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Dream Theater: When Dream And Day Unite

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On March 6, 1989, “Mechanic” label released “When Dream and Day Unite”, the debut Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded July – August 1988, at “Kajem / Victory Studios” in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, and was produced by Terry Date, Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy.

Personnel:

  • Charlie Dominici – vocals
  • John Petrucci – guitars
  • Kevin Moore – keyboards
  • John Myung – bass
  • Mike Portnoy – drums, percussion
  • Terry Date – engineer, mixing
  • Joe Alexander – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Stover, Trish Finnegan – engineer assistant
  • Amy Guip – cover art
  • Steve Sinclair – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by Charlie Dominici, Kevin Moore, John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy, except where note.

  1. A Fortune In Lies – lyrics by John Petrucci
  2. Status Seeker – lyrics by Charlie Dominici, John Petrucci
  3. The Ytse Jam – music by John Petrucci, John Myung, Kevin Moore, Mike Portnoy
  4. The Killing Hand – lyrics by John Petrucci
  5. Light Fuse and Get Away – lyrics by Kevin Moore
  6. Afterlife – lyrics by Charlie Dominici
  7. The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun – John Petrucci
  8. Only a Matter of Time – Kevin Moore

Rhiannon Giddens: You’re The One

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On August 19, 2023, “Nonesuch” label released “You’re the One”, the third Rhiannon Giddens studio album. It was recorded in 2023 at “The Hit Factory Criteria”, “Irish World Academy Of Music And Dance”, “Fresh Young Minds”, “Sound Of Music Recording Studios”, “Sound Emporium”, “Studio 176” in Greensboro, NC, “Royal Recording Studios” in Memphis, and was produced by Jack Splash.

Personnel:

  • Rhiannon Giddens – vocals, banjo, viola
  • Jack Splash – guitar, electric piano, percussion, drum programming, horn arrangements, engineer, recording
  • Niwel Tsumbu – classical guitar
  • Eric Escanes – electric guitar
  • Gene Sxip Shirley – resonator guitar
  • Franceso Turrisi – piano, tamburello, piano accordion, frame drum
  • Dwayne Bennett – Hammond B3 organ, keyboards
  • Dirk Powell – accordion, piano, fiddle, guitar
  • Jason Sypher – electric upright bass
  • Tadarius McCombs – electric bass
  • Terrence Grizzle, Jr. – drums
  • Humberto Ibarra – percussion
  • Amelia Powell – triangle, backing vocals
  • Scott Klarman – saxophone, flute
  • Ted Zimmerman – trumpet
  • Jose Miranda – trombone
  • Andy Yum, Jennifer Puckett, Yennifer Correia – violin
  • Aaron Tubergen, Beth Luscombe – viola
  • Jonathan Kirkscey, Leyla McCalla – cello
  • Jason Isbell – vocals
  • Eryn Allen Kane, Lalenja Harrington – backing vocals
  • Lester Snell – string arrangements
  • Dan-O Deckelman – recording
  • Lawrence Mitchell – recording
  • Ben Rawlins, Grant Wilson, Justin Harrington – recording
  • Ian Mercel – engineer
  • Andrew Selchow – engineer assistant
  • Kennie Takahashi – mixing
  • Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone – mastering
  • JN-H – lacquer cut
  • Jeri Heiden, SMOG Design, Inc. – design
  • Ebru Yildiz – photography
  • Alex Kadvan, David Bither – executive producer

Track listing:

  1. Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  2. You’re the One – Lalenja Harrington, Rhiannon Giddens
  3. Yet To Be – Marcus Hummon, Rhiannon Giddens
  4. Wrong Kind of Right – Rhiannon Giddens
  5. Another waste Life – Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens
  6. You Louisiana Man – Rhiannon Giddens
  7. If You Don’t Know How Sweet It Is – Bhi Bhiman, Rhiannon Giddens
  8. Hen in the Foxhouse – Rhiannon Giddens
  9. Who Are You Dreaming Of – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  10. You Put the Sugar in My Bowl – Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens
  11. Way Over Yonder – Kevin Moore, Rhiannon Giddens
  12. God Ol’ Cider – traditional

Keb’ Mo’: BluesAmericana

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On April 22, 2014, “Kind of Blue Music” label released “BLUESAmericana”, the twelfth Keb’ Mo’ studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Stu Stu Studio” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Keb’ Mo’, Leigh Brannon and Casey Wasner.

