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The Hidden Cameras: Home On Native Land

On October 28, 2016, “Outside Music” label released “Home on Native Land”, the seventh Hidden Cameras (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rooster Recording Studio”, and was produced by Joel Gibb. 

Personnel:

  • Joel Gibb – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, piano, keyboards, drums, additional recording
  • Afie Jurvanen – electric guitar
  • Sam Gleason – guitar
  • Stew Crookes – pedal steel guitar, additional recording, mixing
  • Tim Bovaconti – lap steel guitar
  • Ron Sexsmith – piano, vocal
  • Laura Barrett – piano
  • Paul Mathew – double bass
  • Jon Hynes – bass
  • Don Kerr – drums, backing vocals, recording, mixing
  • John Power – drums
  • Lex Vaughn – drums
  • Aisslin Hosky – violin
  • Jamie McCarthy – violin
  • Andrew Eng – violin
  • Lief Mosbauh – viola
  • Marla Hansen – viola
  • Amy Laing – cello
  • Mike Olsen – cello
  • Ivan Turkalj – cello
  • Carly Stasko – handclaps
  • Trevor Norris – handclaps
  • Courtney Harrell – vocal
  • Sandy Mack – vocal
  • Jessica Joi – vocal
  • Danniel Gesundheit – vocal
  • Faye Allen – vocal
  • Allie X, Craig White, Reg Vermue, Jan Klesse, Jens Schärdel, Jordan Hunt, Tom Wu, Verity Susman – choir
  • Neil Tennant – backing vocals
  • Rufus Wainwright – backing vocals
  • Mary Margaret O’Hara – backing vocals
  • Leslie Feist – backing vocals
  • Courtney Harrell, Sandy Mack – backing vocals
  • Coco Morier – backing vocals, additional recording
  • Chris Lowe – additional recording
  • Andrew Rosriguez – additional recording
  • James Butnon – additional recording
  • Nicolas Sierig – additional recording
  • Dan Misha Goldman – additional recording
  • Robbie Lackritz – additional recording, mixing
  • Shepemod – mixing
  • Jeff Carroll – mastering
  • Raymond Larabie – design
  • Jeff Harris – design, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Joel Gibb, excepted where noted.

  1. The Day I Left Home
  2. He is the Boss of Me
  3. Ode To an Ah
  4. Dark End of the Street – Chips Moman, Dan Penn
  5. You and Me Again
  6. Last Driver’s Waltz – Wade Hemsworth
  7. Be What I Want
  8. Counting Stars
  9. The Great Reward
  10. Big Blue
  11. Don’t Make Promises – Tim Hardin
  12. Drunk Dancer’s Waltz
  13. Had a Feeling Bout You
  14. Twilight of the Season

Feist: The Reminder

On May 1, 2007, “Arts & Crafts” and “Cherrytree” labels released “The Reminder”, the third Feist studio album. It was recorded in March 2006, and was produced by Leslie Feist, Chilly Gonzales, Renaud Letang, Mocky and Ben Mink.

Personnel:

  • Leslie Feist – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, piano 
  • Chilly Gonzales – piano, organs, vibraphone, drums
  • Mocky (Dominic Salole) – acoustic bass, Farfisa, organ
  • Julian Brown – electric bass, melodica
  • Jesse Baird – drums
  • Bryden Baird – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
  • Jamie Lidell – vocals
  • Jamie Lidell, Julian Brown, Bryden Baird, Mocky, Jesse Baird, Chilly Gonzales – group percussion, backing vocals
  • Pierre Luc Jamain – organ bass
  • Ohad Benchetrit – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Charles Spearin – the mystery on the bridge of “My Moon My Man”
  • Afie Jurvanen – leader of the lead guitars on the bridge of “Sealion”
  • Sandra Baron – violin
  • Mary Stein – cello
  • Lori Gemmel – harp 
  • Eirik Glambek Bøe – vocals
  • Kevin Drew – backing vocals 
  • Brendan Canning – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Leslie Feist, except where noted.

  1. So Sorry – Leslie Feist, Dominic Mocky Salole
  2. I Feel It All
  3. My Moon My Man – Leslie Feist, Jason Beck
  4. The Park
  5. The Water – Leslie Feist, Brendan Canning
  6. Sealion – Leslie Feist, George Bass, Nina Simone
  7. Past in Present
  8. The Limit to Your Love – Leslie Feist, Jaxon Beck
  9. 1234 – Leslie Feist, Sally Seltmann
  10. Brandy Alexander – Leslie Feist, Ron Sexsmith
  11. Intuition
  12. Honey Honey
  13. How My Heart Behaves – Leslie Feist, Andrew Whiteman

k.d. lang: Hymns of the 49th Parallel

On July 27, 2004, “Nonesuch” label released “Hymns of the 49th Parallel”, the ninth k.d. lang studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Ben Mink and k.d. lang.

