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Johnny Cash: American V: A Hundred Highways

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On July 4, 2006, “American Recordings” label released “American V: A Hundred Highways”, a posthumously studio album by Johnny Cash. It was recorded May – August 2003, at “Cash Cabin Studio” in Hendersonville, Tennessee, “Akadamie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:
• Johnny Cash – vocal, guitar
• Smokey Hormel – guitar
• Pat McLaughlin – guitar
• Larry Perkins – guitar
• Jonny Polonsky – guitar
• Randy Scruggs – guitar
• Marty Stuart – guitar
• Matt Sweeney – guitar
• Pete Wade – guitar
• Mac Wiseman – guitar
• Benmont Tench – organ, piano, harpsichord
• Laura Cash – fiddle
• Dennis Crouch – bass guitar
• David Campbell – string arrangements
• Jimmy Tittle – engineer assistant
• Greg Fidelman – mixing
• Paul Figueroa – mixing assistant
• Dan Leffler – mixing assistant
• Vlado Meller – mastering
• Mark Santangelo – mastering assistant
• Christine Cano – art direction, design
• Martyn Atkins – photography
• John Carter Cash – executive producer
• Lindsay Chase – production coordination
• Rick Rubin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Help Me – Larry Gatlin
  2. God’s Gonna Cut You Down – traditional
  3. Like the 309 – Johnny Cash
  4. If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
  5. Further on Up the Road – Bruce Springsteen
  6. On the Evening Train – Hank Williams
  7. I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
  8. Love’s Been Good to Me – Rod McKuen
  9. A Legend in my Time – Don Gibson
  10. Rose of My Heart – Hugh Moffatt
  11. Four Strong Winds – Ian Tyson
  12. I’m Free from the Chain Gang Now – Lou Herscher, Saul Klein

Bill Callahan & Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Blind Date Party

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On December 10, 2021, “Drag City” label released “Blind Date Party”, album by Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Cooper Crain, Daniel Quinlivan and Emmett Kelly.   

Personnel:

  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – vocals, guitar
  • Bill Callahan – vocals, harmonica, handclapping
  • Azita Youssefi – vocal, instrumentation, recording
  • Dead Rider / Todd Rittman – vocal, guitar / Andrea Faught – keyboards, trumpet / Matt Espy – drums
  • Six Organs of Admittance / Ben Chasny – guitar
  • Meg Baird – vocals, guitar
  • Cassis Berman – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
  • Bill Mackay – vocals, acoustic guitar, requinto, engineer, mixing
  • David Pajo – vocals, guitar, instrumentation, engineer
  • Cory Hanson – vocals, guitar
  • Matt Sweeney – vocals, guitar, arranger
  • Richard Bishop – acoustic guitar
  • David Grubbs – vocals, electric guitar, organ, handclapping
  • Todd Rittman – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, engineer, mixing
  • Alasdair Roberts – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, cello, drum programming
  • Tyler Nuffer – steel guitar
  • Charlie Saufley – guitar
  • George Xylouris – vocals, bouzouki, lute, lyre, laouto, drums, bells
  • Cooper Crain – organ
  • Will Oldham – vocals, synthesizer
  • Tony Crow – keyboards
  • Ben Chasny – vocals, bass, drums, programming
  • Joshua Abrams – bass
  • Danny Kiely – bass
  • Evan Backer – bass guitar, drums
  • Greg Sweeney – drums
  • Brian Kotzur – drums, engineer
  • Ty Segall – instrumentation
  • Mick Turner – vocals, instrumentation
  • Matt Kinsey – vocals, instrumentation
  • Sean O’Hagan – vocals, instrumentation
  • Sean Sylvester – instrumentation, backing vocals
  • Drew Miller – saxophone
  • Rob Frye – tenor saxophone
  • Cheyenne Mize – fiddle, backing vocals
  • Heather Lockie – viola
  • Elsa Madeline Oldham – Jew’s harp
  • Jacob Duncan – woodwind
  • Elisa Ambrogio – vocals
  • Haley Fohr – vocals
  • Livy O’Hagan – backing vocals
  • Eli Crews – engineer
  • Michael Tully – artwork
  • Ethan Swan – design, booklet editor

Track listing:

