Tag Archives: Lori McKenna

The Highwomen: Same

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On September 6, 2019, “Elektra” label released the self-titled, debut Highwomen (The) album. It was recorded in 2019, at “RCA Studio A”, “Southern Ground” and “Blackbird” in Nashville, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Brandi Carlile – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Natalie Hemby – lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Maren Morris – lead and backing vocals
  • Amanda Shires – lead and backing vocals, violin
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic and electric guitar
  • Tim Hanseroth – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Jason Isbell – acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Peter Levin – keyboards, Mellotron, piano, strings, Wurlitzer
  • Phil Hanseroth – bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, tictac bass, backing vocals
  • Chris Powell – drums, percussion
  • Sheryl Crow – vocals, backing vocals, bass
  • Yola – vocals, backing vocals
  • Brandon Bell – engineer
  • Tony Hulbert – engineer assistant
  • Gena Johnson – engineer assistant
  • Colin Lott – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – mastering assistant
  • Nicki Fletcher – design
  • Alysse Gafkjen – photography

Track listing:

  1. Highwomen – Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Jimmy Webb
  2. Redesigning Women – Natalie Hemby, Rodney Clqawson
  3. Loose Change – Maren Morris, Maggie Chapman, Daniel Layus
  4. Crowded Table – Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna
  5. My Name Can’t Be Mama – Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris
  6. If She Ever Leaves Me – Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell, Chris Tompkins
  7. Old Soul – Maren Morris, Luke Dick, Laura Veltz
  8. Don’t Call Me – Amanda Shires, Peter Levin
  9. My Only Child – Natalie Hemby, Amanda Shires, Miranda Lambert
  10. Heaven Is a Honky Tonk – Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Ray LaMontagne
  11. Coctail and a Song – Amanda Shires
  12. Wheels of Laredo – Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth, Phil Hanseroth

Lori McKenna: Massachusetts

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On April 23, 2013, “Signature Records” label released “Massachusetts”, the seventh Lori McKenna studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Mark Erelli.

Personnel:

  • Lori McKenna – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Rose Cousins – vocals 
  • Mike Viola – vocals, recording
  • Mark Erelli – vocals, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, percussion
  • Jamie Edwards – piano, organ, keyboards, electric guitar, recording
  • Paul Kochanski – electric bass, electric upright bass
  • John Sands – drums, percussion
  • Jake Armerding – fiddle
  • Chris Rival – recording, mixing
  • Dave McNair – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Salt
  2. My Love Follows You Where You Go
  3. Susanna
  4. Smaller and Smaller – Barry Dean
  5. Make Every Word Hurt
  6. Shake
  7. How Romantic is That
  8. Shouting
  9. Better with Time
  10. Take Me with You When You Go
  11. Love Can Put It Back Together
  12. Grown up Now

Lori McKenna: The Balladeer

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On July 24, 2020, “CN Records” label released “The Balladeer”, the eleventh Lori McKenna studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Lori McKenna – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Dave Cobb – acoustic and electric guitar, mixing
  • Philip Towns – harmonium, mellotron, percussion, piano, Wurlitzer
  • Brian Allen – bass
  • Chris Powell – drums
  • Hillary Lindsey – backing vocals
  • Liz Rose – backing vocals
  • Karen Fairchild – backing vocals
  • Kimberly Schlapman – backing vocals
  • Kristen Rogers – backing vocals
  • Toby Hulbert – engineer, mixing
  • Josh Reynolds – engineer assistant
  • Phillip Smith – engineer assistant
  • Rachel Briggs – design
  • Becky Flute – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lori McKenna.

  1. This Town Is a Woman
  2. The Balladeer
  3. Marie
  4. The Dream
  5. Uphill
  6. Good Fight
  7. Stuck in High School
  8. When You’re My Age
  9. Two Birds
  10. Till You’re Grown

Lori McKenna: The Tree

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On July 20, 2018, “CN Records” label released “The Tree”, the tenth Lori McKenna studio album. It was recorded 2017 – 2018, and was produced by Dave Cobb.

Personnel:

  • Lori McKenna – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Anderson East – lead guitar, sequencing
  • Dave Cobb – guitar, mellotron
  • Christopher McKenna – mellotron
  • Natalie Hemby – backing vocals
  • Hillary Lindsey – backing vocals
  • Kristen Rogers – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Lori McKenna, except where noted.

  1. A Mother Never Rests – Barry Dean, Lori McKenna
  2. The Fixer
  3. People Get Old
  4. Young and Angry Again – Barry Dean, Luke Laird, Lori McKenna
  5. The Tree – Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, Aaron Raitiere
  6. You Won’t Even Know I’m Gone
  7. Happy People – Lori McKenna, Hailey Whiters
  8. You Can’t Break a Woman – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose
  9. The Lot Behind St. Mary’s
  10. The Way Back Home – Luke Laird, Lori McKenna
  11. Like Patsy Would – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose

Sara Bareilles: Amidst the Chaos

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On April 5, 2019, “Epic” label released “Amidst the Chaos” the sixth Sara Bareilles studio album. It was recorded in 2018, at “The Village” in Los Angeles, “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, CA, and was produced by T Bone Burnett. Track “Saint Honesty” earned Bareilles a “Grammy Award” for “Best American Roots Performance” at the 2020 ceremony.

Personnel:

  • Sara Bareilles – vocals, piano, electric guitar, programming
  • Marc Ribot – guitar, ukulele
  • Blake Mills – guitar, mandolin, 6-string bass
  • Joseph Ryan – guitar, vocal harmonies
  • T Bone Burnett – guitar
  • Patrick Warren – keyboards, string arrangements
  • Keefus Ciancia – keyboards
  • Philip Khronengold – piano
  • Dennis Crouch – acoustic and electric bass
  • Zachary Dawes – electric bass, 6-string bass
  • Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Mike Piersante – percussion
  • John Legend – vocals
  • Emily King – vocal harmonies
  • Gabriel Johnson – trumpet
  • Billy Centenaro, Karl Wingate, Joseph Lorge – second engineer
  • Jason Wormer – editing
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Pete Giberga – executive producer
  • Ivy Skoff – contractor, production coordinator

Track listing:

All tracks by Sara Bareilles, except where noted.

  1. Fire
  2. No Such Thing – Sara Bareilles, Justin Tranter
  3. Amor
  4. If I Can’t Have You – Sara Bareilles, Emily King, Aaron Sterling
  5. Eyes on You
  6. Miss Simone – Sara Bareilles, Lori McKenna
  7. Wicked Love
  8. Orpheus
  9. Poetry by Dead Man – Sara Bareilles, Justin Tranter
  10. Someone Who Loves Me
  11. Saint Honesty – Sara Bareilles, Lori McKenna
  12. A Safe Place to Land – Sara Bareilles, Lori McKenna