On May 18, 1999, “Elektra Nonesuch” label released “Good Dog, Happy Man”. the 11th Bill Frisell album. It was recorded in 1998, at “O’Henry Sound” in Burbank, California, and was produced by Lee Townsend.
Personnel:
Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitars, loops, music boxes
Greg Leisz – pedal steel, Dobro, lap steel, Weissenborn, National steel guitar, mandolin
On March 28, 2025, “Down the Road” label released “Arcadia”, the eighth Alison Krauss & Union Station studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Allison Krauss, Barry Bales, Jerry Douglas, Ron Block and Russell Moore.
Personnel:
Alison Krauss – lead and harmony vocals, strings, fiddle
Barry Bales – tenor and bass vocals, upright bass
Jerry Douglas – dobro, lap steel guitar
Ron Block – tenor vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo
Russell Moore – lead and baritone vocals
Dan Tyminski – acoustic guitar, mandolin
Viktor Krauss – piano
Jeff Taylor – accordion
Adam Steffey – mandolin
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Brad Blackwood – mastering
Gary Paczosa – mixing
Track listing:
Looks Like the End of the Road – Jeremy Lister
The Hangman – Viktor Krauss, Maurice Ogden
The Wrong Way – Robert Lee Castleman, Don Tyminski
Granite Mills – Tim Eriksen
One Ray of Shine – Viktor Krauss, Sarah Siskind
Richmond on the James – G.T. Burgess, Alison Krauss
On January 21, 2022, “Rude Girl” label released “The Light at the End of the Line”, the 23rd Janis Ian album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Janis Ian and Viktor Krauss and Randy Leago.
Personnel:
Janis Ian – vocal, acoustic and nylon guitar, guitars
John Cowan – lead and backing vocals
Diane Schuur – scatting, backing vocals
Vince Gill – acoustic guitar
Jim Oblon – electric guitar
Jon Perry – guitar, engineer
Sam Bush – mandolin
Roy Agee – banjo, trombone
Viktor Krauss – upright bass, resonator guitar, synthesizer, percussion, engineer
Randy Leago – harmonica, clarinet, cymbals, piano, engineer, editing, mixing
John Whelan – button accordion, engineer, arrangements
On April 29, 1997, “Nonesuch Elektra” label released “Nashville”, the ninth Bill Frisell album. It was recorded September 1995 – November 1996, at “Sound Emporium” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Wayne Horvitz.
Personnel:
Bill Frisell – guitar
Ron Block – banjo
Adam Steffey – mandolin
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Pat Bergeson – harmonica
Viktor Krauss – bass
Robin Holcomb – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Frisell, except where noted.
Gimme a Holler
Go Jake
One of These Days – Neil Young
Mr. Memory
Brother
Will Jesus Wash the Bloodstains from Your Hands – Hands Dickens
On November 19, 2021, “Rounder Records” and “Concord Records” labels released “Raise the Roof”, the second Robert Plant and Alison Krauss album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by T Bone Burnett.
Personnel:
Robert Plant – vocals
Alison Krauss – vocals, fiddle
Bill Frisell – acoustic and electric guitar
David Hidalgo – acoustic and electric guitar, jarana
On February 28, 2020, “Fantasy” label released “American Standard”, the twentieth James Taylor studio album. It was recorded at “The Barn” in Washington, MA, “United Recording Studios” in Hollywood, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, “Treasure Isle Studios” and “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, TN, and was produced by Dave O’Donnell, John Pizzarelli and James Taylor. “American Standard” won “Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album” at the 63rd “Annual Grammy Awards”.
Personnel:
James Taylor – vocals, acoustic guitar
Kate Markowitz – vocals
Arnold McCuller – vocals
Caroline Taylor – vocals
John Pizzarelli – rhythm guitar
Michael Landau – lead guitar
Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Viktor Krauss – double bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Luis Conte – percussion
Dorian Holley – vocals
Louis Marini, Jr. – saxophones, flute, clarinet
Walter Fowler – trumpets, flügelhorn
Andrea Zonn – vocals, violin
Stuart Duncan – violin
Jerry Douglas – dobro, engineer
Ted Jensen – mastering
Justin Shturtz – mastering assistant
Carrie Smith – art direction, design
Track listing:
My Blue Heaven – Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting
Moon River – Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
Teach Me Tonight – Gene de Paul,, Sammy Cahn
As Easy as Rolling Off a Log – M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Almost Like Being in Love – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat – Frank Loesser
The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
You’ve Got to be carefully Taught – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.
Pennies from Heaven – Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke
My Heart Stood Still – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ol’ Man River – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
On August 3, 1999, “Rounder” label released “Forget About It”, the eighth Alison Krauss studio album. It was recorded in 1999, at “Emerald Sound Studios” and “Seventeen Grand Recording” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Alison Krauss and Union Station.
Personnel:
Alison Krauss– vocals, harmony vocals, fiddle
Viktor Krauss– bass
Barry Bales– bass, harmony vocals
Jim Keltner– drums
Kenny Malone– drums
Pat Bergeson– guitar
Ron Block– guitar, harmony vocals
Sam Bush– mandolin, slide mandolin, harmony vocals
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