Personnel:

  • k.d. lang – vocals
  • Ben Mink – acoustic and electric guitar, fiddle, digital editinig
  • Teddy Borowiecki – piano, accordion, keyboard
  • David Piltch – electric bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar
  • Clayton Cameron – drums
  • Ralph Morrison – violin, concert master
  • Tiffiany Yi Hu – violin
  • Sara Parkins – violin
  • David Stenske – violin
  • Cynthia Fogg – viola
  • Brian Dembow – viola
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Stephen Erdody – cello
  • Armen Ksadjikian – cello
  • Cecilia Tsan – cello
  • Eumir Deodato – conductor, string arrangements
  • David Leonard – engineer, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • John Morrical – assistant
  • David Eaman, John Musgrave, Russell Nash – technical assistant
  • David Sherr – contractor
  • Tom Calderaro – copylist
  • Andy Goldsworthy – cover photography
  • Jeri Heiden, John Heiden – photography

Track listing:

  1. After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
  2. Simple – k.d. lang, David Piltch
  3. Helpless – Neil Young
  4. A Case of You – Joni Mitchell
  5. The Valley – Jane Siberry
  6. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
  7. One Day I Walk – Bruce Cockburn
  8. Fallen – Ron Sexsmith
  9. Jericho – Joni Mitchell
  10. Bird on a Wire – Leonard Cohen
  11. Love is Everything – Jane Siberry

Mel Parsons: Drylands

On April 10, 2015, “Cape Road Recordings” label released “Drylands”, the third Mel Parsons album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015, at “Surgery Studios” in Wellington, New Zealand and was produced by Mel Parsons and Gerry Paul.

Personnel:

  • Mel Parsons – vocals, guitar
  • Gerry Paul – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo
  • Neil Watson – guitar
  • Aaron Stewart – bass
  • Trevor Hutchinson- double bass
  • Craig Terris – drums
  • Nick George – drums
  • Ed Zuccollo – piano, Hammond organ
  • Vyvienne Long- cello
  • Ron Sexsmith – vocals
  • Andrew Keoghan- vocals
  • Anika Moa- backing vocals
  • Lisa Tomlins – backing vocals
  • Anji Sami – backing vocals
  • Lex French – trumpet
  • Ebony Lamb – choir
  • Anna Shaw – choir
  • Jamie Parlett – choir
  • Cameron “Dusty” Burnell
  • Kim Bonnington – choir
  • Louis Thompson-Munn – choir
  • Imogen Holmstead-Scott – choir
  • Katie McCarthy-Burke – choir
  • Justin Firefly Clarke – choir
  • Manu Scott – choir

 Track listing:

All tracks by Mel Parsons.

  1. Far Away
  2. Alberta Sun
  3. Driving Man
  4. Non Communicado
  5. Don’t Wait
  6. Far North Coast
  7. Good Together
  8. Friend
  9. Get Out Alive
  10. Down So Long
  11. First Sign of Trouble
  12. Fireworks
  13. Another City

Nick Lowe: The Old Magic

On September 13, 2011, “Proper” label released “The Old Magic”, the thirteen Nick Lowe studio album. It was recorded in 2011, and was produced by Nick Lowe. Neil Brockbank and Robert Treherne.

Personnel:

  • Nick Lowe- rhythm guitar
  • Johnny Scott – guitar
  • Jimmie Vaughan – guitar
  • Steve Donnelly – lead guitar
  • Geraint Watkins- organ, piano
  • Neil Brockbank – vibraphone, mixing
  • Matt Radford – double bass
  • Robert Treherne – drums
  • Rory McLeod – bass harmonica
  • Martin Winning – tenor saxophone
  • Nick Payne- baritone saxophone
  • Matt Holland – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Annie Whitehead– trombone
  • Kate St. John – string synthesizer
  • Bob Loveday – violin, viola, recorder
  • Norman Bergen- the gift of the string chart
  • Ron Sexsmith- backing vocals
  • Linnea Svensson – backing vocals
  • Paul Carrack- backing vocals
  • Anna Harvey – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Lowe except where noted.

  1. Stoplight Roses
  2. Checkout Time
  3. House for Sale
  4. Sensitive Man
  5. I Read a Lot
  6. Shame on the Rain – Tom T. Hall
  7. Restless Feeling
  8. The Poisoned Rose – Elvis Costello
  9. Somebody Cares for Me- Nick Lowe, Geraint Watkins
  10. You Don’t Know Me at All – Jeff West
  11. ‘Til the Real Thing Comes Along

Neko Case and Her Boyfriends: Furnace Room Lullaby

On February 22, 2000, “Mint/Bloodshot Records” label released “Furnace Room Lullaby”, the second Neko Case and Her Boyfriends studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, at “Miller Block” in Vancouver, BC, “Gas Station” in Toronto, ON, “Uberstudio” in Chicago, IL, and was produced by Neko Case and Darryl Neudorf.

