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Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire

On October 10, 2011, “PAX AM” and “Capitol” labels released “Ashes & Fire”, the 13th Ryan Adams studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Glyn Johns.

Personnel:

  • Ryan Adams – vocals, guitars
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel
  • Neal Casal – acoustic guitar
  •  Norah Jones – piano, backing vocals
  • Benmont Tench – B3 Hammond, piano, electric piano
  • Daniel Clarke – B3 Hammond
  • Gus Seyffert – bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Samuel Dixon – bass guitar
  • Jeremy Stacey – drums
  • The Section Quartet – stings
  • Eric Gorfain, Daphne Chen – violins
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Mandy Moore – backing vocals
  • Chris Stills – backing vocals
  • Glyn Johns – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering and cutting for vinyl production
  • Andy West – art
  • David Black – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Ryan Adams.

  1. Dirty Rain
  2. Ashes & Fire
  3. Come Home
  4. Rocks
  5. Do I Wait
  6. Chains of Love
  7. Invisible Riverside
  8. Save Me
  9. Kindness
  10. Lucky Now
  11. I Love You But I Don’t Know What to Say

Norah Jones: Visions

On March 8, 2024, “Blue Note” label released “Visions”, the ninth Norah Jones studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Leon Michels. The album won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 67th “Annual Grammy Awards”.

Personnel:

  • Norah Jones – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Jesse Murphy – bass, upright bass
  • Leon Michels – drums, bass, tambourine, guitar, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, drum programming, organ
  • Homer Steinweiss – drums
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Leon Michels – engineer
  • Jens Jungkurth – engineer, mixing
  • Lucas Carpenter – engineer assistant
  • Alex Deturk – mastering
  • Garrett Robinson – mastering
  • Scott Hull – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Norah Jones, except where noted.

  1. All This Time – Norah Jones, Leon Michels
  2. Starring at the Wall – Norah Jones, Leon Michels
  3. Paradise – Norah Jones, Leon Michels
  4. Queen of the Sea
  5. Visions
  6. Running – Norah Jones, Leon Michels
  7. I Just Wanna Dance – Norah Jones, Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss
  8. I’m Awake
  9. Swept Up in the Night – Norah Jones, Leon Michels
  10. On My Way – Norah Jones, Pete Remm
  11. Alone with My Thoughts – Norah Jones, Leon Michels
  12. That’s Life – Norah Jones, Leon Michels

El Madmo: Same

On May 20, 2008, “Team Love Records” label released the self-titled, debut El Madmo album. It was recorded in 2008, at “The Magic Shop”, “The Coop”, “Loho Studios” in New York City, and was produced by MISTAREE.

Personnel:

  • Maddie (Norah Jones) – vocals, guitar
  • El (Daru Oda) – vocals, bass
  • Mo (Andrew Borger) – drums
  • Matt Boynton – recording, mixing
  • Tom Schick – recording, mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Mike Shea – illustration, layout
  • Sarah Oda – layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Maddie, El and Mo, except where noted.

  1. Carlo!
  2. Head in a Vise
  3. \Vampire Guy
  4. GGW
  5. Sweet Adrenaline
  6. Attack of the Rock People – lyrics by Ted Lo Russo, music by Maddie, El, Mo
  7. The Best Part
  8. Fantasy Guy
  9. I Like it Low
  10. Scary Lady
  11. Nonny Goat Mon
  12. Rock Yer Balls Off

Belle And Sebastian: Belle And Sebastian Write About Love

On October 11, 2020, “Rough Trade” label released “Belle and Sebastian Write about Love”, the eighth Belle and Sebastian studio album. It was recorded in 2010, at “Sound Factory” in Hollywood, and was produced by Tony Hoffer.

