordan Reid-Campbell
  7. Weird Fishes – Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway
  8. Please Don’t Make Me Cry – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Nicholas Hakim
  9. Seven Times – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales
  10. Courage – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Joseph Harrison
  11. Sour Flower – Lianne La Havas, Matthew Hales, Samuel Crowe

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Ghost Song

On March 4, 2022, “Nonesuch” label released “Ghost Song”, the sixth Cécile McLorin Salvant studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “The Bunker Studio”, “St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church” in New York, and was produced by Cécile McLorin Salvant, Sullivan Fortner and Paul Sikivie. In April 2022, it was chosen as “Album of the Month” for both performance and sonics by “Stereophile”.

Personnel:

  • Cécile McLorin Salvant – vocal, piano, creative director, illustration
  • Marvin Sewell – guitar
  • James Chirillo – banjo
  • Aaron Diehl – piano, organ
  • Sullivan Fortner – vocal, piano
  • Burniss Travis – bass
  • Paul Sikivie – bass, electric bass, synthesizer
  • Kyle Poole – drums
  • Keita Ogawa – percussion
  • Alexa Tarantino – flute
  • Daniel Swenberg – flute, theorbo
  • Iris McLorin Picot – vocal
  • Violette McLorin Picot – vocal
  • Brooklyn Youth Chorus – choir
  • Todd Whitelock – recording, mixing, associate producer
  • Patrick Dillett – recording
  • Chris Muth – mastering
  • Ben Tousley – art direction, design
  • Shawn Michael Jones – photography
  • Robert Hurwitz – executive producer
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All tracks by Cécile McLorin Salvant, except where noted.

  1. Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
  2. Optimistic Voices / No Love Dying – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Herbert Stothart
  3. Ghost Song
  4. Obligation
  5. Until – Gordon Sumner
  6. I Lost My Mind
  7. Moon Song
  8. Trail Mix
  9. The World is Mean – Kurt Weil, Berthold Brecht, Marc Blitzstein
  10. Dead Poplar
  11. Thunderclouds
  12. Unquiet Grave – traditional, arranged by Cécile McLorin Salvant