Showing posts with label Contemporary Folk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contemporary Folk. Show all posts

Monday, February 24, 2025

Gordon Lightfoot


 




















Artist:  Gordon Lightfoot 

Birth Name:  Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.

Born:  November 17, 1938.  Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Died:  May 1, 2023 (Aged 84).  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Genre:  Folk, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary Folk, Adult Contemporary

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar


Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist from Orillia, Ontario.  He acieved international success in Folk, Folk Rock and Country Music.  He is credited with helping to define the Folk-Pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s and he has been referred to as Canada's Greatest Songwriter, and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists.  He topped the US Hot 100 or Adult Contemporary (AC) Chart with the Hits "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976), and including "For Lovin' Me","Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues","Ribbon Of Darkness" and  had many other hits that appeared in the top 40.













Title:  If You Could Read My Mind (Limited Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Folk, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary Folk, Adult Contemporary

Label:  Friday Music

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Minstrel Of The Dawn (3:26)

 2.  Me And Bobby McGee (3:38)

 3.  Approaching Lavender (2:56)

 4.  Saturday Clothes (3:20)

 5.  Cobwebs & Dust (3:20)

 6.  Poor Little Allison (2:30)


Side Two:


 1.  Sit Down Young Stranger (3:26)

 2.  If You Could Read My Mind (3:48)

 3.  Baby It's Allright (2:58)

 4.  Your Love's Return (Song For Stephen Foster) (3:55)

 5.  The Pony Man (3:27)


Personnel:


Gordon Lightfoot:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Red Shea:  Guitar

Rick Haynes:  Bass


Additional Musicians:


Ry Cooder:  Slide Guitar on Track 1/2, Mandolin on Track 1/5

Van Dyke Parks:  Harmonium on Track 1/5

John Sebastian:  Electric Guitar on Track 2/3, Autoharp on Track 1/4, Harmonica on Track 2/5


If You Could Read My Mind is the sixth original album released as Sit Down Young Stranger and was renamed to If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot, originally released on April 1970 by Reprise Records, remastered and reissued on February 14, 2025 by Friday Music.  Limited Edition on Emerald Colored Vinyl.







Gordon Lightfoot


 


Artist:  Gordon Lightfoot 

Birth Name:  Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.

Born:  November 17, 1938.  Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Died:  May 1, 2023 (Aged 84).  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Genre:  Folk, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary Folk, Adult Contemporary

Occupation:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar


Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist from Orillia, Ontario.  He acieved international success in Folk, Folk Rock and Country Music.  He is credited with helping to define the Folk-Pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s and he has been referred to as Canada's Greatest Songwriter, and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists.  He topped the US Hot 100 or Adult Contemporary (AC) Chart with the Hits "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974), "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976), and including "For Lovin' Me","Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues","Ribbon Of Darkness" and  had many other hits that appeared in the top 40.














Title:  Sundown (Limited Edition) (2025)

Genre:  Folk, Folk Rock, Country, Pop, Soft Rock, Contemporary Folk, Adult Contemporary

Label:  Friday Music 

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Somewhere U.S.A. (2:50)

 2.  High And Dry (2:12)

 3.  Seven Island Suite (6:00)

 4.  Circle Of Steel (2:45)

 5.  Is There Anyone Home (3:15)


Side Two:


 1.  The Watchman's Gone (4:25)

 2.  Sundown (3:45)

 3.  Carefree Highway (3:45)

 4.  The List (3:00)

 5.  Too Late For Prayin (4:15)


Personnel:


Gordon Lightfoot:  Lead & Backing Vocals, 6-&12-String Acoustic Guitars, High-String Guitar, Nashville Tuning, Chimes, Bells

Red Shea:  Electric, Acoustic & Classical Guitars, Dobro, Slide Dobro on Tracks:  1/1-5, 2/2, 4, 5

Terry Clements:  Acoustic Guitar on Tracks:  1/1, 3-5, 2/1-5

Rick Haynes:  Bass on Tracks:  1/1, 4, 2/3, 4

John Stockfish:  Bass on Tracks:  1/2, 3, 5, 2/1, 2, 5

Jim Gordon:  Drums, Percussion on Tracks. 1/1-3, 5, 2/1-5

Milt Holland:  Percussion, Congas on Tracks:  1/1, 5, 2/1, 4

Nick De Caro:  Accordion, Horns, Orchestration, Piano, Strings on Tracks:  1/3, 5, 2/1, 3, 5

Gene Martynec:  Moog Synthersizer on Tracks:  1/3, 5

Jack Zaza:  English Horn, Recorder on Track 1/4

Catherine Smith:  Harmony Vocals on Track 1/2


Sundown is the ninth studio album by Gordon Lightfoot, originally released on Januzry 18, 1974 by Reprise Records, remastered and reissued on February 14, 2025 by Friday Music.  Limited Edition Celebrating 50th Anniversary.









Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Bryndle


 



















Artist:  Bryndle

Origin:  Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:  Folk, Rock, Folk Rock, Folk Pop, Contemporary Folk, Pop Rock, Soft Rock, West Coast Sound


Original line-up:


Andrew Gold:  Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums

Karla Bonoff:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Kenny Edwards:  Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Harmonica, Cello

Wendy Waldman:  Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Dulcimer


Bryndle was an American Folk Rock Band, formed in the late 1960s in Los Angeles, California by Andrew Gold (Vocals, Guitar Ex Wax, Linda Ronstadt)), Karla Bonoff (Vocals, Guitar), Kenny Edwards (Vocals, Guitar Ex The Stone Poneys), and Wendy Waldman (Vocals, Guitar).















Title:  Bryndle (2024)

Genre:  Folk, Rock, Folk Rock, Folk Pop, Contemporary Folk,  Pop Rock, Soft Rock, West Coast Sound

Label:  High Moon Records

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Do You Follow Me (2:34)

 2.  Then One (3:04)

 3.  Charlie (3:56)

 4.  Battleground (3:27)

 5.  California Shuffle (3:53)

 6.  Crunchbunny (3:10)


Side Two: 


 1.  Let It Shine (3:24)

 2.  Mail Man (3:19)

 3.  Sing Back All Your Songs (3:38)

 4.  Magic (2:41)

 5.  Hammock Song (4:14)

 6.  Living Like There's  No Tomorrow (2:37)


Personnel:


Andrew Gold:  Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano, Autoharp, Kazoo, Harmonica, Synthesizer

Karla Bonoff:  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano

Kenny Edwards:  Vocals, Acoustic & Electric  Guitars

Wendy Waldman:  Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano


Additional Musicians:


Peter Bernstein:  Bass

Dennis Wood:  Drums


Bryndle is the first time ever issued of Bryndle's long-lost 1970 A&M Album, remastered and reissued on March 8, 2024. by High Moon Records.  For Music Lovers and Music Collectors.  Highly Recommended.











Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Joe Henry


 


















Artist:  Joe Henry

Birth Name:  Joseph Lee Henry

Born:  December 2, 1960.  Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Genre:  Alternative Country, Americana, Country Folk, Adult Alternative Pop, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Country Rock, Contemporary Folk

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Musician, Record Producer

Instruments:   Vocals, Guitar


Joe Henry os an American Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, and Producer.  He has released 15 studio albums, and produced multiple recordings for other artists, including three Grammy Award-Winning Albums.











Title:  Invisible Hour (2024)

Genre:  Alternative Country, Americana, Country Folk, Adult Alternative Pop, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Country Rock, Contemporary Folk

Label:  earMusic

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


LP 1:


Side A:


 1.  Sparrow (7:23)

 2.  Grave Angels (5:31)

 3.  Sign (8:57)


Side B:


 1.  Invisible Hour (4:01)

 2.  Swayed (5:16)

 3.  Plainspeak (5:25)

 4.  Lead Me On (4:30)


LP 2:


Side C:


 1.  Alice (2:45)

 2.  Every Sorrow (4:58)

 3.  Water Between Us (5:01)

 4.  Slide (6:29)


Side D:  Bonus Tracks:


 1.  The Glorious Dead (Alternate Version Demo)

 2.  News From The Great Wide World (Demo)

 3.  Slide (Alternate Version Demo)


Personnel:


Joe Henry:  Vocals, Guitars

Jay Bellerose:  Drums, Percussion

Jennifer Condos:  Electric Bass

Levon Henry:  Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano, & Tenor Saxophone

Greg Leisz:  Acoustic Guitars, Mandola, Mandocello, Weissenborn

David Pitch:  Upright Bass on Tracks:  B1, 4

John Smith:  Accoustic Guitar, Mandola on Tracks:  C4, D3, Backing Vocals

Lisa Hannigan: Vocals on Track B4

The Milk Carton Kids (Kenneth Pattengale, Joey Ryan):  Backing Vocals


Invisible Hour is the thirteenth studio album by Joe Henry, originally released on June 3, 2014 by Work Song Recordings, remastered and reissued on December 6, 2024 by earMusic, includes previously unreleased Bonus Tracks, 180 Gram Black Double LP.