Personnel:

  • Stuart Murdoch – vocals, photography, liner notes
  • Stevie Jackson – vocal, guitar
  • Chris Geddes – keyboards
  • Sarah Martin – vocals, violin, arrangements
  • Bob Kildea – bass
  • Richard Colburn – drums
  • Mick Cooke – trumpet, French horn, arrangements
  • Norah Jones – vocals
  • Carey Mulligan – vocals
  • Noah Gladstone – trombone
  • Bruce Otto – bass trombone
  • Stephanie Stetson – French horn
  • Danielle Ondarza – French horn
  • Stephanie O’Keefe – French horn
  • Eric Gorfain – violin, conductor
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Melissa Reiner – violin
  • Amy Wickman – violin
  • Wes Precourt – violin
  • Lauren Chipman – viola
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Matt Cooker – cello
  • John Krovoza – cello
  • Todd Burke – engineer
  • Cameron Lister – engineer assistant
  • Tony Hoffer – mixing, programming
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Marisa Privitera – assistant

Track listing:

  1. I Didn’t See It Coming
  2. Come on Sister
  3. Calculating Bimbo
  4. I Want the World to Stop
  5. Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John
  6. Write About Love
  7. I’m Not Living in the Real World
  8. The Ghost of Rockschool
  9. Read the Blessed Pages
  10. I Can See Your Future
  11. Sunday’s Pretty Icons

Wayne Shorter

On March 2, 2023, Wayne Shorter died aged 89. He was musician (saxophone) and composer. He was member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and  Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded the band Weather Report. Many of the Shorter’s compositions have become jazz standards and his work earned critical praise worldwide. In 1970, he won “Down Beat’s” annual poll-winner, winning the critics’ poll for 10 consecutive years and the readers’ poll for 18 consecutive years. Shorter recorded and performed with Donald Byrd, Billy Childs, Pino Daniele, Lou Donaldson, Benny Golson, Gil Evans, Toninho Horta, Norah Jones, J. J. Johnson, Don Henley, Wynton Kelly, Michael Landau, Lionel Loueke, Grachan Moncur III, Milton Nascimento, Michel Petrucciani, The Rolling Stones, Masahiko Satoh, John Scofield, Esperanza Spalding, Steely Dan, Bobby Timmons, Kazumi Watanabe, Buster Williams, Herbie Hacock, Tony Williams, Joe Zawinul, Freddie Hubbard, Joni Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Jaco Pastorius, Carlos Santana and McCoy Tyner. In 2008, “The New York Times” described Shorter as “probably jazz’s greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser”. In 2017, he was awarded the “Polar Music Prize”. As leader, Shorter released 28 albums.

VA: The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams

On October 4, 2011, “Egyptian Records”, “Columbia”, “Country Music Foundation Records” and “Third Man Records” labels, released “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams”, album by various artists. It was recorded at “Emerald Sound Studios”, “Minutia Studios”, “The Village Studios”, “Levon Helm Studio”, “Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research”, “Blackbird Studio” and “Odditorium Studio”.

Personnel:

  • Mark Wilder – mastering
  • Coco Shinomiya – art direction, design
  • Jim Sherraden (Hatch Show Print) – art direction, design
  • Alan Messer, Autumn De Wilde, David Gahr, Dino Perrucci, James Minchin III, Jim McGuire, Jo McCaughey, Mark Seliger, Pam Springesteen, Russ Harrington, Tony Baker – photography
  • Michael McCall – liner notes
  • Mary Martin – producer
  • Jeff Rosen – executive producer
  • Debbie Sweenie – production coordinator

Track listing:

All lyrics by Hank Williams, Sr., all music as noted.

  1. Alan Jackson – You’ve Been Lonesome, too – music by Alan Jackson

Bruce Watkins – acoustic guitar

Paul Franklin – steel guitar

Brent Mason – electric guitar

Duncan – fiddle

Gary Paczosa – recording, mixing

Brendon Bell, Greg Lawrence – recording assistant, mixing assistant

Matt Rovey – additional engineering

Hank Williams – mastering

Keith Stegall – producer

Jason Campbell – production coordinator

2. Bob Dylan – The Love That Faded – music by Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan – vocal, guitar

Denny Freeman – guitar

Stu Kimball – guitar

Donnie Herron – steel guitar, violin

Tony Garnier – bass

George Receli – drums

Chris Shaw – engineer

Greg Calbi – mastering

Jack Frost – producer

3. Norah Jones – How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? – music by Norah Jones

Dave Rawlings – vocals, guitar

Gilliam Welch – vocals, guitar

Paul Kennerley – engineer

Tom Schick – mixing

4. Jack White – You Know That I Know – music by Jack White

Jack White – vocals, electric guitar, mixing, producer

Donnie Herron – steel guitar

Dean Fertita – acoustic bass

Dominic John Suchyta – upright bass

Carla Azar – drums

Joe Chiccarelli – engineer, mixing

Lowell Reynolds – engineer assistant

5. Lucinda Williams – I’m So Happy That I Found You – music by Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams – vocals, guitar, producer

