Discography
| Production Credits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 2012 | Natalie Duncan | Devil In Me | Verve | Producer. |
| 2012 | Rodney Crowell/Mary Karr | Kin | Vanguard | Producer.
Included guests: Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristoferson, Norah Jones, Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, & Lucinda Williams. |
| 2012 | Bonnie Raitt | Slipstream | Redwing | Producer.
Writer/Co-Writer of several songs. |
| 2011 | Meshell Ndegeocello | Weather | Naive | Producer & Co-writer on several songs. |
| 2011 | Joe Henry | Reverie | ANTI- | Recording Artist/Singer/Songwriter/Producer. |
| 2011 | Lisa Hannigan | Passenger | ATO | Producer. |
| 2011 | Hugh Laurie | Let Them Talk | Warner | Producer.
Included guest musicians: Tom Jones, Dr. John, Irma Thomas, & others |
| 2011 | Over the Rhine | The Long Surrender | Great Speckled Dog | Producer.
Co-writer on two songs: “Sharpest Blade” & “Soon”. |
| 2010 | Aaron Neville | I Know I’ve Been Changed | Tell It Records | Producer.
Included guest musician Allen Toussaint. |
| 2010 | Mose Allison | The Way of the World | ANTI- | Producer & Co-writer w/ Mose on the title track. |
| 2009 | Joe Henry | Blood From Stars | ANTI- | Recording Artist/Singer/Songwriter/Producer.
Featured the song “Stars”, which was originally written for HBO’s Six Feet Under. Also featured guest musician Jason Moran. |
| 2009 | Carolina Chocolate Drops | Genuine Negro Jig | Nonesuch | Producer.
Grammy winning record. |
| 2009 | Ramblin’ Jack Elliott | A Stranger Here | ANTI- | Producer.
Grammy Winning Record. |
| 2009 | Salif Keita | La Differénce | Universal Classics | Producer. |
| 2009 | Allen Toussaint | The Bright Mississippi | Nonesuch | Producer.
Grammy Nominated record. Featured musicians Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Brad Mehldau, Don Byron, & others. |
| 2008 | Loudon Wainwright III | Recovery | Yep Roc | Producer. |
| 2008 | Rodney Crowell | Sex and Gasoline | Work Song | Producer.
Grammy Nominated Record. |
| 2007 | Joe Henry | Civilians | ANTI- | Recording Artist/Songwriter/Producer.
Featured guest musicians Bill Frisell, Van Dyke Parks, & Loudon Wainwright III. |
| 2007 | Loudon Wainwright III | Strange Weirdos | Concords | Producer.
Wrote 4 of the songs. Music written for and to accompany the film Knocked Up. |
| 2007 | Mary Gauthier | Between Daylight and Dark | Lost Highway | Producer. |
| 2006 | Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint | The River in Reverse | Verve | Producer. |
| 2005 | Various Artists | Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album for the Gulf Coast | Nonesuch | Co-Producer.
Artists included: Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Irma Thomas, Randy Newman, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, & others. |
| 2005 | Various Artists | I Believe To My Soul | Work Song | Producer.
Artists included: Mavis Staples, Billy Preston, Ann Peebles, Irma Thomas, & Allen Toussaint. |
| 2005 | Bettye LaVette | I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise | ANTI- | Producer. |
| 2005 | Susan Tedeschi | Hope and Desire | Verve | Producer.
Grammy Nominated Record. Featured the Blind Boys of Alabama. |
| 2005 | Aimee Mann | The Forgotten Arm | SuperEgo | Producer. |
| 2004 | Ani DiFranco | Knuckle Down | Righteous Babe | Co-Producer. |
| 2004 | Jim White | Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See | Luaka Bop | Producer (7 tracks).
Featured guest musician Aimee Mann. |
| 2003 | Joe Henry | Tiny Voices | ANTI- | Recording Artist/Songwriter/Producer.
Guests musicians Don Byron & Ron Miles among others. |
| 2002 | Solomon Burke | Don't Give Up on Me | Fat Possum | Producer.
Grammy Winning Record. |
| 2002 | John Doe | Dim Stars, Bright Sky | Artist Direct | Producer. |
| 2001 | Joe Henry | Scar | Mammoth | Recording Artist/Songwriter/Co-Producer w/ Craig Street.
Featured guest musicians Ornette Coleman, Brian Blade, Brad Mehldau, Marc Ribot, & Meshell Ndegeocello. The song “Stop” was featured on the HBO television show The Sopranos, & also covered by Madonna under the title "Don’t Tell Me". |
| 2000 | Teddy Thompson | Teddy Thompson | Virgin | Producer
Featured guest musicians: Richard Thompson, Jon Brion, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, & others. |
| 1999 | Joe Henry | Fuse | Mammoth | Recording Artist/Songwriter/Producer.
