On February 3, 2017, “Polydor” and “Concord” labels released “Little Fictions”, the seventh Elbow studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Blueprint Studios” in Salford, “Gargunnock House” in Stirling, “Elbow Rooms” in Manchester, and was produced by Craig Potter.
Personnel:
Guy Garvey – lead vocals, guitar
Craig Potter – keyboard, piano, backing vocals
Mark Potter – guitar, backing vocals
Pete Turner – bass guitar, backing vocals
Alex Reeves – drums percussion
The Halle Orchestra, the Halle Ancoats Community Choir, members of London Contemporary Voices
On October 30, 2020, “Concord” label released “Hey Clockface”, the 31st Elvis Costello studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Suomenlinnan Studio” in Helsinki, “Les Studios Saint Germain” in Paris, “Leonia Sound” in New Jersey, and was produced by Elvis Costello, Michael Leonhart and Sebastian Krys.
Personnel:
Elvis Costello – voices, voices via electrical wire, guitar, bass, piano, snare drum
Bill Frisell – guitar, loops
Nels Cline – guitar
Steve Nieve – grand piano, upright piano, organ, mellotron, melodica
On September 24, 2021, “Concord” label released “Songwrights Apothecary Lab”, is the eighth Esperanza Spalding studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding, Phoelix, Corey King and Raphael Saading. At the 64th “Annual Grammy Awards”, the album won “Best Jazz Vocal Album”.
Personnel:
Esperanza Spalding – vocals, bass, piano
Chris Sholar – guitar
Matthew Stevens – guitar
Leo Genovese – piano
Phoelix – vocals, piano, synthesizer, xylophone
Justin Tyson – vocals, drums, percussion
Francisco Mela – drums
Aaron Burnett – saxophone
Wayne Shorter – saxophone
James Greeley – eagle-bone whistle
Lamont Hamilton – bell
Steve Turre – conch shell
Ganavya Doraiswamy – vocals
Corey King – vocals
Thrive Choir – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Esperanza Spalding, except here where noted.
On June 4, 2021, “Concord” label released “Hardware”, the third Billy Gibbons studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Billy Gibbons, Matt Sorum and Mike Fiorentino.
Personnel:
Billy Gibbons – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, ‘virtual’ bass
On April 16, 2021, “Concord” label released “Let the Bad Times Roll”, the tenth Offspring (The) studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2019, and was produced by Bob Rock.
Personnel:
Noodles – guitar, backing vocals
Dexter Holland – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass
On October 27, 2014, “Concord” label released “Eclectic”, album by Eric Johnson and Mike Stern. It was recorded in 2014, at “Saucer Sound” and “Studio Plush” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Eric Johnson.
Personnel:
Eric Johnson – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, piano
Mike Stern – vocals, guitar
Chris Maresh – acoustic and electric bass guitar
Anton Fig – drums, percussion
Malford Milligan – vocals
Christopher Cross – vocals
Leni Stern – vocals, ngoni
Guy Forsyth – harmonica
Mike Mordecai – trombone
Andrew Johnson – trumpet
John Mills – saxophone
Wayne Salzmann II – percussion
James Fenner – percussion
Josh Johnson – engineer assistant
Kelly Donnelly – mixing
Paul Blakemore – mastering
Track listening:
All tracks by Eric Johnson and Mike Stern, except where noted.
On September 27, 2019, “Concord” label released “In the Morse Code of Brake Lights”, the eighth New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by A. C. Newman.
On July 8, 2016, “Concord” label released “Beautiful Broken”, the sixteenth Heart studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Tom Tom” in Budapest, Hungary, and was produced by Dan Rothchild and Nancy Wilson.
Personnel:
Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals, autoharp
Nancy Wilson – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bowed acoustic guitar, marxophone, autoharp, handclaps, whispers
Ben Smith – drums, percussion, claps, snaps
Craig Bartock – acoustic and electric guitars, 12-string acoustic guitar, percussive guitar, claps, snaps, backing vocals
Chris Joyner – synthesizers, piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, field organ, nylon-string guitar
Dan Rothchild – bass, Moog bass, upright bass, additional synthesizer, Hammond B3, additional piano, acoustic and electric guitar, percussion, textures, handclaps
James Hetfield – lead and backing vocals
Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement
Hungarian Studio Orchestra – strings
Péter Illényi – conducting
Péter Kanyurszky – concertmaster
Ken Sluiter – additional textures, claps, snaps
Billy Mims – claps, snaps
Dwight Mikkelsen – copyist
Ken Sluiter – engineering, mixing
Bill Mims – additional engineering
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Gentry Studer – mastering engineering assistance
Chris Claypool – engineering assistance
Geoff Neal – engineering assistance
Greg Fidelman – additional engineering
Kurina Tamás – strings recording engineering
Brian McGuffey – artwork
Nancy Wilson – art direction
Anna Knowlden – photography
Dan Rothchild – photography
Track listing:
Beautiful Version – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Ben Mink, James Alan Hetfield
Two – Shafer “Ne-Yo” Smith, Jesse “Corporal” Wilson, Adam “Royal Z’ Waldman
Sweet Darlin – Ann Wilson
I Jump – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Dan Rothchild
Johnny Moon – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
Heaven – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
City’s Burning – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
Down on Me – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
One Word – Nancy Wilson
Language of Love – Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis
On June 14, 2019, “Concord” label released “Oklahoma”, the fourteenth Keb’ Mo’ studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “Stu Stu Studio” and was produced by Colin Linden and Keb’ Mo’.
Personnel:
Keb’ Mo’ (Kevin Moore) – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, steel guitar, bass, mandolin, harmonica, percussion, shaker
Rosanne Cash – vocals
Taj Mahal -vocals
Robert Randolph – lap steel guitar
Jaci Velasquez – vocals
Eric Ramey – bass
Marcus Finnie – drums
Chester Thompson – drums
Keio Strouds – drums
Colin Linden – electric guitar, mandolin
Jim Hoke – Wurlitzer piano, accordion
David Rodgers – keyboards
Samuel Alexander – keyboards, Hammond organ, electric piano
DeMarco Johnson – Hammond organ
Jovan Quallo – saxophone
Josh Scalf – trombone
Scotty Huff – trumpet
Corrie Covell, Michael O’Gieblyn – violin
Emily Kohavi – viola
Cremaine Booker – cello
Carter Moore, Dara Tucker, Robbie Brooks Moore, Dara Tucker, Emoni Wilkins, Jason Eskridge, Moiba Mustapha, Nickie Conley- backing vocals
Melvin “Maestro” Lightford – string arrangements
Zach Allen – recording
Alex Jarvis, Dave Hagen, Joe Martino – mixing
Bernie Grundman – mastering
David Diskin, Lori Lambert – art direction
Michele Morgan – artwork
Jeremy Cowart – photography
Anthony Scarlati, Christy Watkins, Robbie Brooks Moore – additional photography
Track listing:
I Remember You – Bill LaBounty, Kevin Moore
Oklahoma – Dara Tucker, Kevin Moore
Put a Woman in Charge – Beth Nielsen Chapman, John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore
This Is My Home – John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore
Don’t Throw It Away – Charles Esten, Colin Linden, Kevin Moore
On April 7, 2017, “Concord” label released “Whiteout Conditions” the seventh New Pornographers (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016 and was produced by A. C. Newman and John Collins.
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