Personnel:

  1. Neko Case – vocals, tambourine
  2. Travis Good – acoustic guitar
  3. Henri Sangalang, Scott Betts- bass
  4. Don Kerr, Joel Trueblood- drums
  5. John Ramberg, Travis Good – electric guitar
  6. John Ramberg, Kelly Hogan – backing vocals
  7. Darryl Neudorf, Dale Morningstar, Franky Pett – recording
  8. Peter Moore – mastering
  9. Darryl Neudorf, Ryen Froggatt – mixing
  10. Randy Iwata – artwork
  11. Jannie McInnes, Erica Henderson, Bill Roberts, Nova Devonie, Jason Zumpano – photography

Track listing:

  1. Set Out Running – Neko Case
  2. Guided by Wire – Scott Betts, Neko Case, John Ramberg, Joel Trueblood
  3. Porchlight – Neko Case, Brian Connelly, Don Kerr, Ron Sexsmith
  4. Mood to Burn Bridges – Scott Betts, Neko Case, Brian Connelly, Joel Trueblood
  5. No Need to Cry – Scott Betts, Neko Case, Brian Connelly, Joel Trueblood
  6. Twist the Night – Ryan Adams, Neko Case, Brian Connelly, Mike Daley, John Ramberg
  7. Thrice All American – Scott Betts, Neko Case, Brian Connelly, John Ramberg, Joel Trueblood
  8. We’ve Never Met – Neko Case, Don Kerr, Ron Sexsmith
  9. Whio the Blankets – Scott Betts, Neko Case, Brian Connelly, Joel Trueblood
  10. South Tacoma Way – Scott Betts, Neko Case, Btian Connelly, Joel Trueblood
  11. Bought and Sold – Neko Case, John Ramberg
  12. Furnace Room Lullaby – Neko Case, Travis Good

Ron Sexsmith: Forever Endeavour

On February 5, 2013, “Cooking Vinyl” label released “Forever Endeavour”, the thirteen Ron Sexsmith studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Mitchell Froom. In 2014, the album won the “Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year”.

Personnel:

  • Ron Sexsmith – vocals, guitar
  • Val McCallum- electric guitar
  • Greg Leisz- pedal steel
  • Mitchell Froom– keyboards
  • Davey Faragher– bass
  • Bob Glaub– bass
  • Matt Chamberlain- drums, percussion
  • Don Heffington- drums, percussion
  • Pete Thomas- drums, percussion
  • Michael Urbano- drums, percussion
  • Hagai Izraeli – brass
  • Darrell Leonard– brass
  • John Steinmetz – brass
  • Lori Stuntz – tuba
  • William Roper – tuba
  • Joe Meyer – French horn
  • Dan Higgins– woodwinds
  • Charlene Huang – strings
  • Albert Romero – strings
  • Joshua Heapley – strings
  • Calder Group – strings

Track listing:

  1. Nowhere to Go
  2. Nowhere Is
  3. Of Only Avenue
  4. Snake Road
  5. Blind Eye
  6. Lost in Thought
  7. Sneak Out The Back Door
  8. Back Of My Hand
  9. Deepens With Time
  10. Me Myself and Wine
  11. She Does My Heart Good
  12. The Morning Light
  13. Life After a Broken Heart
  14. Autumn Light

Anne Sofie von Otter: For the Stars

On April 10, 2001, “Deutsche Grammophon” label released “For the Stars”, album by Anne Sofie von Otter. It was recorded September 2000-January 2001, and was produced by Elvis Costello.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Costello – vocals, baritone guitar, Lowrey organ, bass
  • Anne Sofie Von Otter – vocals
  • Bengt Forsberg – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
  • Michael Blair – vibraphone, bass drum, percussion
  • Bebe Risenfors – clarinet, tenor saxophone, accordion
  • Svante Henryson – celtar, cello, upright bass
  • Mats Schubert – piano, harmonium, Moog bass
  • Steve Nieve- piano, celeste, organ

Track listing:

  1. No Wonder – Elvis Costello
  2. Baby Plays Around – Cait O’Riordan, Declan MacManus
  3. Go Leave – Kate McGarrigle
  4. Rope – Elvis Costello, Fleshquartet
  5. Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) – Brian Wilson, Tony Asher
  6. Broken Bicycles/Junk – Tom Waits, Paul McCartney
  7. The Other Woman – Jessie Mae Robinson
  8. Like an Angel Passing Through My Room – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
  9. Green Song – Elvis Costello, Svante Henryson
  10. April After All – Ron Sexsmith
  11. You Still Believe in Me – Brian Wilson, Tony Asher
  12. I Want to Vanish – Elvis Costello
  13. For No One – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  14. Shamed Into Love – Declan MacManus, Rubén Blades
  15. Just a Curio – Elvis Costello, Flesh Quartet
  16. This House Is Empty Now – Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
  17. Take It With Me – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
  18. For the Stars – Elvis Costello