  1. Blackness Of the Night – Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam
  2. OD’d in Denver – Hank Williams Jr.
  3. I’ve Made Up My Mind – Dave Rich
  4. Red Tailer Hawk – The Other Years
  5. Wish You Were Gay – Billie Eilish
  6. Our Anniversary – Smog
  7. Rooftop Garden – Lou Reed
  8. Deacon Blues – Steely Dan
  9. I Love You – Jerry Jeff Walker
  10. Sea Song – Robert Wyatt
  11. I’ve Been the One – Little Feat
  12. Miracles – Johnny Frierson
  13. I Want to Go to the Beach – Iggy Pop
  14. Night Rider’s Lament – Michael Burton
  15. Arise, Therefore – Palace Music
  16. The Night of Santiago – Leonard Cohen
  17. The Wild Kindness – Silver Jaws
  18. Lost in Love – Air Supply
  19. She Is My Everything – John Prine

Jake Bugg: Hearts That Strain

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On September 1, 2017, “Virgin EMI” label released “Hearts That Strain”, the fourth Jake Bugg studio album. It was recorded in 2017, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Jake Bugg.

Personnel:

  • Jake Bugg – vocals, guitar
  • Dan Auerbach – electric and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Sweeney – acoustic and electric guitar, baritone electric guitar, backing vocals, photography
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar
  • David Ferguson – acoustic 12 string guitar, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • Sean Sullivan – baritone electric guitar, congas, recording
  • Ronnie McCoury – mandolin
  • Bobby Wood – piano, electric piano, keyboards, organ, xylophone
  • Ian Fitchuk – Farfisa organ, piano, melodica, congas
  • Dave Roe – bass, backing vocals
  • Fred Eltringham – drums
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Pat McInerney – percussion
  • Kenny Malone – percussion
  • Denis Solee – saxophone
  • Matt Combs – violin, viola, cello
  • Carole Neuen Rabinowitz – cello
  • Noah Cyrus – vocal
  • Suzi Ragsdale – backing vocals
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • The Magnificient Pete Barrett, Esg – artwork
  • Jesse Lirola, Keith Armstrong – photography

All tracks by Jake Bugg.

  1. How Soon the Dawn
  2. Southern Rain
  3. In the Event of My Demise
  4. This Time
  5. Waiting
  6. The Man on Stage
  7. Hearts That Strain
  8. Burn Alone
  9. Indigo Blue
  10. Bigger Love
  11. Every Color in the World

Stephen Malkmus: Traditional Techniques

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On March 6, 2020, “Matador” label released “Traditional Techniques”, the second Stephen Malkmus album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Chris Funk.

Personnel:

  • Stephen Malkmus – lead vocals, guitar, bass
  • Chris Funk – autoharp, dobro, Moog synthesizer, pedal steel
  • Blake Mills – guitar
  • Bill Athens – bass
  • Qais Essar – rabab
  • Eric Zang – daf, kaval, udu
  • Matt Sweeney – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Spooner Oldham – Wurlitzer
  • Joy Pearson – vocal
  • Dan Hunt – drums, percussion
  • Adam Lee – mixing
  • Jeff Lipton – mastering
  • Maria Rice – mastering
  • Sharmila Banerjee – illustrations
  • Jan Lankisch – design
  • Jason Quigley – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Stephen Malkmus.

  1. ACC Kirtan
  2. Xian Man
  3. The Greatest Own in Legal History
  4. Cash Up
  5. Shadowbanned
  6. What Kind of Person
  7. Flowin’ Robes
  8. Brainwashed
  9. Signal Westerm
  10. Amberjack

Queens of the Stone Age: Villians

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On August 25, 2017, “Matador” label released “Villains”, the seventh Queens of the Stone Age studio album. It was recorded January – March 2017 and was produced by Mark Ronson and Mark Rankin.