Eric Liljestrand – recording, mixing

Ghian Wright – second engineer

Jolie Levine – project coordinator

6. Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell – I Hope You Shed a Million Tears – music by Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell – vocals, guitar

Vince Gill – vocals, guitar

Don Helms – pedal steel guitar

Dennis Crouch – bass

Kenny Sears – fiddle

7. Patty Loveless – You’re Through Following Me – music by Emory Gordy Jr. and Patty Loveless

Buddy Minnix – acoustic guitar

Leigh Cochran – electric guitar

Butch Lee – lap steel guitar

Deanie Richardson – fiddle

Emory Gordy Jr. – bass, producer

Kerlan Spur – drums

Elerry Durgin – recording, mixing

Lauren Koch – contractor

8. Levon Helm – You’ll Never Be Mine Again – music by Levon Helm and Larry Campbell

Levon Helm – lead vocal, drums

Larry Campbell – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, producer

Mike Merritt – bass

Amy Helm, Teresa Williams – backing vocals

Justin Guip – recording, mixing

9. Holly Williams – Blue Is My Heart – music by Holly Williams

Holly Williams – acoustic guitar

Vince Gill – acoustic guitar

Tom Bucovac – steel guitar

Chris McHugh – percussion

Justin Niebank – recording, engineer, mixing

10, Jakob Dylan – Oh Mama, Come Home – music by Jakob Dylan

Jakob Dylan – vocal, guitar

Jason Lader – recording, mixing

11. Sheryl Crow – Angel Mine – music by Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow – vocals

Bill Bottrell – guitar, mixing, producer

Roger Fritz – guitar

Gene Parsons – pedal steel guitar

Steven Bates – mandolin

David Hayes – bass

James Preston – drums

Dave Sinclair – trumpet

Calvin Turnbull – engineer

Steve Marcantonio – additional engineering

Mimi Parker – Pro Tools engineer

12. Merle Haggard – The Sermon on the Mount – music by Merle Haggard

Red Lane – guitar

Reggie Young – guitar

Scott Joss – guitar

Doug Colosio – piano

Kevin Williams – bass

Rob Ickes – dobro

George Receli – drums

Puss n Boots: No Fools, No Fun

On July 15, 2014, “Blue Note” label released “No Fools, No Fun”, the debut Puss n Boots studio album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Studio G”, “The Bell House” in Brooklyn, New York.

Personnel:

  • Norah Jones – vocals, electric guitar, fiddle
  • Catherine Popper – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
  • Sasha Dobson – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, drums
  • Joel Hamilton – engineer, mixing
  • Matt Labozza – engineer assistant
  • Mike Jinno – engineer assistant
  • Francisco Botero – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering  
  • Nicole Frantz – creative direction
  • Frank Harkins – art direction, design
  • Richard Ballard – photography

Track listing:

  1. Leaving London – Tom Paxton
  2. Bull Rider – Rodney Crowell
  3. Twilight – Robbie Robertson
  4. Sex Degrees of Separation – Sasha Dobson
  5. Don’t Know What It Means – Norah Jones
  6. Down by the River – Neil Young
  7. Tarnished Angel – Roger Miller
  8. Jesus, Etc – Jeff Tweedy
  9. Always – Catherine Popper
  10. GTO – Jeb Loy Nichols
  11. Pines – Catherine Popper
  12. You’ll Forget Me – Sasha Dobson

Norah Jones: Pick Me Up Off the Floor

On June 12, 2020, “Blue Note” label released “Pick Me Up Off the Floor”, the seventh Norah Jones studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City, “Brooklyn Recording”, “Reservoir Studios” and “Rainbow Star” in Brooklyn, NY, and was produced by Norah Jones and Jeff Tweedy.

