On October 8, 1996, “Warner Bros” label released “The Way I Should”, the third Iris DeMent studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Scruggs Sound” in Berry Hill, Tennessee, and was produced by Randy Scruggs.
On April 30. 2025, Louis Joseph Walker Jr. aka Joe Louis Walker died aged 75. He was musician (guitar), singer, songwriter and producer, known as electric blues musician, virtuoso guitarist with soulful vocal. In his six-decade long career he performed with many musicians, among them Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler and Steve Cropper. In 2013, Walker was inducted to the “Blues Hall of Fame”. As leader, he released 29 albums.
On April 12, 2024. “British Grove” and “EMI” labels released “One Deep River”, the tenth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.
Personnel:
Mark Knopfler – lead vocals, electric guitar
Richard Bennett –, acoustic and electric guitar, bouzouki
Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel
Guy Fletcher – synthesizer, Mellotron, harmonium
Jim Cox – digital piano, piano, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ
On March 13, 2015, “RCA” label released “Duets: Re-working the Catalogue”, the 35th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Manchester Evening News Arena”, “Slieve Donard Hotel” in Newcastle, “British Grove” in Chiswick, London, “Air Lyndhurst Hall” in Hampstead, London and was produced by Van Morrison and Bob Rock.
Personnel:
Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic guitar, alto saxophone
Dave Keary – guitar, banjo
Marcel Camargo, Ryan Lerman – guitar
David Garfield, Alan Chang – piano
Paul Moran – Hammond organ, piano, flugelhorn, trumpet
Paul Moore, Stanley Banks, Craig Polasko – bass
Jeff Lardner, Robbie Ruggiero, Khari Parker, Marion Felder – drums
Abass Nii Dodoo, Mike Osborn, Lilliana de Los Reyes – percussion
Jake Saslow, Rob Wilkerson – alto saxophone
Christopher White – tenor and baritone saxophone, tin whistle
Jacob Rodriguez – baritone saxophone
Jean Caze, Jumaane Smith, Justin Ray – trumpet
Alistair White – trombone, euphonium
Mark Nightingale, Joshua Brown, Nick Vayenas – trombone
On November 30, 2009, “Hypertension Music” label released “Life Goes On”, the tenth Gerry Rafferty album, and the last one released in his lifetime. It was recorded in 2009, at“Icon Studios” in East Sussex, England, “Studio Miraval” in France, “Blue Wave Recording Studios” in St. Philip, Barbados, “Parkgate Studios” in Sussex, England, “Chipping Norton Studios” in Oxfordshire, England, “Tye Farm”, “The Hit Factory”, “Skibo Castle” in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, and was produced by Hugh Murphy and Gerry Rafferty.
Personnel:
Gerry Rafferty – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic, electric and high-string guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, programming
On September 13, 2005, “Geffen” label released “B. B. King & Friends: 80”, the forty-first B.B. King album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Avatar Studios” and “Right Track Recording” in New York City, “Caesar’s Palace Showroom” in Las Vegas, Nevada, “Conway Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, “O’Henry Studios” in Burbank, California, “Ocean Way Recording” and “Olympic Studios” in London. At the 48th “Annual Grammy Awards”, “B. B. King & Friends: 80” won “Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album”.
Personnel:
B. B. King – vocals, guitar
Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica
Billy F Gibbons – vocals, guitar
John Mayer – vocals, guitar
Glenn Frey – vocals, guitar
Eric Clapton – guitar
Clem Clempson – guitar
Mark Knopfler – guitar
Davey Johnstone – guitar
Larry Campbell – guitar
Dean Parks – rhythm guitar
Elton John – vocals, piano
Chris Stainton – keyboards
Brian Mitchell – keyboards
Guy Babylon – keyboards
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, Hammond organ
Luke Smith – Hammond organ
Sheryl Crow – vocals
Bob Birch – bass guitar
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
T-Bone Wolk – bass guitar
Yolanda Charles – bass guitar
Russ Kunkel – drums
Billy Ward – drums
Ian Thomas – drums
Nigel Olsson – drums
John Mahon – percussion
Brandon Fields – saxophone
Jerry Hey – trumpet
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trumpet
Gary Grant – trumpet
Nathaniel Kunkel – shaker
Track listing:
Early in the Morning – Dallas Bartley, Louis Jordan, Leo Hickman
Tired of Your Jive – Janet Despenza, Johnny Pate
The Thrill is Gone – Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell
Need Your Love So Bad – Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr.