Featured guest musicians: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Jakob Dylan, & Daniel Lanois. |
| 1999 | Shivaree | I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in This Dump | Capitol | Producer. |
| 1998 | Kristin Hersh | Strange Angels | Rykodisc | Producer. |
| 1996 | Joe Henry | Trampoline | Mammoth | Recording Artist/Songwriter/Co-Producer.
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| 1994 | Joe Henry | Fireman's Wedding | Mammoth | Recording Artist/Songwriter/Producer.
Featured members of The Jayhawks. |
| 1993 | Joe Henry | Kindness of the World | Mammoth | Recording Artist/Songwriter/Producer.
Featured members of The Jayhawks. |
| 1992 | Joe Henry | Short Man’s Room | Mammoth Records | Recording Artist/Songwriter/Producer.
The song “King’s Highway” was covered by Joan Baez. Featured members of The Jayhawks. |
| 1991 | Bruce Cockburn | Nothing But a Burning Light | Columbia | Production associate to T Bone Burnett. |
| 1990 | Joe Henry | Shuffletown | Mammoth | Recording Artist/Songwriter.
Featured musicians Don Cherry & Cecil McBee. Produced by T Bone Burnett. |
| 1989 | Joe Henry | Murder of Crows | Mammoth | Recording Artist/Songwriter.
String arrangements by Van Dyke Parks. |
| 1986 | Joe Henry | Talk of Heaven | Astor Place | Co-Producer w/ Keith Anderson. |
| Film Credits | ||||
| Year | Artist | Film & Track or Score | Film Studio | Notes |
| 2010 | Various Artists | Passion Play (select backing tracks) | Annapurna Productions | Producer & Songwriter of "Orphan in this World".
Artists included Christian Scott, Little Jimmy Scott, Aaron Neville, Allen Toussaint, & Solomon Burke among others. |
| 2010 | Gwyneth Paltrow | Country Strong (select song) | Sony Pictures | Producer. |
| 2009 | Joe Henry | Motherhood (original score) | John Wells Productions | Composer/Producer. |
| 2007 | Joe Henry & Loudon Wainwright III | Knocked Up (original score) | Apatow Productions | Co-Composer/Producer . |
| 2007 | Various Artists | I'm Not There soundtrack | Celluloid Dreams | Producer.
Artists included Richie Havens, Marcus Carl Franklin, & John Doe |
| 2000 | Joe Henry | Jesus' Son (original score) | Alliance Atlantis/Evenstar Films | Composer/Producer/Engineer. |
| Songwriting Credits | ||||
| Year | Artist | Song/Album | Label | Credit |
| 2012 | Madonna | "Falling Free"/MDNA | Interscope Records | Co-Writer w/ William Orbit, Laurie Mayer & Madonna. |
| 2009 | Madeleine Peyroux | "Love and Treachery"/Bare Bones | Rounder Records | Co-Writer w/ Madeleine Peyroux & Larry Klein. |
| 2008 | Madonna | "The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You"/Hard Candy | Warner Bros. | Co-Writer w/ Justin Timberlake & Madonna. |
| 2006 | Madonna | "Jump"/Confessions on a Dance Floor | Warner Bros. | Co-Writer w/ Madonna. |
| 2003 | Roseanne Cash | "Hope Against Hope"/Rules of Travel | Capitol | Co-Writer w/ Jakob Dylan. |
| 2000 | Madonna | "Don't Tell Me"/Music | Warner Bros. | Co-Writer w/ Madonna. |
| Other Projects | ||||
| Year | Artist | Song/Album | Label | Credit |
| 2007 | Jakob Dylan | "Whispering Pines"/Endless Highway: The Music of The Band | Savoy Jazz | Producer. |
| 2004 | Joe Henry/Ann Peebles | "Until You Came Into My Life"/Sweethearts | Hear Music | Duet Vocals/Producer. |
| 2003 | Sam Phillips | "Wedding in Cherokee County"/(unreleased) | (unreleased) | Producer. |
| 1999 | Meshell Ndegeocello | "Wasted Time"/Bitter | Maverick | Duet vocals.
Also features musicians Doyle Bramhall II, Lisa Coleman, and others. |
| 1996 | Joe Henry/Madonna | "Guilty by Association"/Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation | Columbia | Duet Vocals/Co-Producer. |
| 1992 | Spinal Tap | "Rainy Day Sun"/Break Like the Wind | MCA | Production Associate. |
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