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Suzanne Vega: Flying With Angels

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On May 2, 2025, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Flying with Angels”, the tenth Suzanne Vega studio album. It was recorded in 2024, at “GB’s Juke Joint” in Queens, New York City, and was produced by Gerry Leonard.

Personnel:

  • Suzanne Vega – lead vocals, bass guitar
  • Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jamie Edwards – keyboards
  • Daniel Mintseris – keyboards
  • Jeff Hill – bass guitar
  • Aaron Johnston – drums
  • Catherine Russell – backing vocals
  • Ruby Froom – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Speakers’ Corner – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  2. Flying with Angels – Suzanne Vega
  3. Witch – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  4. Chambermaid – Bob Dylan, Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  5. Love Thief – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  6. Lucinda – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  7. Last Train from Mariupol – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  8. Alley – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  9. Rats – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard
  10. Galway – Suzanne Vega, Gerry Leonard

David Bowie: The Next Day

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On March 8, 2013, “ISO” label released “The Next Day”, the twenty-fifth David Bowie studio album. It was recorded May 2011 – October 2012, at “Magic Shop” and “Human Worldwide” in New York City, and was produced by Tony Visconti and David Bowie.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion, string arrangements
  • Tony Visconti – guitar, recorder, strings, bass guitar, string arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Earl Slick – guitar
  • Gerry Leonard – guitar, keyboards
  • David Torn – guitar
  • Henry Hey – piano
  • Gail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Tony Levin – bass guitar
  • Zachary Alford – drums, percussion
  • Sterling Campbell – drums, tambourine
  • Steve Elson – baritone saxophone, clarinet
  • Maxim Moston – strings
  • Antoine Silverman – strings
  • Anja Wood – strings
  • Hiroko Taguchi – strings
  • Janice Pendarvis – backing vocals
  • Mario J. McNulty – engineer
  • Kabir Hermon – engineer assistant
  • Brian Thorn – engineer assistant
  • Dave McNair – mastering
  • Jonathan Barnbrook – cover design
  • Jimmy King – photography
  • Masayoshi Sukita – original Bowie photography for “Heroes“

Track listing:

All lyrics by David Bowie, all music by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. The Next Day
  2. Dirty Boys
  3. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
  4. Love Is Lost
  5. Where Are We Now?
  6. Valentine’s Day
  7. If You Can See Me
  8. I’d Rather Be High
  9. Boss of Me – David Bowie, Gerry Leonard
  10. Dancing Out in Space
  11. How Does the Grass Grow? – David Bowie, Jerry Lordan
  12. You Will Set the World on Fire
  13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
  14. Heat

Rufus Wainwright: Release the Stars

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On May 15, 2007, “Geffen” label released “Release the Stars”, the fifth Rufus Wainwright studio album. It was recorded in 2006, at “Second Story” and “Legacy” in New York City, “Brooklyn Recording” in Brooklyn, “Saal 4” in Berlin, “Strongroom” and “Angel Recording Studio” in London, and was produced by Rufus Wainwright.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright – vocals, piano, acoustic and nylon guitar, percussion, string arrangement, piano arrangement, horn arrangement, orchestral arrangement
  • Neil Tennant – keyboards, synthesizer, loops, samples, vibes, breathing, backing vocals, executive producer
  • Kate McGarrigle – piano
  • John Medeski – piano
  • Jorg Sandnar – piano
  • Rob Burger – organ
  • Jason Hart – organ, backing vocals
  • Rachelle Garniez – claviola, accordion
  • Richard Thompson – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jack Petruzzelli – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo,. backing vocals
  • Joan Wasser – electric guitar, violin, backing vocals
  • Smokey Hormel – guitar
  • Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Julianna Raye – tambourine, backing vocals
  • Brad Albetta – bass guitar
  • Tony Scherr – upright bass
  • Jeff Hill – electric bass, bass guitar, upright bass, backing vocals
  • Larry Mullins – shaker, triangle, timpani, cymbals, tambourine, vibes, piano percussion, bass drum, tabla, bongos, bells, cowbells, castanets, woodblock, fish, marimba, glockenspiel
  • Matt Johnson – drums, percussion, recorder, backing vocals
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Kenny Wollesen – drums
  • London Session Orchestra – strings
  • Gabriel Adorjan – violin
  • Rachel Rilling – violin
  • Raphael Sachs – viola
  • David Adorjan – cello
  • Ronith Mues – harp
  • Carl Albach – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet, conducting, horn arrangement
  • Ozan Cakar – French horn
  • John Chudoba – trumpet
  • Barry Danielian – trumpet
  • Dominic Derasse – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Dave Trigg – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Florian Dorpholz – trumpet
  • Raphael Mentzen – trumpet
  • Pirmin Grehl – flute
  • Paul Shapiro – tenor saxophone 
  • Briggan Krauss – baritone saxophone 
  • Dan Levine – trombone
  • Louis Schwadron – French horn
  • Siân Phillips – spoken word
  • Anna Prohaska – vocals
  • Lucy Roche – backing vocals
  • Teddy Thompson – backing vocals
  • Martha Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Lygia Forrest – backing vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals
  • Sharon Jones – backing vocals
  • Marius de Vries – programming, conducting, breathing
  • Jason Boshoff – programming
  • Tom Stephan – additional programming

