On February 17, 2009, “Merge” and “4AD” labels released “Hold Time”, the sixth M. Ward studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by M. Ward.
Personnel:
M. Ward – voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, string arrangements
Jason Lytle – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion
Adam Selzer, Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu – percussion
Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman – strings, violins
Bill Ritchie – upright bass
Mike Mogis – percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards
Elin Palmer – violin
Allison Stewart – viola
Dave Campbell – cello
Zooey Deschanel – vocals
Lucinda Williams – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by M. Ward, except where noted.
For Beginners
Never Had Nobody Like You
Jailbird
Hold Time
Rave On – Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West
To Save Me
One Hundred Million Years
Stars of Leo
Fisher of Men
Oh, Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
Epistemology
Blake’s View
Shangri-La
Outro (aka: I’m a Fool to Want You) – Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf
On February 15, 2011, “Saddle Creek” label released “The People’s Key”, the ninth Bright Eyes studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “ARC Studios” in Omaha, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.
Personnel:
Conor Oberst – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards
Mike Mogis – guitars, pedal steel, programming, effects, programming, engineer
On November 1, 1999, “Saddle Creek Records” label released “Every Day and Every Night”, an EP by Bright Eyes. It was recorded in 1999, and was produced by Mike Moggis.
On August 21, 2020, “Dead Oceans” label released “Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was”, the tenth Bright Eyes studio album. It was recorded in 2019, at “ARC” and “Pageturners Lounge” in Omaha, “Electro Vox” in Los Angeles, “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott.
Personnel:
Conor Oberst – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Mike Mogis – electric guitar, pedal steel, banjo, Marxophone, synth bass, percussion, hammer dulcimer, bajo sexto, programming
Nathaniel Walcott – piano, trumpet, flugelhorn, Hammond organ, electric pianos, synthesizers, vibraphone, Omnichord, Mellotron, harpsichord, orchestra and choir arrangements
Dan McCarthy – piano
Flea – bass
Macey Taylor – bass
Jenny Lee Lindberg – bass
Jon Theodore – drums, percussion, timpani
Kip Skitter – percussion
Joe Fuchs – bagpipes
Joe Todero – bagpipes
Malcolm Wilbur – bagpipes
John Mitchell – baritone saxophone
Jon Lewis – trumpet
Daniel Rosenboom – trumpet
Johanna Borenstein – flute
Lara Wickes – oboe, English horn
Don Foster – clarinet
Alex Iles – trombone
Steve Holtman – trombone
Jessica Guideri – violin
Tammy Hatwan – violin
Jackie Brand – violin
Roberto Cani – violin
Paul Cartwright – violin
Nina Evtuhov – violin
Gerry Hilera – violin
Ana Landauer – violin
Natalie Leggett – violin
Michele Richards – violin
Jenny Takamatsu – violin
John Wittenberg – violin
Rob Brophy – viola
Tom Lea – viola
Luke Maurer – viola
Rodney Wirtz – viola
Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
Erika Duka – cello
Dane Little – cello
Charlie Tyler – cello
Suzie Katayama – orchestra conductor
Corina Figueroa Escamilla – vocals
Nancy Oberst – vocals
Miwi La Lupa – vocals
Andy LeMaster – vocals
Susan Sanchez – vocals
Jesca Hoop – vocals
James Connor – choir vocals
Quishima Dixon – choir vocals
Natalie Ganther – choir vocals
Anthony Johnston – choir vocals
Edward Lawson – choir vocals
Jennifer Lee – choir vocals
Sharetta Morgan-Harmon – choir vocals
Marquee Perkins – choir vocals
Jason McGee – choir conductor
Mike Mogis – engineer, mixing
Michael Harris – engineer
Steve Churchyard – engineer
Adam Roberts – engineer assistant
Nik Fackler – engineer assistant
Aaron Gum – engineer assistant
Chris Cerullo – engineer assistant
Chandler Harrod – engineer assistant
Andy LeMaster – engineer assistant
Tim Thomas – engineer assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Zack Nipper – artwork, layout
Rob Walters – diorama photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Conor Oberst, except where noted, all music by Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott.
Pageturners Rag
Dance and Sing
Just Once in the World – Conor Oberst, Miwi La Lupa
On September 24, 1996, “Bar / Non Records” label released “Blanket Warm”, the debut Lullaby for the Working Class studio album. It was recorded December 1994 – April 1996, at “Whoopass Recording Studio” at Lincoln, Nebraska.
Personnel:
Ted Stevens – vocals, guitar
Mike Mogis – guitar, banjo, mandolin, glockenspiel, recording, mixing
On July 29, 2014, “Warner Bros” label released “The Voyager”, the third Jenny Lewis studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Pax-Am Studios” in Hollywood, CA. “ARC Studios” in Omaha, NE, and was produced by Ryan Adams, Beck Hansen, Jenny Lewis, Jonathan Rice and Mike Viola.
