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John Mayall: The Sun Is Shining Down

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On January 28, 2022, “Forty Below Records” label released “The Sun Is Shining Down”, the final John Mayall studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Horse Latitudes” in Glendale, California, “Strawhorse Studios” and “Forty Bellow Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by John Mayall and Eric Corne.

Personnel:

  • John Mayall – vocals, guitar, Hammond B3, piano, electric piano, harmonica
  • Buddy Miller – vocal
  • Carolyn Wonderland – lead and rhythm guitar
  • Melvin Taylor – guitar
  • Mike Campbell – guitar
  • Billy Watts – rhythm guitar
  • Eric Corne – rhythm guitar, engineer, mixing
  • Jake Shimabukuro – ukulele
  • Greg Rzab – electric bass
  • Jay Davenport – drums
  • Ron Dziubla – saxophone
  • Mark Pender – trumpet
  • Richard A. Rosenberg – trombone
  • Scarlet Rivera (Donna Shea) – violin
  • Michael Dumas – engineer
  • Thomas Ross Johansen – engineer
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • Anthony Wolch – artwork, creative director
  • Inaiah Lujan – design, layout
  • Shye Ronen – digital art
  • Cristina Arrigoni – back cover photography
  • Brad Silverberg – fine art photography
  • David Gomez – inside cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Mayall, except where noted.

  1. Hungry and Ready
  2. Can’t Take No More
  3. I’m as Good as Gone – Bobby Rush
  4. Got to Find a Better Way
  5. Chills and Thrills – Bernard Allison
  6. One Special Lady
  7. A Quitter Never Wins – Tinsley Ellis, Margaret Sampson
  8. Deep Blue Sea
  9. Driving Wheel
  10. The Sun Is Shining Down

Black Sabbath: Seventh Star

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On January 28, 1986, “Warner Bros” label released “Seventh Star”, the twelfth Black Sabbath studio album. It was recorded June – August 1985, at “Cherokee” in Los Angeles, “Cheshire Sound” in Atlanta, and was produced by Jeff Glixman.

Personnel:

  • Glenn Hughes – vocals
  • Tony Iommi – guitars
  • Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
  • Dave “The Beast” Spitz – bass
  • Gordon Copley – bass
  • Eric Singer – drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Tony Iommi, Glenn Hughes, Geoff Nicholls and Jeff Glixman, all lyrics by Tony Iommi.

  1. In for the Kill
  2. No Stranger to Love
  3. Turn to Stone
  4. Sphinx (The Guardian)
  5. Seventh Star
  6. Danger Zone
  7. Heart Like a Wheel
  8. Angry Heart
  9. In Memory

Steve Vai: Inviolate

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On January 28, 2022, “Favored Nations” label released “Inviolate”, the tenth Steve Vai studio album.It was recorded in 2021, at “Harmony Hut” in Encino, California, “Studio 666” in Northridge, California, and was produced by Steve Vai.

Personnel:

  • Steve Vai – guitars, left – handed guitar parts, bass, programming
  • Bryan Beller – bass
  • Henrik Linder – bass
  • Billy Sheehan – bass
  • Philip Bynoe – bass
  • Jeremy Colson – drums
  • Terry Bozzio – drums
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Vai.

  1. Teeth of the Hydra
  2. Zeus in Chains
  3. Little Pretty
  4. Candlepower
  5. Apollo in Color
  6. Avalancha
  7. Greenish Blues
  8. Knappsack
  9. Sandman Cloud Mist

Pinegrove: 11:11

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On January 28, 2022, “Rough Trade” label released “11:11”, the fifth Pinegrove studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Levon Helm Studios” in Woodstock, “The Building” in Marlboro, New York, and was produced by Evan Stephens Hall and Sam Skinner.  

Personnel:

  • Evan Stephens Hall – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional engineering, cover painting, photography
  • Joshua F. Marré – guitar, nylon string guitar, processed guitar, slide guitar, additional engineering
  • Sam Skinner – piano, accordion, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar, bowed bass strings, electric bass, triangle, engineer, co-mixing
  • Megan Benevente – electric bass, additional engineering
  • Zack Levine – drums, percussion, additional engineering
  • Chris Walla – guitars, keyboards, tambourine, additional engineering, mixing
  • Doug Hall – organ, synthesizer, piano
  • Nandi Rose – vocals, additional engineering
  • Sammy Maine – vocals, photography
  • João Carvalho – mastering
  • Mira Moore – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Evan Stephens Hall, except where noted

  1. Habitat
  2. Alaska
  3. Iodine
  4. Orange
  5. Flora
  6. Respirate
  7. Let – Evan Stephens, Sam Skinner
  8. So What
  9. Swimming
  10. Cyclone
  11. 11th Hour

MØ: Motordrome

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On January 28, 2022, “Columbia” label released “Motordrome”, the third MØ album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, Ronni Vindahl, Jakob Littauer, Jam City, Lotus IV, SG Lewis, Sly and Stint.

