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The Lumineers: III

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On September 13, 2019, “Dualtone” label released “III”, the third Lumineers (The) studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, and was produced by Simone Felice.

Personnel:

  • Wesley Schultz − vocals, guitar, engineer
  • Byron Isaacs − bass, backing vocals
  • Jeremiah Fraites − drums, piano, guitar, synthesizer, vibraphone, cymbals, scraper, tambourine, backing vocals, engineer
  • David Baron − synthesizer, keyboards, harmonium
  • Lauren Jacobson − violin, backing vocals
  • Anneke Schaul-Yoder − cello, yodeling
  • Simone Felice − maracas, backing vocals
  • David Baron – engineer, mixing
  • Ryan Hewitt – engineer, mixing
  • Alen Hadzi Stefanov – engineer
  • Darren Heelis – engineer
  • Pete Hanlon – engineer
  • Connor Milton – engineer assistant
  • Will Duperier – engineer assistant
  • Dylan Nowik – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Nicholas Sutton Bell – creative director
  • Kevin Phillips – photography
  • Max Knies – photography
  • Tomas Cristobal Patlan – portrait photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites except where noted.

  1. Donna
  2. Life in the City
  3. Gloria
  4. It Wasn’t Easy to Be Happy for You
  5. Leader of the Landslide
  6. Left for Denver
  7. My Cell
  8. Jimmy Sparks
  9. April
  10. Salt and the Sea

Ian Brown: Ripples

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On February 1, 2019, “Polydor” label released “Ripples”, the seventh Ian Brown studio album. It was recorded in 2018, and was produced by Ian Brown.

Personnel:

  • Ian Brown – vocals, guitars, tambourine, bongos, cabassa, congas,  cymbals, drums, glockenspiel, guiro, maracas, rainstick, shaker, stick, triangle, artwork, design, cover photo
  • Casey Brown – guitars, tambourine, bass, bongos, drums, glockenspiel, keyboards, piano, electric piano, Tibetan bowls, triangle, sleeve photo
  • Frankie Brown – guitars, percussion
  • David Brown – piano, sleeve photo
  • Darren Heelis – engineer
  • Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Brown, excepted where noted.

  1. First World Problems
  2. Black Roses – Barrington Levy
  3. Breathe and Breath Easy (The Everness of Now)
  4. The Dream and the Dreamer
  5. From Chaos to Harmony
  6. It’s Raining Diamonds
  7. Ripples
  8. Blue Sky Day
  9. Soul Satisfaction
  10. Break Down the Walls (Warm-Up Jams) – Michael Campbell

The Avett Brothers: Magpie and the Dandelion

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On October 15, 2013, “American” label released “Magpie and the Dandelion”, the eighth Avett Brothers studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Echo Mountain Recording” in Asheville, NC, “Shangri-La Studios” in Malibu, CA, “Lock Stock Studio” in Venice, CA and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Scott Yancey Avett- lead and backing vocals, banjo, piano, acoustic guitar
  • Timothy Seth Avett– lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Piano, organ, celeste
  • Bob Crawford – lead and backing vocals, upright and electric bass
  • Joseph Kwon – cello
  • Jacob Edwards – drums
  • Chad Smith- drums
  • Steven Nistor- drums
  • Lenny Castro – percussion
  • Benmont Tench- organ
  • Love– harmonica
  • Tania Elizabeth- fiddle
  • The Haas Family, Jim Avett, Sarah Avett, Susan Kay Avett, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Aaron “Woody” Wood, Mary Ellen Bush, Jacob Edwards, Stephanie Mirabelli, Charlotte Webb, Hattie Webb – final vocals for Morning Song
  • Ryan Hewitt- engineer, mixing
  • Dave Collins – mastering
  • Justin Glanville – engineer
  • Jordan Silva, Jon Ashley, Julian Dreyer, Evan Bradford, Evan Hill – recording assistant
  • Darren Heelis, Buckley Miller, Craig Welsh, Tucker Martine – additional engineering

Track listing:

  1. Open-Ended Life
  2. Morning Song
  3. Never Been Alive
  4. Another is Waiting
  5. Bring Your Love To Me
  6. Good to You
  7. Part from Me
  8. Skin and Bones
  9. Souls Like the Wheels (live)
  10. Vanity
  11. The Clearness Is Gone

JP Cooper: Raised Under Grey Skies

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On October 6, 2017, “Island” label released “Raised Under Grey Skies”, the debut JP Cooper album It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Mike Spencer, Hannah Vasanth, Crispin Hunt, Adam Bartlett, Two Inch Punch, Fred Ball, Jamie Hartman, David Pramik, Jon Hume, Hank Solo, Greg Wells and Wesley Muoria-Chaves.

Personnel:

  • JP Cooper – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, whistle
  • Math Allen – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jonathan Howard, Joseph Paul Murphy, Crispin Hunt – electric guitar
  • Jon Hume – acoustic guitar
  • Adam Rust, Hannah Vasanth, Jamie Hartman – piano
  • Hannah Vasanth, Troy Miller – Hammond organ
  • Adam Rust, Crispin Hunt, Hank Solo – keyboards
  • Adam Bartlett, Adam Rust, Crispin Hunt- bass
  • Andre Fisher, Fred Ball, Hank Solo – drums
  • Adam Bartlett, Crispin Hunt,Jonathan Howard – percussion
  • Jonathan Howard, Joseph Paul Murphy – trumpet
  • Anna Croad, Anna Phoebe,Charlotte Andrews- violin
  • Dominic Moore, Emma Owens,Maxine Moore – viola
  • Anne Melita Beryl, Ben Cashell,Bryony James – cello
  • Brenda Okioga, Ebony Frear,Elizabeth Komba– backing vocals
  • Lasse Enersen – string arrangements
  • Darren Heelis, Jon Hume, Mike Spencer – drum programming

Track listing:

  1. We Were Raised Under Grey Skies – John Paul Cooper, Adriano Buffone
  2. September Song – John Paul Cooper, Teemu Brunila, Benjamin McIldowie, Jon Cobbe Hume
  3. Good Friend – John Paul Cooper, David Bayley, Andrew MacFarlane, Edmund Irwin-Singer Joe Seaward, Benjamin Ash, Frederik Ball
  4. All This Love – John Paul Cooper, Teemu Brunila
  5. The Only Reason – John Paul Cooper
  6. Passport Home – John Paul Cooper, Jamie Hartman
  7. She’s on My Mind – John Paul Cooper, Teemu Brunila, McIldowie Hume
  8. Wait – John Paul Cooper, Mark Taylor, Patrick Mascall
  9. Change – John Paul Cooper, Alex Smith
  10. Closer – John Paul Cooper, Joseph Murphy, Jonathan Howard
  11. Beneath The Streetlights And The Moon – John Paul Cooper, Greg Weels
  12. In the Silence – John Paul Cooper, Teemu Brunila
  13. Momma’s Players – John Paul Cooper, Vasanth Michael Omari Jr.