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright.

  1. Do I Disappoint You
  2. Going to a Town
  3. Tiergarten
  4. Nobody’s Off the Hook
  5. Between My Legs
  6. Rules and Regulations
  7. Not Ready to Love
  8. Slideshadow
  9. Tulsa
  10. Leaving for Paris N° 2
  11. Sanssouci
  12. Release the Stars

Laurie Anderson: Bright Red

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On October 25, 1984, “Warner Bros” label released “Bright Red”, the fifth Laurie Anderson studio album. It was recorded 1983 – 1984, at “The Lobby” and “Skyline Studios” in New York City and “Westside Studios” in London, and was produced by Brian Eno and Laurie Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Laurie Anderson – vocals, keyboards
  • Brian Eno- treatments, keyboards
  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Lou Reed– vocals, guitar
  • Adrian Belew- guitar
  • Gerry Leonard– guitar
  • Greg Cohen– guitar, bass
  • Jamie West-Oram– guitar
  • Arto Lindsay– vocals
  • Peter Scherer – keyboards
  • Guy Klucevsek– accordion
  • Ben Fenner – bass
  • Joey Baron– drums
  • Dougie Browne – drums
  • Cyro Baptista– percussion
  • Kevin Killen – treatments
  • Neil Conti– shaker
  • Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
  • Greg Cohen– music director
  • Kevin Killen – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Ferla – additional basic tracks engineer
  • Ben Fenner – overdubs engineer
  • Alec Head – additional overdubs engineer
  • Hiro Ishihara, Andy Baker, Danton Supple, Miles Green – engineer assistant
  • Bob Ludwig– mastering
  • Yolanda Cuomo – linear notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Laurie Anderson except where noted

Bright Red

  1. Speechless (the Eagle and the Weasel)
  2. Bright Red – additional lyrics from Isaiah
  3. The Puppet Motel – lyrics by Laurie Anderson, music by Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno
  4. Speak My Language
  5. World Without End
  6. Freefall
  7. Muddy River – lyrics by Laurie Anderson, music by Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno

Tightrope

  1. Beautiful Pea Green Boat – additional lyrics from “The Owl and the Pussycat” by Edward Lear
  2. Love Among the Sailors
  3. Poison – lyrics by Laurie Anderson, music by Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno
  4. In Our Sleep – lyrics by Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, music by Laurie Anderson
  5. Night in Baghdad
  6. Tightrope – lyrics by Laurie Anderson, music by Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno
  7. Same Time Tomorrow

Chantal Kreviazuk: What If It All Means Something

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On December 24, 2002, “Columbia” label released “What If It All Means Something”, the third Chantal Kreviazuk album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Gregg Wattenberg.

