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Marc Ribot: Songs Of Resistance 1942 – 2018

On September 14, 2018, “Anti” label released “Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018”, the 25th Marc Ribot album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Strange Weather Studios”, “Brooklyn Recording”, “Studio G. Brooklyn”, “The School Bell”,

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot – vocals, guitar, requinto guitar, electric sitar, banjo, bass, harmonica, backing vocals, arrangements, translation
  • Tom Waits – vocals, acoustic guitar, arrangement
  • Eric Heywood – pedal steel guitar
  • Steve Earle – vocal
  • Me’Shell NdegéOcello – vocal
  • Fay Victor – vocal
  • Justin Vivian Bond – vocal
  • Sam Amidon – vocal
  • Tony Garnier – bass
  • Devin Hoff – bass, requinto guitar
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Chas Smith – drums, vibraphone, percussion
  • Kenny Wollesen – drums, vibraphone
  • Mauricio Herrera – congas
  • Reinaldo De Jesús – congas, percussion
  • Shahzad Ismaily – Moog synthesizer
  • Doug Wieselman – saxophone, clarinet
  • James Brandon Lewis – saxophone
  • Curtis Fowlkes – trombone
  • Roy Nathanson – flute
  • Rachel Golub – violin
  • Mark Feldman – violin
  • Dave Eggar – cello
  • Erik Friedlander – cello
  • Ohene Cornelius – rap
  • Domenica Fossati, Tift Merritt, Luka Rutzen, Syd Straw, Rea Dubach – backing vocals
  • Daniel Schlett, Karl Derfler, Randall Dunn, Ryan Kelly – recording
  • Alexis Berthelot, Bogdan Chavez, Chris Boerner, Gregory Smelley, Jack DeBoeRyan Kelly – additional overdubs
  • Alex Berthelot, Jay Yow – additional editing
  • Kamilo Kratc – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Bryan Collins – art direction, design
  • Getty Images, Lewis W. Hinc – photography
  • George Estman Hosue – cover photography
  • Ebru Yildiz – Marc Ribot photography
  • Mary Ho – coordination

Track listing:

  1. We Are Soldiers in the Army – traditional
  2. Bella Ciao – traditional
  3. Srinivas
  4. How to Walk in Freedom
  5. Rata De Dos Patas – Norberto Eduardo Toscano
  6. The Militant Ecologist (Based On Fischia Il Vento)
  7. The Big Fool
  8. Ain’t Gonna Let Them Turn Us Round
  9. John Brown
  10. Knock That Status Down
  11. We’ll Never Turn Back – Bertha Gober

Hiss Golden Messenger: Quietly Blowing It

On June 25, 2021, “Merge Records” label released “Quietly Blowing It”, the twelve Hiss Golden Messenger studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Overdub Lane”, “Echo Magic”, “The Shed”, “Starr Sound”, “The Old Pillow Studio”, “The Boom Boom Room”, “Dad’s Bar & Grill”, and was produced by M.C. Taylor.

Personnel:

  • M.C. Taylor – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, additional recording
  • Chris Boerner – electric guitar
  • Buddy Miller – electric guitar
  • Josh Kaufman – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Scott Hirsch – lap steel guitar, synthesizer
  • James Wallace – piano, additional recording
  • Devonne Harris – piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, clavinet
  • Alex Bingham – bass, synthesizer
  • Brevan Hampden – drums, percussion
  • Matt McCaughan – drums, percussion, synthesizer
  • Stuart Bogie – saxophone
  • Matt Douglas – saxophone
  • Griffin Goldsmith – singing
  • Taylor Goldsmith – singing
  • Sonyia Turner – singing
  • Zach Williams – singing
  •  Luc Suèr – recording
  • Darryl Norsen – layout, design
  • Chris Frisina – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by M.C. Taylor, except where noted.

  1. Way Back in the Way Back
  2. The Great Mystifier
  3. Mighty Dollar
  4. Quietly Blowing It
  5. It Will If We Let It
  6. Hardlytown
  7. If It Comes in the Morning – Anaïs Mitchell, M.C. Taylor
  8. Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long – Distance Runner)
  9. Painting Houses – Gregory Alan Isakov, M.C. Taylor
  10. Angels in the Headlights
  11. Sanctuary

Matthew E. White & Lonnie Holley: Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection

On April 9, 2021, “Spacebomb Records” label released “Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection”, album by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley. It was recorded in 2020, at “Sound Pure Studios” in Durham, North Carolina, and was produced by Adrian Olsen and Matthew E. White.   

Personnel:

  • Lonnie Holley – vocal, artwork
  • Matthew E. White – overdubbed, editing, post production
  • Alan Parker – guitar, sequencer
  • Daniel Clarke – piano, additional keyboards, synthesizer
  • Devonne Harris – piano, additional keyboards, synthesizer
  • Cameron Ralston – bass, percussion
  • Pinson Chanselle – drums, percussion
  • Giustino Riccio – percussion, congas, synthesizer
  • Brina Jones – electronic drums, percussion
  • Adrian Olsen – engineer, mixing, overdubbed, editing, post production
  • Chris Boerner – engineer
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering
  • Travis Robertson – design
  • David Raccuglia – photography
  • Shawn Brackbill – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Matthew E. White and Lonney Holley.

  1. This Here Jungle of Moderness / Composition 14
  2. Broken Mirror (A Selfie Reflection) / Composition 9
  3. I Cried Space Dust / Composition 12
  4. I’m Not Tripping / Composition 8
  5. Get Up! Come Walk with Me / Composition 7

The Mountain Goats: Getting into Knives

On October 23, 2020, “Merge Records” label released “Getting into Knives”, the nineteenth Mountain Goats (The) album. It was recorded in March 2020, at “Sam Philips Recording” in Memphis, and was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.

Personnel:

  • John Darnielle – vocals, guitars, piano
  • Matt Douglas – keyboards, woodwinds, guitars, accordion, backing vocals
  • Peter Hughes – electric and upright bass
  • Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
  • Chris Boerner – guitars
  • Bram Gielen – piano, guitars, keyboards
  • Charles Hodges – Hammond B-3
  • Sam Shoup – mellotron
  • Tom Clary – horns
  • Reba Russell – backing vocals
  • Susan Marshall – backing vocals
  • Matt Ross-Spang – engineer, mixing
  • Brent Lambert – mastering 
  • Daniel Murphy – design
  • Wesley Graham – assistant
  • Matt Denham – studio attaché
  • Ryan Matteson – assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

  1. Corsican Mastiff Stride
  2. Get Famous
  3. Picture of My Dress
  4. Ad Many Candles as Possible
  5. Tidal Wave
  6. Pez Dorado
  7. The Last Place I Saw You Alive
  8. Bell Swamp Connection
  9. The Great Gold Sheep
  10. Rat Queen
  11. Wolf Count
  12. Harbor Me
  13. Getting into Knive