Personnel:

  • Norah Jones – vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, drums, celesta
  • Jeff Tweedy – acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass
  • Pete Remm – Hammond B3, synthesizer, electric guitar
  • Dan Lead – pedal steel guitar
  • Christopher Thomas – upright bass
  • Jesse Murphy – upright bass
  • Josh Lattanzi – electric bass 
  • John Patitucci – electric bass 
  • Dan Rieser, Josh Adams – drums
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Nate Smith – drums 
  • Spencer Tweedy – drums
  • Mauro Refosco – shaker
  • Leon Michels – tenor saxophone 
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Mazz Swift – violin, backing vocals
  • Ayane Kozasa – viola
  • Paul Wiancko – cello, string arrangement
  • Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth – backing vocals 
  • Brandon Bost – recording
  • Andy Taub – recording
  • Patrick Dillett – recording
  • Mark Greenberg – engineer
  • Matt Marinelli – additional recording
  • Jake Owen – additional recording
  • Homer Steinweiss – horns recording
  • Jamie Landry – mixing
  • Tom Schick – recording, mixing
  • Greg Calbi, Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Samuel Wahl – musical assistant
  • John Muller, Joey Wunsch – musical assistants
  • James Yost – musical assistant
  • Frank Harkins – art direction, design
  • Diane Russo – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Norah Jones, except where noted.

  1. How I Weep
  2. Flame Twin
  3. Hurts to Be Alone
  4. Heartbroken, Day After
  5. Say No More – Norah Jones, Sarah Oda
  6. This Life
  7. To Live
  8. I’m Alive – Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy
  9. Were You Watching? – Norah Jones, Emily Fiskio
  10. Stumble on My Way
  11. Heaven Above – Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy

Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts

On April 25, 2012, “Blue Note” label released “Little Broken Hearts”, the fifth Norah Jones studio album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Mondo” and “Electro Vox” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Brian Burton (Danger Mouse).

Personnel:

  • Norah Jones– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, Rhodes, bass, piano, organ
  • Dan Elkan– electric guitar
  • Blake Mills– acoustic and electric guitar
  • Todd Monfalcone – electric guitar
  • Brian Burton– synthesizer, organ, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion,  piano, bass, programming, string arrangements
  • Jonathan Hischke – bass
  • Gus Seyffert – bass, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
  • Sonus Quartet– strings
  • Heather McIntosh– cello, bass, cello arrangements
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – score preparation
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineer, recording
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer, mixing, recording
  • Tom Schick – additional engineering
  • Greg Calbi– mastering
  • Valente Torrez – assistance
  • Masahiro Tsuzuki – assistance
  • Zach Hochkeppel – product management
  • Gordon H. Jee – creative direction
  • Frank Harkins – art direction, design
  • Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Norah Jones and Brian Burton.

  1. Good Morning
  2. Say Goodbye
  3. Little Broken Hearts
  4. She’s 22
  5. Take It Back
  6. After the Fall
  7. 4 Broken Hearts
  8. Travelin’ On
  9. Out on the Road
  10. Happy Pills
  11. Miriam
  12. All a Dream

Norah Jones: Begin Again

On April 12, 2019, “Blue Note” label released “Begin Again”, the seventh Norah Jones studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, and was produced by Thomas Bartlett, Jeff Tweedy and Norah Jones.

Personnel:

  • Norah Jones – vocals, celeste, drums, Fender rhodes, acoustic guitar, organ, piano
  • Thomas Bartlett – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming, engineer
  • Jeff Tweedy – bass, acoustic and electric guitar
  • Pete Remm – Hammond organ
  • Christopher Thomas – bass
  • Spencer Tweedy – drums
  • Brian Blade – drums
  • Dave Guy – trumpet
  • Leon Michels – tenor saxophone
  • Homer Steinweiss – horn engineer
  • Patrick Dillett – engineer, mixing
  • Tom Schick – engineer, mixing
  • Andy Taub – engineer
  • Jens Jungkurth – engineer
  • Brandon Bost – mixing
  • Tom Elmhirst – mixing
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Frank Harkins – art direction, design
  • Clay Patrick McBride – photography

Tracks listing:

  1. My Heart Is Full – Norah Jones, Thomas Bartlett
  2. Begin Again – Norah Jones, Emily Frisco
  3. It Was You – Norah Jones
  4. A Song with No Name – Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy
  5. Uh Oh – Norah Jones, Thomas Bartlett
  6. Wintertime – Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy
  7. Just a Little Bit – Norah Jones, Sarah Oda, Brian Blade, Christopher Thomas Jones