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Paul Simon: Seven Psalms

On May 19, 2023, “Owl Records” and “Legacy Recordings” label released “Seven Psalms”, the fifteenth Paul Simon studio album. It was recorded 2022 -2023, at “Arlyn Studios”, “Power Station”, “Studios at Fischer”, “The Village Recorder” and “Reservoir Studios” in New York City, “The Voces 8 Centre” in London, “Sterling Sound”, and was produced by Kyle Crusham and Paul Simon.

Personnel:

  • Paul Simon – acoustic and electric guitar, dobro, baritone guitar, bells, gong, frame drum, talking drum, gamelan, ektare [gopichand], singing bowls, bass harmonica, glockenspiel, organ
  • Jamey Haddad – percussion, drum, bass drum, bells
  • Alex Sopp – flute
  • Nadia Sirota – viola
  • Gabriel Cabezas – cello
  • Nina Stern – chalumeau 
  • Paul Morton – theorbo
  • Edie Brickell – vocals
  • Voces 8 – choir
  • Bob Sirota – arrangements
  • Kyle Crusham – engineer
  • Andy Smith – recording
  • David Hinnet – recording
  • Patrick Dillett – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Geoff Gans – art direction, design

Track listing:

All track by Paul Simon.

  1. The Lord
  2. Love Is Like a Braid
  3. My Professional Opinion
  4. Your Forgiveness
  5. Trail of Volcanoes
  6. The Sacred Harp
  7. Wait

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

David Byrne: American Utopia

On March 9, 2018, “Todo Mundo” and “Nonesuch” labels released “American Utopia”, the tenth David Byrne studio album. It was recorded in 2017 at “DB Spare Bedroom”, “Reservoir Studios”, “Oscilloscope”, “XL Studios” and “Crowdspacer Studio” in New York City, “Livingston Studio” in London, and was produced by David Byrne, Pat Dillett, Brian Eno and Rodaidh McDonald.

Personnel:

  • David Byrne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, pads
  • Brian Eno – vocoder, keyboards, voice effects, whistling, celeste, brass; drums, percussion, robot rhythm guitar, drum programming, backing vocals
  • Jam City – guitar, synth stabs, drums
  • Magnus Bang Olsen – piano
  • Sampha – piano
  • Daniel Lopatin – keyboards, drums, synthesizers, bass, processing, textures, strings
  • Thomas Bartlett (Doveman) – mellotron, piano
  • Nathan Jenkins – voices, harmonica
  • Rodaidh McDonald – additional keyboards, drum programming, verse percussion, bells, strings, arrangements
  • Alex Epton – drum programming; choir programming, synthesizer stabs, bass guitar, cymbals; shaker
  • Jaakko Savolainen – guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Ben Anderson – cymbal
  • Jamie Edwards – sitar samples
  • Ethan P. Flynn – middle 8 section synthesizer
  • Happa – drum programming, electronics, drums, synthesizer
  • Jack Peñate – keyboards, textures; drums, bass, shaker, backing vocals
  • Ariel Rechtshaid – flexatone
  • Ben Reed – live bass
  • Brian Wolfe – drums
  • Airhead – drums
  • Koreless – drums
  • Mauro Refosco – percussion
  • Joey Waronker – tom, snare
  • Isaiah Barr – saxophone
  • Joe Williams – harp
  • MMPH – orchestral arrangements, sounds
  • Matt Cohn – recording
  • Alex Epton – recording
  • Gabriel Schuman – additional engineering
  • Tuck Nelson – mixing
  • Marta Salogni – mixing
  • Jack Sugden – mixing
  • David Wrench – mixing, additional programming
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Purvis Young – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by David Byrne and Brian Eno, except where noted.

  1. I Dance Like This
  2. Gasoline and Dirty Sheets
  3. Every Day Is a Miracle
  4. Dog’s Mind
  5. This Is That – David Byrne, Daniel Lopatin
  6. It’s Not Dark Up Here
  7. Bullet
  8. Doing the Right Thing
  9. Everybody’s Coming to My House
  10. Here – David Byrne, Daniel Lopatin