Personnel:

  • Josh Homme– lead vocals, guitars
  • Troy Van Leeuwen– guitars, keys, backing vocals
  • Dean Fertita– keys, guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Shuman – vocals, bass guitar
  • Jon Theodore– drums
  • James King– saxophone
  • The Section Quartet– strings
  • Nikka Costa– backing vocals
  • Matt Sweeney– backing vocals
  • Fred Martin – backing vocals
  • Tai Phillips – backing vocals
  • Faith Matovia – backing vocals
  • Mark Rankin– engineer
  • Wesley Seidman – engineer assistant
  • Justin Smith – engineer assistant
  • Caesar Edmunds – mixing
  • Alan Moulder– mixing
  • Gavin Lurssen– mastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Boneface – design, illustrations

Track listing:

All lyrics by Josh Homme, all music by Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita, Michael Shuman and Jon Theodore.

  1. Feet Don’t Fall me
  2. The Way You Used to Do
  3. Domesticated Animals
  4. Fortress
  5. Head Like a Haunted House
  6. Un-Reborn Again
  7. Hideaway
  8. The Evil Has Landed
  9. Villains of Circumstances

Jake Bugg: Shangri La

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On November 18, 2013, “Mercury” label released “Shangri La”, the second Jake Bugg studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Shangri-La” in Malibu, California, and was produced by Rick Rubin.

Personnel:

  • Jake Bugg– lead vocals, lead, acoustic and slide guitar, piano
  • Matt Sweeney– rhythm guitar
  • Jason Lader– bass guitar
  • Pete Thomas, Chad Smith- drums

Track listing:

All music by Jake Bugg.

  1. There’s a Beast and We All Feed It – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  2. Slumville Sunrise – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  3. What Doesn’t Kill You – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  4. Me and You – lyrics by Jake Bugg
  5. Messed Up Kids – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer, Brendan Benson
  6. A Song About Love – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  7. All Your reasons – lyrics by Jake Bugg
  8. Kingpin – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer, Brendan Benson
  9. Kitchen Table – Jake Bugg
  10. Pine Trees – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer
  11. Simple Pleasures – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Matt Sweeney
  12. Storm Passes Away – lyrics by Jake Bugg, Iain Archer, Brendan Benson

Will Oldham: Ease Down The Road

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On March 19, 2001, “Palace” label released “Ease Down the Road”, the seventh Will Oldham studio album, second under his moniker Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. It was recorded in 2000, and was produced by The Continental Op.

Personnel:

  • Todd Brashear – vocals, lap steel guitar
  • Catherine Irwin, Harmony Korine– vocals
  • Ned Oldham – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Will Oldham– vocals, guitar, Nord Lead, percussion
  • David Pajo– vocals, guitar, bass guitar, Nord Lead, piano, percussion
  • Bryan Rich – guitar
  • Matt Sweeney– vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Paul Greenlaw – vocals, banjo
  • Mike Fellows– bass guitar
  • Jon Theodore– drums, percussion
  • Matt Everett – violin

Track listing:

  1. May It Always Be
  2. Careless Love
  3. A King at Night
  4. Just to See My Holly Home
  5. At Break of Day
  6. After I Made Love to You
  7. Ease Down the Road
  8. The Lion Lair
  9. Mrs William
  10. Sheep
  11. Grand Dark Feeling of Emptiness
  12. Rich Wife Full of Happiness

Johnny Cash: American VI: Ain’t No Grave

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On February 23, 2010, “American Recordings” and “Lost Highway Records” labels posthumously released “American VI: Ain’t No Grave”, album by Johnny Cash. The album’s music was recorded in 2006, during the same sessions as “American V: A Hundred Highways”.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Cash– vocals, guitar
  • Mike Campbell– guitar
  • Smokey Hormel– guitar
  • Jonny Polonsky– guitar
  • Matt Sweeney– guitar
  • Scott Avett– banjo
  • Seth Avett– footsteps & chains
  • Benmont Tench– piano, harpsichord, organ

Track listing:

  1. Ain’t No Grave(Gonna Hold This Body Down) – Claude Ely,  credited as traditional
  2. Redemption Day – Sheryl Crow
  3. For the Good Times – Kris Kristofferson
  4. I Corinthians 15:55 – Johnny Cash
  5. Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound – Tom Paxton
  6. A Satisfied Mind – Red Hayes, Jack Rhodes
  7. I Don’t Hurt Anymore – Don Robertson, Walter E. Rollins
  8. Cool Water – Bob Nolan
  9. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream – Ed McCurdy
  10. Aloha Oe (Queen Lili’uokalani)