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Ray LaMontagne: Long Way Home

On August 16, 2024, “Liula Records” label released “Long Way Home”, the ninth Ray LaMontagne studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Ray LaMontagne and Seth Kauffman.

Personnel:

  • Ray LaMontagne – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitars, organ, harmonica, bass, mbira, drums, percussion, engineer, mixing
  • Seth Kauffman – electric guitar, tambourine, bass, mellotron, drums, percussion, conga, strings, backing vocals, textures, engineer, mixing
  • Carl Broemel – pedal steel
  • Ariel Bernstein – drums, engineer, mixing
  • Jacob Rodriguez – horns
  • Laura Rogers – backing vocals
  • Lydia Slagle – backing vocals
  • Michael Nau – backing vocals
  • Brian Lee – mastering
  • Bob Jackson – mastering
  • Barbara S. Beck – cover illustration
  • Meghan Foley – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Ray LaMontagne.

  1. Step into Your Power
  2. I Wouldn’t Change a Thing
  3. Yearning
  4. And They Called Her California
  5. La De Dum, Le De Da
  6. My Lady Fair
  7. The Way Things Are
  8. So, Damned, Blue
  9. Long Way Home

Fiona Apple: When The Pawn…

On November 9, 1999, “Epic” label released “When the Pawn…”, the second Fiona Apple studio album. It was recorded 1998 – 1999, and was produced by Jon Brion. In 2020, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “When the Pawn…” at number 108 on its “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list.

Personnel:

  • Fiona Apple – vocals, piano, synthesized bass, art concept, design
  • Jon Brion – various instruments, engineer assistant, mixing
  • Mike Elizondo – bass
  • Greg Cohen – bass guitar
  • Jonathan “Butch” Norton, Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
  • Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
  • Wendell Kelly, Jean Martinelli, John Noreyko, Paul Loredo – horns
  • Mike Breaux – woodwind
  • Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, Wurlitzer
  • Charlie Bisharat, Eve Butler, Susan Chatman, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Peter Kent, Brian Leonard, Robert Peterson, Michele Richards, Edmund Stein, John Wittenberg – violin
  • Robert Becker, Denyse Buffman, Scott Haupert, Maria Newman – viola
  • Larry Corbett, Suzie Katayama – cello
  • John Bainbridge – arrangements, orchestration
  • Tom Banghart, Rob Brill, Greg Collins, Bryan Jackson, Steve Mixdorf, John Tyree – engineer assistant
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Eddy Scheyer – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Fiona Apple.

  1. On the Bound
  2. To Your Love
  3. Limp
  4. Love Ridden
  5. Paper Bag
  6. A Mistake
  7. Fastr as You Can
  8. The Way Things Are
  9. Get Gone
  10. I Know