Personnel:

  • Chantal Kreviazuk – vocals, piano, keyboards, arranger
  • Gerry Leonard – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Sherrod Barnes – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jamie Edwards – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
  • Gregg Wattenberg – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
  • Jeff Allen – bass guitar
  • Shawn Pelton- percussion, drums
  • John Kalodner – voices
  • Mary Whitaker, Krystof Witek, Paul Woodiel, Mary Rowell, Todd Reynolds, Joyce Hammann, Conrad Harris – violin
  • Avril Brown, Cenovia Cummins, Sylvia Davanzo – violin
  • Ralph Farris – viola, conductor
  • David Gold, Adam Hyman, Conway Kuo – viola
  • Victor Lawrence, Dorothy Lawson, Adam Grabois – cello
  • Michelle Branch- backing vocals
  • Gerald Eaton, Jamie Edwards, Ralph Farris, Brian West – arranger
  • Shawn Pelton – programming
  • Ross Petersen, Brian Scheuble, Gregg Wattenberg, Chuck Zwicky – engineer
  • Peter Doris, Ricardo Fernandez, Femio Hernández, Claudius Mittendorfer, Ross Petersen – engineer assistant
  • Tom Lord-Alge, Brian Malouf – mixing
  • Dave Donelly – mastering
  • Gail Marowitz – art direction
  • Michelle Holme – design
  • Raphael Mazzucco – photography

Track listing:

  1. In This Life – Chantal Kreviazuk
  2. Time – Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida, Gregg Wattenberg
  3. What If It All Means Something – Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida
  4. Julia – Chantal Kreviazuk, J. O’Brien
  5. Flying Home (Brenda’s Song) – Chantal Kreviazuk
  6. Weight of the World – Chantal Kreviazuk
  7. Waiting – Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida
  8. Ready for Your Love – Chantal Kreviazuk, Gerald Eaton, Prophet B.W. West
  9. Morning Light – Chantal Kreviazuk
  10. Miss April – Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida
  11. Turn the Page – Chantal Kreviazuk

Rufus Wainwright: Want Two

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On November 16, 2004, “Geffen” label released “Want Two”, the fourth Rufus Wainwright album. It was recorded in 2004, at “Bearsville Studios” in Woodstock, NYC, and was produced by Marius de Vries and Rufus Wainwright.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright – vocal, piano, additional vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements
  • Gerry Leonard– electric guitar, guitars
  • Charlie Sexton– electric guitar
  • Marius de Vries– keyboards, vibraphone, programming, orchestral arrangements
  • Rob Burger – Hammond organ
  • Roger Greenawalt – ukulele, banjo
  • Steven Wolf– djembe, tambourine, additional programming
  • Kate McGarrigle – banjo, additional vocals
  • Anna McGarrigle – accordion, additional vocals
  • Jeff Hill – bass, additional vocals
  • Brad Albetta – bass
  • Troy Rinker Jr – bass
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Sterling Campbell – drums
  • Matt Johnson – drums
  • Roberto Rodriguez – percussion
  • Alexandra Knoll – oboe
  • David Theodore – oboe
  • David Sapadin – clarinet
  • Daniel Shelly – bassoon
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor, horn contractor
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestral leader
  • Maxim Moston – violin, concertmaster, orchestral arrangements
  • Van Dyke Parks– orchestral arrangements
  • Martha Wainwright– violin, additional vocals
  • Sophie Solomon – violin
  • Antoine Silverman – violin
  • Joan Wasser– violin, viola
  • Julianne Klopotic – violin
  • Vivienne Kim – violin
  • Fiona Murray – violin
  • Cenovia Cummins – violin
  • Christopher Cardona – violin
  • Danielle Farina – viola
  • Alison Gordon – viola
  • Eric Hammelman – viola
  • Kathryn Lockwood – viola
  • Anja Wood – cello
  • Jane Scarpantoni – cello
  • Julia Kent – cello
  • Carlo Pellettieri – cello
  • Gina Gershon – Jew’s harp
  • Pit Hermans – cimbalom
  • Antony– voice
  • Teddy Thompson– additional vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals
  • Suzzy Roche– additional vocals
  • Leona Naess – additional vocals
  • Lily Lanken – recorder, additional vocals
  • Julianna Raye – additional vocals
  • Alexis Smith – programming
  • Jack McKeever – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright.