Personnel:

  • MØ – vocals, vocal production
  • Andreas Lund – guitar
  • Ronni Vindahl – guitar
  • August Rosenbaum – piano
  • Yangze – piano
  • SG Lewis – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
  • Rasmus Littauer – drums, programming
  • Karen Johanne Pedersen – violin
  • Jake Braun – cello
  • Live Johansson – cello
  • Josefine Struckmann Pedersen – backing vocals
  • Melissa Gregerson – backing vocals
  • Jasmine Chen – engineer
  • Matt DiMona – engineer
  • John Hanes – engineer
  • Anthony Dolhai – engineer
  • Geoff Swan – mixing
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Chris Allgood – mastering
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – vocal production
  • SG Lewis – vocal production
  • Sly – vocal production
  • Caroline Ailin – vocal production
  • Ronni Vindahl – vocal production

Track listing:

  1. Kindness – Karen Marie Ørsted, Ariel Rechtshaid, Jack Latham, Jakob Littauer
  2. Live to Survive – Karen Marie Ørsted, Caroline Ailin, Samuel George Lewis, Sylvester Sivertsen
  3. Wheelspin – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ronni Vindahl
  4. Cool to Cry – Karen Marie Ørsted, Sylvester Sivertsen, Caroline Ailin, Ariel Rechtshaid, Noonie Bao, Linus Wiklund
  5. Youth Is Lost – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer
  6. New Moon – Karen Marie Ørsted, Sylvester Sivertsen, Caroline Ailin, Noonie Bao, Linus Wiklund
  7. Brad Pitt – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ajay Bhattacharya, Michael Pollack, Daniel Schnair, Mads Damsgaard, Ronni Vindahl
  8. Goosebumps – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer
  9. Hip Bones – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Ronni Vindahl
  10. Punches – Karen Marie Ørsted, Jakob Littauer, Mads Damsgaard, Ronni Vindahl, Søren Breum

Tom Verlaine

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On January 28, 2023, Thomas Miller aka Tom Verlaine died aged 73. He was musician (guitar, piano), singer and songwriter, member of the bands The Neon Boys and Million Dollar Bashers, but was best known as frontman of The Television. Verlaine guested as guitarist on numerous releases of other artists including Luna and Patti Smith. As leader Verlaine released ten albums.

Jethro Tull: The Zealot Gene

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On January 28, 2022, “Inside Out Music” label released “The Zealot Gene”, the 22nd Jethro Tull studio album. It was recorded March 2017 – July 2021, at “Modern World Studios” in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and was produced by Ian Anderson.

Personnel:

  • Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin, whistle, harmonica, stereo mixing, artwork concept, photography
  • Florian Opahle – electric guitar
  • John O’Hara – piano, keyboards, accordion, organ
  • David Goodier – bass guitar
  • Scott Hammond – drums
  • Joe Parrish-James – guitar
  • Michael Nyandoro – engineer
  • Nick Watson – mastering
  • Jakko Jakszyk – 5.1 surround sound mixing
  • Thomas Ewerhard – artwork design
  • James Anderson – photography
  • Tim Bowness – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ian Anderson.

  1. Mrs. Tibbets
  2. Jacob’s Tales
  3. Mine is the Mountain
  4. The Zealot Gene
  5. Shoshana Sleeping
  6. Sad City Sisters
  7. Barren Beth, Wild Desert John
  8. The Betrayal of Joshua Kynde
  9. Where Sid Saturday Go?
  10. Three Loves, Three
  11. In Brief Visitation
  12. The Fisherman of Ephesus

Eels: Extreme Witchcraft

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On January 28, 2022, “E Works” and “PIAS” label released “Extreme Witchcraft”, the fourteenth Eels studio album. It was recorded March – October 2021, and was produced by E and John Parish.

Personnel:

  • E (Mark Oliver Everett) – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • John Parish – guitar, recording, mixing
  • Koool G Murder – bass guitar, recording, mixing
  • P-Boo – drums, recording, mixing
  • Ryan Bosch – recording, mixing
  • Don Hersch – mastering 
  • Philip Beaudreau – design
  • Gus Black – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by E (Mark Oliver Everett) and John Parish, except where noted.

  1. Amateur Hour
  2. Good Night on Earth
  3. Strawberries & Popcorn
  4. Steam Engine – Mark Oliver Everett, Kelly Logsdon
  5. Grandfather Clock Strikes Twelve – Mark Oliver Everett
  6. Stumbling Bee
  7. The Magic
  8. Better Living Through Desperation
  9. So Anyway
  10. What It Isn’t – Mark Oliver Everett, Kelly Logsdon
  11. Learning While I Lose – Mark Oliver Everett, Mike Sawitzke
  12. I Know You’re Right – Mark Oliver Everett, Kelly Logsdon

Anais Mitchell: Same

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On January 28, 2022, “BMG Rights Management” label released the self-titled, eighth Anaïs Mitchell studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “Dreamland Recording Studios” in Hurley, New York, and was produced by Josh Kaufman.

Personnel:

  • Anaïs Mitchell – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Josh Kaufman – electric guitar, synthesizer, bass, piano, mandolin, organ, harmonica, 12-string guitar, synth bass
  • Aaron Dessner – electric guitar
  • Thomas Bartlett – piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer, Rhodes piano, Mellotron, organ
  • Michael Lewis – bass, saxophones, clarinet, synthesizer
  • JT Bates – drums, percussion
  • Alex Sopp – flute
  • Nico Muhly – ensemble, string arrangement, arrangement
  • Nadia Sirota – viola
  • Bella Blasko – engineer
  • D. James Goodwin – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Anais Mitchell.

  1. Brooklyn Bridge
  2. Bright Star
  3. Revenant
  4. On Your Way (Felix Song)
  5. Real World
  6. Backroads
  7. Little Big Girl
  8. Now You Know
  9. The Words
  10. Watershed

Geoffrey Nicholls

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On January 28, 2017, Geoffrey James Nicholls died aged 72. He was musician (keyboards, bass, and guitar) and vocalist, performed and recorded with Quartz, Tony Martin, Johnny Neal and the Starliners, World of Oz, and Jimmy Helms, but was best known as a longtime member Black Sabbath.