Altogether Now
Noteworthy guest-spots this month
Adeem The Artist Anniversary, Thirty Tigers, 3 May: Megan Coleman (Brandi Carlile). Tenille Arts To Be Honest LP, Dreamcatcher, 3 May: Leann Rimes, Maddie & Tae. Aiboforcen Between Noise And Silence 2CD with four bonuses, Alfa Matrix, 31 May: Patrick Codenys (Front 242). Ex-skid Row’s Sebastian Bach The Child Within The Man CD, 2LP, gold, clear 2LPS, Reigning Phoenix, 10 May:
John 5 (Mötley Crüe), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), Orianthi. Gabriel Birnbaum Patron Saint Of Tireless Losers, Western Vinyl, 28 June: Will Graefe (Okkervil River).
Blunt Chunks The Butterfly Myth, Telephone Explosion, 19 April: Ed Squires (US Girls), Diego Gaeta (Andre 3000). Zachary Cale Next Year’s Ghost, ORG, 24 May: Shahzad Ismaily (Bob Dylan), Jeremy Gustin (Okkervil River). Imogen Clark The Art Of Getting Through CD, LP, imogenclark.mywaterfrontshow.com, 31 May:
Gus Seyffert (Adele).
The Decemberists As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again CD, 2LP, yellow, green, brown, coloured 2LPS, YABB, 14 June: Mike Mills (REM), James Mercer (The Shins). Dååth The Deceivers, Metal Blade, 3 May: Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy), Mark Holcomb (Periphery), Per Nilsson (Meshuggah). The Doobie Brothers’ latest, [TBC]: Michael Mcdonald. Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards’ latest, [TBC]: Ed Sheeran, RAYE. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats The Hits Keep Coming, Alligator, 10 May: Charlie Musselwhite. Flat Black’s latest, Fearless, [TBC]: Corey Taylor (Slipknot). Fire From The Gods Soul Revolution Deluxe – The Collaborations, Better Noise, 31 May: Corey Glover (Living Colour). The Dave Foster Band Maybe They’ll Come For Us CD, LP, English Electric, 17 May: Steve Rothery (Marillion),
Leon Parr (Steve Rothery), Mark King (Level 42),
Neil Fairclough (Queen), Carly Bryant (ex-big Big Train). Dana Gillespie First Love, CD, LP, red LP, Fretsore, 31 May: Marc Almond.
Goodnight, Texas Signals, 2 Cent Bank Check, 19 July: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett.
Jo Harrap The Path Of A Tear, Lateralize, June: Anthony Wilson (Diana Krall), Victor Indrizzo (Willie Nelson), Jim Cox (Leonard Cohen). Honesty Box, Partisan, 25 April: Florence Shaw (Dry Cleaning). Jeff Kollman 2023 AD, Deko, 17 May: Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Shane Gaalaas (MSG), Jimmy Johnson (Allan Holdsworth), Guy Allison (The Doobie Brothers), Ed Roth (The Doors’ Robby Krieger).
Scott Lavene Disneyland In Dagenham, Nothing Fancy, 10 May: Craig Finn (The Hold Steady). Lionlimb Limbo, Bayonet, 24 May: Angel Olson. UFO’S Phil Mogg Moggs Motel, [TBC], 6 September: ex-colleague Neil Carter. Mandoki Soulmates A Memory Of The Future CD, 2LP, Insideout, 10 May: Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), John Helliwell, Jesse Siebenberg, Mark Hart (Supertramp), Simon Phillips (ex-toto), Nick Van Eede (Cutting Crew), Tony Carey (Rainbow), Cory Henry (Snarky Puppy), Richard Bona (ex-pat Metheny), Randy Brecker, Al Di Meola, Mike Stern, Till Bronner, Bill Evans. Abbey Masonbrink Rising, bandcamp.com, 17 May: Rob Pope (Spoon). Bear Mccreary The Singularity CD, LP, Sparks & Shadows, 10 May: Slash (Guns N’ Roses), Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Jens Kidman (Meshuggah),
Buck Dharma (Blue
Öyster Cult), Asdru Sierra (Ozomatli), Kim
Thayil (Soundgarden), Scott Ian (Anthrax),
Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller (The Aristocrats),
Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa), Ben Weinman
(The Dillinger Escape Plan), Steve Bartek, John Avila (Oingo Boingo), Warren Fitzgerald (The Vandals),
Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad), Joe Satriani,
Rufus Wainwright.
Night Pleasure Hotel Portraits, Art Of Melody, 31 May: Michele Luppi (Whitesnake), Paolo Caridi (Whitesnake’s Reb Beach), Gianluca Tagliavini, Luca Zabbini (PFM). Jessica Pratt Here In The Pitch, Mexican Summer, 3 May: Mauro Refosco (David Byrne).
Rainbow Kitten Surprise Love Hate Music Box, Elektra, 10 May: Kacey Musgraves.
Reunion Island Night Words, Tall Corn Music, 4 June:
Josh Mcentire (Tortoise).
Sugaray Rayford Human Decency LP, Forty Below, 14 June: Rick Holmstrom, Saundra Williams (Mavis Staples), Taras Prodaniuk (Lucinda Williams), Eamon Ryand
(Happy Mondays), Mark Pender (Bruce Springsteen),
Joe Sublett (BB King).
St Lundi The Island blue LP, sweatnoise.thrivecart.com, 20 September: Ollie Green (Ella Henderson),
Tom Fuller (Tom Walker), Jez Ashurt (Sam Ryder).
Joana Serret Big Wave CD, LP, Great Canyon, 7 June: Mckenzie Smith (St Vincent), Jesse Chandler
(Mercury Rev).
Swamp Dogg Blackgrass, Oh Boy, 31 May: Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Jenny Lewis, Margo Price.
Slash Orgy Of The Damned CD, LP, Gibson, 17 May: Demi Lovato, Chris Stapleton, Beth Hart, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Gary Clark Jr, AC/DC’S Brian Johnson, ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, Dorothy. Seeyouspacecowboy Coup De Grace CD, red splatter, beige splatter LPS, Pure Noise, 19 April: Courtney Laplante (Spiritbox). Alfie Templeman Radiosoul, Chess Club, 7 June: Nile Rodgers.
Valley Lodge Shadows In Paradise DL, Tee Pee, 19 April: Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices).
Black Star Riders’ Ricky Warwick’s latest, [TBC]: Billy Duffy
(The Cult).
Oliver Wakeman Anam Cara,
Spirit Of Unicorn, 17 May: Hayley Griffiths (ex-karnataka), Troy Donockley (Nightwish), Scott Higham (Pendragon).
John Canning Yates The Quiet Portraits, Violette, 19 April: Andy Frizell (Kevin Ayers), BJ Cole.