On July 28, 2023, “Ropeadope” label released “Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning”, the 16th Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah album. It was recorded 2022 – 2023, at “The Champagne Room West” and “Westlake Studios” in Los Angeles, “Trombone Shorty Studios” in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was produced by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.
Personnel:
- Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Chief Adjuah’s bow, Chief Adjuah’s N’Goni, SPDSX, pan-African drum kit, bells, tambourine, percussion, synth percussion, vocals, sound design, executive production, concept ideation
- Lioness Sia Fodey – vocals
- Amyna Love – vocals
- Amina Scott – vocals
- Weedie Braimah – vocals, djembe, congas, tambourine, dun duns, percussion
- Luques Curtis – vocals, bass, guembri
- Joe Dyson Jr. – pan-African drum kit
- Corey Fonville – drums
- Marcus Gillmore – drums
- Elé Howell – vocals, pan-African drum kit, drums, bells, tambourines
- Alfred Jordan – vocals, drums, percussion, tambourine
- Brian Richburg Jr. – vocals, drums, SPDSX, percussion, tambourines
- Trail Chief Kiel Adrian Scott – vocals, percussion
- Mizan Willis – vocals, dun duns, bells, shekere, percussion
- Dave Weingarten – recording
- Chris Finney – recording
- Qmillion – mixing
- Paul Blakemore – mastering
- Devan Mayfield – creative direction, concept ideation
- Kiel Adrian Scott – concept ideation
- Eric Hurtgen – design
- Eric Ryan Anderson – photography
- Landon Edwards – photography assistant
- Colin Fatke – photography assistant
- Cara Harrison Daniels – executive production
- Louis H. Marks – executive production
Track listing:
All tracks by Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah.
- Blood Calls Blood
- Trouble That Mornin’
- Xodokan Iko – Hu Na Ney
- Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning
- Shallow Water (Tribute Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. – Guardians of the Flame)
- On to New Orleans (Runnin’ in 7’s Redux)
- End Simulation
- Ashé Chief Donald (Tribute Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. – Congo Square Nation)
- Golden Crown (Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah – Xodokan Nation)
- Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning (Duo)
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