  1. Agnus Dei
  2. The One You Love
  3. Peach Trees
  4. Little Sister
  5. The Art Teacher
  6. Hometown Waltz
  7. This Love Affair
  8. Gay Messiah
  9. Memphis Skyline
  10. Waiting for a Dream
  11. Crumb by Crumb
  12. Old Whore’s Diet

Rufus Wainwright: Want One

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On September 23, 2003, “DreamWorks Records” label released “Want One”, the third Rufus Wainwright studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “The Maid’s Room”; “Bearsville Studio A”; “Loho Studios”; “Looking Glass Studios” in New York City, and “The Strongroom” in London, and was produced by Marius de Vries.  The album won Wainwright “Outstanding Music Artist” award at the 15th “GLAAD Media Awards”; “Best New Recording”.

Personnel:

  • Rufus Wainwright– vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, recorders, acoustic guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, choral arrangements
  • Marius de Vries – piano, programming, vibraphone, orchestral arrangements, choral arrangements
  • Charlie Sexton – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Jimmy Zhivago – acoustic and electric guitar, piano
  • Jeff Hill – bass
  • Bernard O’Neill – bass
  • Levon Helm– drums
  • Matt Johnson – drums
  • Sterling Campbell– drums
  • Simon C. Clarke – alto sax, baritone sax, flute, alto flute, piccolo
  • Adrian Hallowell – bass trombone
  • Nick Hitchens – tuba
  • Alexandra Knoll – oboe
  • Gerry Leonard – guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
  • The London Oratory Choir – choir
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Kate McGarrigle– banjo, accordion
  • Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • David Sapadin – clarinet
  • Daniel Shelly – bassoon
  • Paul Spong – trumpet
  • Dave Stewart – bass trombone
  • Annie Whitehead– trombone
  • Joy Smith – harp
  • Maxim Moston – concertmaster, orchestral arrangements
  • Chris Elliott – orchestral arrangements
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
  • Linda Thompson– additional vocals
  • Teddy Thompson– additional vocals
  • Martha Wainwright– additional vocals
  • Jenni Muldaur – additional vocals
  • Alexis Smith – programming
  • Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor
  • John Holbrook, Bob Ebeling, Andy Bradfield, Marius de Vries – engineer
  • Jack McKeever – engineer assistant
  • Struan Oglanby, Ian Dowling, Bill Synan, Sean Gould, Tom Gloady – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Rufus Wainwright:

  1. Oh What a World
  2. I Don’t Know What It Is
  3. Vicious World
  4. Movies of Myself
  5. Pretty Things
  6. Go or Go Ahead
  7. Vibrate
  8. 14th Street
  9. Natasha
  10. Harvester of Hearts
  11. Beautiful Child
  12. Want
  13. 11:11
  14. Dinner at Eight

David Bowie: Heathen

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Heathen

On June 11, 2002, “ISO” label released “Heathen”, the twenty-second David Bowie studio album. It was recorded October 2000 – January 2002, and was produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Mark Plati, Gary Miller and Brian Rawling.

Personnel:

  • David Bowie – lead and backing vocals,  keyboards,  guitars,  saxophone,  stylophone, drums
  • Carlos Alomar– guitar
  • Pete Townshend– guitar
  • Dave Grohl– guitar
  • Gerry Leonard– guitar
  • Mark Plati– guitar, bass guitar
  • David Torn– guitars, guitar loops, Omnichord
  • Kristeen Young– vocals, piano
  • Jordan Rudess– keyboards
  • Tony Levin– bass guitar
  • Tony Visconti– bass guitar, guitars,  recorders,  string  arrangements, backing vocals
  • Matt Chamberlain– drums, drum loop programming, percussion
  • Sterling Campbell– drums, percussion
  • The Borneo Horns:
  • Lenny Pickett
  • Stan Harrison
  • Steve Elson
  • Lisa Germano– violin
  • The Scorchio Quartet:
  • Greg Kitzis –1st violin
  • Meg Okura– 2nd violin
  • Martha Mooke –viola
  • Mary Wooten –cello
  • Jonathan Barnbrook– design
  • Markus Klinko, Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri – photography
  • GK Reid– styling

Track listing:

All tracks by David Bowie, except where noted.

  1. Sunday
  2. Cactus – Black Francis
  3. Slip Away
  4. Slow Burn
  5. Afraid
  6. I’ve Been Waiting for You – Neil Young
  7. I Would Be Your Slave
  8. I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship – Norman Carl Odam
  9. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
  10. Everyone Says Hi
  11. A Better Future
  12. Heathen – The Rays