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Head and the Heart: Let’s Be Still

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On October 15, 2013, “Sub Pop” label released “Let’s Be Still”, the second Head and the Heart studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Studio Litho”, “Studio X”, “Avasti Recording Co”,  and was produced by Peter Katis, Shawn Simmons, Josiah Johnson and Jonathan Russell.

Personnel:

  • Josiah Johnson – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Jonathan Russell – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Charity Rose Thielen – vocals, violin, percussion
  • Kenny Hensley – keyboards
  • Peter Katis – additional instruments, recording, mixing
  • Kit Karlson – piano, organ, engineer
  • Chris Zasche – bass
  • Tyler Williams – drums, percussion
  • Eyvind Kang – viola
  • Maria Scherer Wilson – cello
  • Brad Duncan – vocals
  • Bryan Appleby – vocals
  • Devin Busch – vocals
  • Jeffrey O’Neil – vocals
  • Joe Ruppert – vocals
  • Kyle Zantos – vocals
  • Shawn Simmons – recording
  • Damian Wiseman – engineer
  • Marlowe Stern – engineer
  • Brendan Mill McCabe – engineer assistant
  • Andy Park – engineer assistant
  • Greg Giorgio – mixing
  • Sasha Barr – design
  • Charity Tielen – photography
  • Tyler Kalberg – photography

Track listing:

  1. Homecoming Heroes
  2. Another Story
  3. Springtime
  4. Summertime
  5. Josh McBride
  6. Shake
  7. Cruel
  8. Let’s Be Still
  9. My Friends
  10. 10,000 Weight in Gold
  11. Fire/Fear
  12. These Days are Numbered
  13. Gone

Mavis Staple: Livin’ On A High Note

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On February 19, 2016, “Epitaph” label released “Livin’ on a High Note”, the Mavis Staples studio album. It was recorded in August 2015, at “Agoura Borealis” in Agoura Hills, California, “Kingsize” in Los Angeles, and “CRC” in Chicago, and was produced by Matthew Ward.

Personnel:

  • Mavis Staples – vocals
  • Donny Gerrard – vocals
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar
  • Tucker Martine – tambourine, mixing
  • Matthew Ward – guitars, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Jeff Turmes – bass
  • Stephen Hodges – drums
  • Alex Budman – tenor saxophone, flute
  • David Moyer – baritone saxophone
  • Sean Billings – trumpet
  • Nathaniel Walcott – trumpet, clavinet, horn arrangements
  • Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews – trumpet, trombone
  • Humberto Ruiz – trombone
  • Vicki Randle – backing vocals
  • Pierre de Reeder, Josh Kvale, Mat Lejeune – engineer
  • Adam Ayan – mastering
  • Masaki Koike – art direction, design

Track listing:

  1. Take Us Back – Benjamin Booker
  2. Love and Trust – Ben Harper
  3. If It’s a Light – Charity Rose Thielen
  4. Action – Merrill Garbus
  5. High Note – Valerie June
  6. Don’t Cry – Matthew Ward
  7. Tomorrow – Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc
  8. Dedicated – Justine Vernon, Matthew Ward
  9. History Now – Neko Case, Donny Gerrard, Laura Veirs
  10. One Love – Aaron Livingston
  11. Jesus Lay Down Beside Me – Nick Cave
  12. MLK Song – Martin Luther King Jr., Matthew Ward