Personnel:
Jenny Lewis – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, layout
Alex Greenwald – vocal
Beck Hansen – vocal
Johanna Söderberg – vocal
Jonathan Rice – vocal
Klara Söderberg – vocal
Mike Viola – vocal
Farmer Dave Scher – vocal
Benmomt Tench – vocal, keyboards
Ryan Adams – vocal, guitar
Elizabeth Berg – vocal, guitar
Jason Boesel – vocal, guitar
Rebecca Stark – vocal, tambourine
Blake Mills – guitar
Gus Seyffert – guitar
Lou Barlow – bass, guitar
Mike Elizondo – bass, keyboards
Mickey Madden – bass
Wyllie Gelber – bass
Griffin Goldsmith – drums, percussion
Jason Boessel – drums
Lenny Castro – percussion
Nate Walcott – horn
The Section Quartet
Lili Haydn – violin
Daphine Chen – string arrangements
Nathaniel Walcott – string arrangements
The Watson Twins
Charlie Stavish, David Labrel, Mike Mogis – recording
Brent Arrowood, Chris Szcech, Cole Marsden, Grief Neill, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, Jason Lader, Jim Watts, Mario Borgatta, Pierre de Reeder, Robert Rossman – additional recording
On May 4, 2004, “Saddle Creek Records” label released “fulfilled/complete”, the second Broken Spindles studio album. It was recorded December 2003 – January 2004, at “Presto! Recording Studios” in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was produced by Mike Mogis.
Personnel:
Joel Petersen – vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, artwork
On October 7, 2003, “Saddle Creek” label released “Hold On Love”, the third Azure Ray studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Presto! Recording Studios”, and was produced by Eric Bachmann.
Personnel:
Orenda Fink – vocals, guitar, trumpet
Mike Mogis – pedal steel, engineer, mixing
Maria Taylor – vocals, piano, guitar, drums
Clark Baechle – drum programming
Ben Armstrong – drums
Andy LeMaster – additional instrumentation, engineer, mixing
Eric Bachmann – additional instrumentation, arrangement, mixing
On March 4, 2003, “Saddle Creek Records” label released “The Ugly Organ”, the fourth Cursive studio album. It was recorded in 2003, and was produced by Tim Kasher and Mike Mogis.
Personnel:
Tim Kasher- lead vocals, guitars, organ
Ted Stevens- guitars, backing vocals
Matt Maginn- bass
Clint Schnase- drums, percussion
Gretta Cohn– cello
Chris Acker – trombone
Jenny Lewis- additional vocals
Mike Mogis- vibraphone, keyboards, bells, rhythm guitar
On April 9, 2007, “Saddle Creek” label released “Cassadaga”, the seventh Bright Eyes studio album. It was recorded in 2006, and was produced by Mike Mogis. In February 2008, the album won “Grammy Award” for “Best Recording Package”.
Personnel:
Conor Oberst– voice, guitar, piano, synthesizer
Mike Mogis– voice, guitar, bass, pedal steel, lap steel, mandolin, dobro, percussion , vibraphone, baritone, ukulele, glockenspiel
Nate Walcott– organ, piano, electric piano, string, orchestral and woodwind arrangement
Ward– voice, guitar
Janet Weiss– drums
Clark Baechle– percussion
David Rawlings– guitar
Stacy DuPree– voice
Sherri DuPree– voice
Z Berg– voice
Rachael Yamagata– voice
Hassan Lemtouni – voice
Chris MacDonald- voice
Gillian Welch– voice
Ted Stevens– voice
Sean Foley – voice
Maria Taylor– voice
Andy LeMaster– voice
Jake Bellows– voice
Tim Luntzel– bass
Dan McCarthy– bass
Stefanie Drootin– bass
Shane Aspegren– drums, percussion
Jason Boesel– voice, drums
John McEntire– percussion , electronics
Michael Zerang – percussion
Jonathan Crawford – percussion
Dan Bitney – percussion
Dan Fliegel – percussion
David Moyer – bass clarinet
Brian Walsh – clarinet, bass clarinet
Sarah Wass – flute
Myka Miller – oboe
Anton Patzner– violin
Bill Meyers – conductor
Suzie Katayama – conductor
Track listing:
All tracks by Conor Oberst, except where noted.
Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)
Four Winds
If the Brakeman Turns My Way – Conor Oberst, Jason Boesel
Hot Knives
Make a Plan to Love Me
Soul Singer in a Session Band
Classic Cars
Middleman
Cleanse Song
No One Would Riot for Less
Coat Check Dream Song – Conor Oberst, Nate Walcott
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