 





Thursday, June 6, 2024

Richard Thompson


 


















Artist:  Richard Thompson
Birth Name:  Richard John Thompson
Born:  April 3, 1949.  Notting Hill Gate, London, England
Genre:  Rock, Folk Rock, Folk, British Folk, Contemporary Folk
Occupations:  Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar,, Mandolin, Accordion, Keyboards

Richard Thompson is a British Songwriter, Guitarist, and he was a member of Fairport Convention in 1967.  Artists who have recorded Thompson's compositions such as R.E.M., David Gilmour, Mary Black, Elvis Costello, The Corrs, Sandy Denny, June Tabor, Maria McKee, Graham Parker, Shawn Colvin, Nanci Griffith, Los Lobos, The Pointer Sisters, Dinosaur Jr., David Byrne, Loudon Wainwright III, Bob Mould, Greg Brown, Del McCoury and many more!  He was awarded The Orville H. Gibson Award for Best Acoustic Guitar Player in 1991, Ivor Novello Award and in 2006, a Lifetime Achievement Award from BBC Radio, and he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music on July 2011, he also was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen.  He was named by Rolling Stones Magazine's as one the Top 20 Guitarist of All Time and considered one of the UK's most outstanding Songwriters and Musicians.  The recipient of a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, Mojo's Les Paul Award.  Thompson was most recently honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting by Americana Music Association.












Title:  Ship To Shore (2024)

Genre:  Rock, Folk Rock, Folk, British Folk, Contemporary Folk

Label:  New Wave Records

Rating:   ****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


LP 1:


Side A:


 1.  Freeze (3:24)

 2.  The Fear Never Leaves You (4:55)

 3.  Singapore Sadie (4:08)

 4.  Trust (4:16)


Side B:


 1.  The Day That I Give In (3:18)

 2.  The Old Pac Mule (4:18)

 3.  Turnstile Casanova (3:25)

 4.  Lost In The Crowd (3:24)


LP 2:


Side C:


 1.  Maybe (4:00)

 2.  Life's A Bloody Syow (3:55)

 3.  What's Life To Lose (4:14)

 4.  We Roll (4:45)


Personnel:


Richard Thompson:  Guitar, Mandolin Accordion, Vocals


Additional Musicians:


Bobby Eichhorn:  Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar

Michael Jerome:  Drums, Percission

David Mansfield:  Fiddle

Zara Phillips:  Harmony Vocals

Taras Prodaniuk:  Bass


Ship To Shore is an album by Richard Thompson, released on May 31, 2024 by New Wave Records.  12 Tracks Collection.







Monday, March 4, 2024

Allison Russell


 




















Artist:  Allison Russell

Born:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Genre:  Folk, Americana, Pop, Contemporary Folk, Modern Acoustic Blues, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, R&B

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter

Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Clarinet


Allison Russell is a Canadian Singer and Songwriter as a member of various music group including Birds of Chicago, Po' Girl, Our Native Daughters and Sisters of The Strawberry Moon.  She released her first solo album, Outside Child, in 2021.  The album was nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award in the Best Americana Album, and the single "Nightfyer" was nominated for both the Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song.











Title:  Returner (2023)

Genre:  Folk, Americana, Pop, Contemporary Folk, Modern Acoustic Blues, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, R&B

Label:  Fantasy Records

Rating:   *****


Format:  LP


Tracks:


Side A:


 1.  Springtime (4:11)

 2.  The Returner (3:50)

 3.  All Without Within (3:12)
 4.  Demons  (4:29)

 5.  Eve Was Black (6:04)


Side B:


 6.  Stay Right Here (4:09)

 7.  Shadowlands (4:13)

 8. Rag Child (4:37)

 9.  Snakelife (4:37)

10. Requiem (6:13)


Personnel:


Allison Russell:  Vocals, Banjo, Clarinet, Guitar

Joy Clark:  Guitar

Mandy Fer:  Electric Guitar

Wendy Melvoin:  Guitar, Bass, Drums

Wiktoria Bialic:  Drums, Percussion

Lisa Coleman:  piano, Keyboards

Larissa Maestro:  Cello

Brandy Clark:  Backing Vocals on Track 10

Brandi Carlile:  Backing Vocals on Tracks:  2,  10

Hozier:  Backing Vocals on Track 10


Returner is the second studio album by Allison Russell, released on September 8, 2023 by Fantasy Records.  Fantastic Album,  Great Production, Great Songs, Great Performance.