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Mavis Staples & Levon Helm: Carry Me Home

On May 20, 2022, “Anti-Made” label released “Carry Me Home”, album by Mavis Staples and Levon Helm. It was recorded in 2011, at Helm’s studio, and was produced by Larry Campbell.

Personnel:

  • Levon Helm – drums, vocals, executive production
  • Larry Campbell – guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals
  • Jim Weider – guitar
  • Brian Mitchell – piano, keyboards
  • Byron Isaacs – bass guitar
  • Jay Collins – tenor saxophone
  • Erik Lawrence – baritone saxophone
  • Steven Bernstein – trumpet
  • Clark Gayton – trombone
  • Amy Helm – harmony vocals
  • Teresa Williams – harmony vocals

Mavis Staples Band

  • Mavis Staples – vocals, executive production
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar
  • Jeff Turmes – bass guitar
  • Stephen Hodges – drums
  • Donny Gerrard – harmony vocals
  • Vicki Randle – harmony vocals
  • Yvonne Staples – harmony vocals
  • Justin Guip – engineer
  • Brendan McDonough – assistant engineering
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • Landon Speers – photography

Track listing:

  1. This Is My Country – Curtis Mayfield
  2. Trouble in My Mind – Richard M. Jones
  3. Farther Along – W. B. Stevens
  4. Hand Writing on the Wall – Dottie Peoples, Harvey Lee Watkins, Jr.
  5. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Dick Dallas, Bill Taylor
  6. Move Along Train – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  7. This May Be the Last Time – Roebuck “Pops” Staples
  8. When I Go Away – Larry Campbell
  9. Wide River to Cross – Buddy Miller, Julie Miller
  10. You Got to Move – Mississippi Fred McDowell
  11. You Got to Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
  12. The Weight – Robbie Robertson

The Black Keys: Delta Kream

On May 14, 2021, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Nonesuch” labels released “Delta Kream”,  tenth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in December 2019, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, and was produced by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.

Personnel:

  • Dan Auerbach – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Patrick Carney – drums, percussion
  • Kenny Brown – electric guitar
  • Eric Deaton – bass
  • Sam Bacco – additional percussion
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Ryan Smith – mastering
  • M. Allen Parker – engineer
  • Caleb Van Buskirk – additional engineering
  • Michael Deano – engineer assistant
  • Mickey Smay – engineer assistant

Track list

  1. Crawling Kingsnake – John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman
  2. Louise – Mississippi Fred McDowell
  3. Poor Boy a Long Way from Home – R. L. Burnside
  4. Stay All Night – Junior Kimbrough
  5. Going Down South – R. L. Burnside
  6. Coal Black Mattie – Ranre Burnette
  7. Do the Romp – Junior Kimbrough
  8. Sad Days, Lonely Nights – Junior Kimbrough
  9. Walk with Me – Junior Kimbrough
  10. Mellow Peaches – Big Joe Williams
  11. Come On and Go with Me – Junior Kimbrough

Clutch: From Beale Street To Oblivion

On March 27, 2007, “DRT Entertainment” label released “From Beale Street to Oblivion”, the eighth Clutch studio album. It was recorded September – October 2006 at “Sound City” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by Joe Barresi.

Personnel:

  • Neil Fallon– vocals, guitar
  • Tim Sult– guitar
  • Dan Maines– bass
  • Jean-Paul Gaster– drums, percussion
  • Mick Schauer– Hammond B3, piano, Hohner Clavinet
  • Bryan Hinkley– guitar
  • Eric Oblander– Hohner harmonica
  • Pete Martinez – additional engineering
  • Glen Pittman – engineer assistant
  • Nick Lakiotes – art direction, design
  • Louis Rivera – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Fallon, Tim Sult, Dan Maines, Jean-Paul Gaster and Mick Schauer, except where noted.

  1. You Can’t Stop Progress
  2. Power Player
  3. The Devil & Me
  4. White’s Ferry
  5. Child of the City
  6. Electric Worry – partially written by Mississippi Fred McDowell
  7. One Eye Dollar
  8. Rapture of Riddley Walker
  9. When Vegans Attack
  10. Opossum Minister
  11. Black Umbrella
  12. Shiny Cadillackness

 

Cassandra Wilson: Belly Of The Sun

On February 26, 2002, “Blue Note” label released “Belly of the Sun”, the 13th Cassandra Wilson album. It was recorded in 2001, in the Clarksdale, Mississippi train station, and was produced by Cassandra Wilson.

Personnel:

  • Cassandra Wilson– vocals; surdo, guitar
  • Marvin Sewell – guitars
  • Jesse Robinson – electric guitar
  • Richard Johnston– vocals, guitar
  • Kevin Breit– vocals, mandolin, guitars, bouzouki, omnichord
  • Rhonda Richmond – vocals, piano
  • Boogaloo” Ames – piano
  • Mark Peterson – basses
  • Jeffrey Haynes – percussion, plastic tub, steel pans
  • Xavyon Jamison – drums
  • Cyro Baptista– vocals, percussion
  • Olu Dara– trumpet
  • Children of M.S.44 (NYC)
  • Jewell Bass, Vasti Jackson, Patrice Moncell, Henry Rhodes, Arie– vocals

Track listing:

  1. The Weight – Robbie Robertson
  2. Justice – Cassandra Wilson
  3. Darkness on the Delta – Jay Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
  4. Waters of March Antônio Carlos Jobim
  5. You Gotta Move – Mississippi Fred McDowell
  6. Only a Dream in Rio – James Taylor
  7. Just Another Parade – Cassandra Wilson
  8. Wichita Lineman – Jimmy Webb
  9. Shelter from the Storm – Bob Dylan
  10. Drunk as Cooter Brown – Cassandra Wilson
  11. Show Me a Love – Jesse Robinson, Cassandra Wilson
  12. Road So Clear – Rhonda Richmond
  13. Hot Tamales – Robert Johnson