Ain’t Nobody Home – Jerry Ragovou
Hummingbird – Leon Russell
All Over Again – Carl B. Adams
Drivin’ Wheel – Roosevelt Sykes
There Must Be a Better World Somewhere – Doc Pomus, Mac Rebennack
Never Make Your Move Too Soon – Stix Hooper, Will Jennings
In March 1984, “Virgin” label released “Climate of Hunter”, the eleventh Scott Walker studio album. It was recorded October – December 1983, at “The Town House”, and “EMI & Sarm West Studios” in London, and was produced by Peter Walsh and Scott Walker.
Personnel:
Scott Walker – vocals
Ray Russell – lead and backing guitars
Phil Palmer – lead and backing guitars
Mark Knopfler – guitars
Brian Gascoigne – keyboards
Mo Foster – bass
Peter Van Hooke – drums
Mark Isham – trumpet
Gary Kettel – percussion
Billy Ocean – harmony vocal
Evan Parker – soprano and tenor saxophone
c•more•tone – design
Bob Carlos Clarke – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Scott Walker, except where noted.
Rawhide
Dealer
Track Three
Sleepwalker Woman (Informal title Delayed)
Track Five (Informal title It’s a Starving)
Track Six (Informal title Say It)
Track Seven (Informal title Stump of a Drowner)
Blanket Roll Blues – lyrics by Tennessee Williams, music by Kenyon Hopkins
On November 16, 2018, “British Grove Records” label released “Down the Road Wherever”, the ninth Mark Knopfler studio album. It was recorded in 2017, January – February 2018, at “British Grove” in Chiswick, London, and was produced by Guy Fletcher and Mark Knopfler.
Personnel:
Mark Knopfler – vocals, guitars
Richard Bennett – guitars
Robbie McIntosh – guitar
Guy Fletcher – keyboards, engineer
Jim Cox – keyboards
Glenn Worf – upright and electric bass
Ian Thomas – drums
Danny Cummings – percussion
Nigel Hitchcock – tenor saxophone
Tom Walsh – trumpet
Trevor Mires – trombone
John McCusker – fiddle
Mike McGoldrick – whistle
Lance Ellington – backing vocals
Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
Kris Drever – backing vocals
Imelda May – backing vocals
Martin Hollis – engineer
Rowan McIntosh, Jason Elliot, Andy Cook, Poppy Kavanagh, Josh Tyrell – engineer assistant
On April 18, 1980, “Vertigo” label released “Solo in Soho”, the debut Philip Lynott album. It was recorded 1979 – 1980, at “Good Earth Studios” in Soho, London, “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, Bahamas, and was produced by Kit Woolven and Philip Lynott.
On June 2, 2017, “Easy Eye Sound” label released “Waiting on a Song”, the second Dan Auerbach album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Easy Eye Sound Studios” in Nashville, TN, and “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Dan Auerbach.
Personnel:
Dan Auerbach – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, baritone guitar, fuzz bass, Mellotron, percussion, mixing
Bobby Wood – piano, electric piano, glockenspiel, chimes, vibraphone, backing vocals
Russ Pahl – acoustic and electric guitars, steel guitar, sitar,
Duane Eddy – electric guitar
Mark Knopfler – electric rhythm guitar
Pat McLaughlin – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Kenny Vaughan – acoustic and electric guitar
Dave Roe – bass guitar, acoustic bass
Jeffrey Clemens – drums, percussion
Gene Chrisman – drums
Chris St. Hilaire – drums
Kenny Malone – percussion, vibraphone, marimba
Dennis Solee – flute, saxophone
Roy Agee – trombone
Steve Herrman – trumpet
Leon Michels – horns
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Matt Combs – strings
Ashley Wilcoxson, Heather Rigdon, Leisa Hans – backing vocals
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