Personnel:

  • Keb’ Mo’ (Kevin Moore) – acoustic and electric guitar, resonator guitar, slide guitar, banjo, bass, piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards, harmonica, horn arrangements
  • The California Feet Warmers – featured artist
  • Paul Franklin – pedal steel
  • Jeffrey Moran – banjo
  • Patrick Morrison – banjo
  • Colin Linden – mandolin, handclapping
  • Tim Lauer – organ, piano
  • Michael Hanna – piano, organ
  • Michael Hicks – organ, backing vocals
  • Casey Wasner – bass, drums, engineer, tracking
  • Brian Allen – bass
  • Tom Hambridge – drums
  • Dominique Rodriguez – drums
  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Keio Stroud – drums
  • Jovan Quallo – tenor saxophone
  • Brandon Armstrong – sousaphone
  • Charles Decastro – trumpet
  • Quentin Ware – trumpet
  • Justin Rubenstein – trombone
  • Roland Barber – trombone
  • Joshua Kaufman – clarinet
  • Tom Shinness – cello, mandolin
  • Juan Carlos Reynoso – washboard
  • Joe Wood – handclapping
  • Robbie Brooks-Moore – backing vocals
  • Moiba Mustafa – backing vocals
  • Rip Patton – backing vocals
  • Kevin So – backing vocals
  • Darcy Stewart – backing vocals
  • Melvin “Maestro” Lightford – horn arrangements
  • John Caldwell – engineer, tracking
  • David Leonard – engineer, tracking
  • John Schirmer – engineer, tracking
  • Zach Allen – engineer, tracking
  • Ross Hogarth – mixing
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Meghan Aileen Schirmer – design, package design
  • Andrea Lucero – photography
  • Leigh Brannon – project manager

Track listing:

  1. The Worst Is Yet to Come – Heather Donovan, Kevin Moore, Pete Sallis
  2. Somebody Hurt You – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  3. Do It Right – Kevin Moore, Jim Weatherly
  4. I’m Gonna Be Your Man – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  5. Move – Tom Hambridge, Kevin Moore
  6. For Better or Worse – Tom Hambridge, Kevin Moore
  7. That’s Alright – Jimmy Rogers
  8. Old Me Better – Kevin Moore, John Lewis Parker
  9. More For Your Money – Kevin Moore, Gary Nicholson
  10. So Long Goodbye – Rebecca Correia, Kevin Moore

OSI: Blood

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On August 27, 2009, “InsideOut Music” label released “Blood”, the third OSI album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore.

Personnel:

  • Kevin Moore – vocals, keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Jim Matheos – guitar, bass, keyboards, progamming
  • Gavin Harrison – drums
  • Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals
  • Tim Bowness – vocals
  • Phil Magnotti, Jim Matheos – mixing

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kevin Moore, except where noted; all music by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore, except where noted.

  1. The Escape Artist
  2. Terminal
  3. False Start
  4. We Come Undone
  5. Radiologue
  6. Be the Hero
  7. Microburst Alert – music by Jim Matheos
  8. Stockholm – lyrics by Mikael Akerfeld
  9. Blood

Keb’ Mo: Oklahoma

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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:

  1. I Remember You – Bill LaBounty, Kevin Moore
  2. Oklahoma – Dara Tucker, Kevin Moore
  3. Put a Woman in Charge – Beth Nielsen Chapman, John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore
  4. This Is My Home – John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore
  5. Don’t Throw It Away – Charles Esten, Colin Linden, Kevin Moore
  6. The Way I – John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore
  7. Ridin’ on a Train – Jenny Yates, Kevin Moore
  8. I Should’ve – Joseph Alan Wood, Kevin Moore
  9. Cold Outside – Cliff Goldmacher, Kevin Moore 
  10. Beautiful Music – John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore

Dream Theater: Images and Words

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On July 7, 1992, “ATCO” label released “Images and Words”, the second Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded October – December 1991, at “BearTracks Studios” in Suffern, New York; “The Hit Factory” in New York City, and was produced by David Prater.

Personnel:

  • James LaBrie– lead vocals
  • John Petrucci– guitar, background vocals
  • Kevin Moore– keyboard
  • John Myung– bass
  • Mike Portnoy– drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Jay Beckenstein– soprano saxophone
  • David Prater – mixing
  • Doug Oberkircher – engineer, mixing\
  • Steve Regina – engineer assistant
  • Ted Jensen– mastering
  • Larry Freemantle – art direction

Track listing:

All music by James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Kevin Moore, John Myung and Mike Portnoy, except where noted. “Wait for Sleep” by Kevin Moore.

