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Track listing

Personnel

A Storm of Light

*Josh Graham –

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*Domenic Seita –

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, backing vocals, percussion *Andy Rice –

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, percussion *Joel Hamilton – guitar,

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, percussion

Session musicians

*Nerissa Campbell – guest vocals on tracks 2, 6, and 7 *

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– guest vocals on tracks 4 and 8 *

Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch; June 2, 1959)Martin Charles Strong. ''The Great Indie Discography''. 2003, page 85 is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker. Her career began during the 1970s New York City no ...

– spoken word on tracks 1, 6, and 9 *

Carla Kihlstedt Carla Kihlstedt (born 1971) is an American composer, violinist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania and currently working from a home studio on Cape Cod. She is a founding member of Tin Hat Trio (1997, ...

– guest vocals and violin on tracks 1 and 6 *Marika Hughes – cello on tracks 1, 4, and 10 *

Aaron Lazar Aaron Scott Lazar is an American actor, artist and entrepreneur. Early life and education Lazar was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Lazar is of Jewish descent. He graduated from Cherry Hill High School West where he first started singing and per ...

– backing vocals on track 7 *Marc Allen Goodman – backing vocals on track 7

References

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