  1. Pull Me Under – lyrics by Kevin Moore
  2. Another Day – John Petrucci
  3. Take the Time – lyrics by James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Kevin Moore, John Myung, Mike Portnoy
  4. Surrounded – lyrics by Kevin Moore
  5. Metropolis—Part I: ‘The Miracle and the Sleeper – lyrics by John Petrucci
  6. Under a Glass Moon – lyrics by John Petrucci
  7. Wait for Sleep – lyrics by Kevin Moore
  8. Learning to Live – John Myung

Keb Mo’: Just Like You

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On June 18, 1996, “Epic” label released “Just Like You”, the third Keb’ Mo’ studio album. It was recorded in 1996, and was produced by John Porter. In 1997, “Just Like You” won the “Grammy Award” for “Best Contemporary Blues Album”.

Personnel:

  • Keb’ Mo’ – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • James “Hutch” Hutchinson- bass guitar
  • Tommy Eyre- keyboards; 11-string guitar
  • Laval Belle, Ricky Fataar- drums
  • Munyungo Jackson – percussion
  • Jackie Farris, Jean McClain – backing vocals
  • John Porter- dobro
  • Larry David – harmonica
  • Darrell Leonard – trumpet
  • Jim Price – trombone
  • Jim Gordon – clarinet

Track listing:

All tracks by Kevin Moore (Keb’ Mo’), except where noted.

  1. That’s Not Love – Georgina Graper, Kevin Moore
  2. Perpetual Blues Machine – Georgina Graper, Kevin Moore
  3. More Than One Way Home –John Lewis Parker, Kevin Moore
  4. I’m on Your Side
  5. Just Like You – Georgina Parker, Kevin Moore
  6. You Can Love Yourself
  7. Dangerous Mood – Candy Parton, Kevin Moore
  8. The Action
  9. Hand It Over
  10. Standin’ at the Station – Phil Ramocon, Kevin Moore
  11. Momma, Where’s My Daddy?- Lori Barth, Kevin Moore
  12. Last Fair Deal Gone Down – Robert Johnson
  13. Lullaby Baby Blues – Georgina Graper, Kevin Moore

OSI: Blood

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On April 27, 2009, “InsideOut” label released “Blood”, the third OSI studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore.

Personnel:

  • Tim Bowness– vocals
  • Mikael Åkerfeldt– vocals
  • Jim Matheos– guitar, bass, keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Kevin Moore– vocals, keyboards, programming, mixing
  • Gavin Harrison– drums
  • Phil Magnotti – mixing
  • Roger Seibel – mastering

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kevin Moore, except where noted; all music by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore, except where noted.

  1. The Escape Artist
  2. Terminal
  3. False Start
  4. We Come Undone
  5. Radiologue
  6. Be the Hero
  7. Microburst Alert – music by Jim Matheos
  8. Stockholm – lyrics by Mikael Åkerfeldt
  9. Blood

OSI: Free

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On April 21, 2006, “insideOut Music” label released “Free”, the second OSI album. It was recorded in November 2005, and was produced by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore.

Personnel:

  • Jim Matheos- guitars, keyboards, programming
  • Bige Akdeniz – vocals, guitar
  • Kevin Moore- vocals, keyboards, programming
  • Joey Vera – bass
  • Mike Portnoy- acoustic drums

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kevin Moore; all music by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore.

  1. Sure You Will
  2. Free
  3. Go
  4. All Gone Now
  5. Home Was Good
  6. Bigger Wave
  7. Kicking
  8. Better
  9. Simple Life
  10. Once
  11. Our Town

Dream Theater: Falling Into Infinity

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On September 23, 1997, “East West Records” label released “Falling into Infinity”, the fourth Dream Theater studio album. It was recorded June–July 1997, at “Avatar Studios” in Manhattan, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • James LaBrie– lead and backing vocals, arrangements
  • John Petrucci– guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Derek Sherinian– keyboards, backing vocals, arrangements
  • John Myung– bass, Chapman Stick, arrangements
  • Mike Portnoy– drums, percussion, backing and harmony vocals, arrangements
  • Doug Pinnick– additional vocals
  • Kevin Shirley– engineer, mixing
  • Rich Alvy – engineer assistant
  • Barbara Lipke – engineer assistant
  • Dave Swope – mixing assistant
  • Leon Zervos– mastering

Track listing:

All music by James LaBrie, Mike Portnoy, John Petrucci, Derek Sherinian, and John Myung, lyrics as noted.

  1. New Millennium – Mike Portnoy
  2. You Not me – John Petrucci, Desmond Child
  3. Peruvian Skies – John Petrucci
  4. Hollow Years – John Petrucci
  5. Burning My Soul – Mike Portnoy
  6. Hell’s Kitchen
  7. Lines in the Sand – John Petrucci
  8. Take Away My Pain – John Petrucci
  9. Just Let me Breathe – Mike Portnoy
  10. Anna Lee – James LaBrie
  11. Trial of Tears – John Myung
  • It’s Raining
  • Deep in Heaven
  • The Wasteland