Discography

In addition to his work as SunSp.t, Joe MacPhail is a session musician and producer in the Triangle, NC area. He has performed on over 100 albums covering a wide range of genres. He plays keyboards, drums, and percussion.

Joe’s Selected Album Credits:

Dreamroot - Push, Leaf and Phases - Acoustic Piano, Hammond B3, Rhodes, Keys, Composition, Production, Premix Engineering & Editing

XOXOK - Jesus Piece (album), I’ll Be Fine (Single), All In (Single), Worthy (EP) - Drums

T Gold - T Gold (Album), You’re Not Gonna Live Forever (Single), 305 Till I Die (Single/Christmas Compilation), Minor Trial (Small Tribulation) (Single) - Keys (Analog Synthesizers, Electric Pianos, Vocoder)

Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5) - Hammond Organ, Rhodes, Piano

Abigail Dowd - Beautiful Day - Hammond Organ, Wurlitzer, Piano, all instrumentation on the song Grandmother Moon

The Oblations - The Oblations - Keys & Drums Simultaneously, Vocals, Electric Bass, Keys, Drums, Percussion, Composition, Production

Chatham Rabbits - If You See Me Riding By and The Yoke Is Easy, The Burden Is Full- Hammond B3, Piano, Shaker, Wurlitzer

Violet Bell - Shapeshifter and Honey In My Heart - Hammond B3, Wurlitzer, Piano, Chamberlin, Hadphoon + Drum Kit on Back To The Sea, Percussion on Mortal Like Me

Matt Phillips - Move (album), Mother (single).- Piano, Organ, Electric Piano on Mother

Rebekah Todd - Realign and Crooked Lines - Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Clavinet, Synthesizer, Delay Pedal, Synth Bass, Pump Organ

Blue Cactus - Stranger Again - Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Wurlitzer

Rodes - All My Friends - Moog, Piano, Aux Keys

Dissimilar South - Tricky Things - Hammond, Prophet/Synth, Piano, Wurlitzer

Shay Martin Lovette - Scatter & Gather - Organ, Moog

Emily Musolino - Burn (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 9) - Hammond B3, Piano

Ron Poythress - First Breath - Hammond Organ, Rhodes, Piano, Pump Organ

David Burney - I Forgive It All - Hammond, Piano, Pump Organ, Keys, Drums

Rebecca Newton - Riding Ponies To the Moon - Hammond, Piano, Rhodes, Pump Organ

These albums have received writeups and press from outlets including NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, American Songwriter, PopMatters, Glide Magazine, NoDepression, IndyWeek, Clture, the NERFA Podcast, Wide Open Country, Grateful Web, and Yes Weekly. They have also appeared on various Best Of 2021 lists. Emily Scott Robinson’s American Siren appeared on Rolling Stone’s 25 Best Country Albums of 2021.

Joe has also appeared on Live Performance Videos including

The Mountain Goats - The Durham Sessions (Get Famous, Tidal Wave, The Last Place I Saw You Alive, Picture Of My Dress, Getting Into Knives) - Hammond B3

Dreamroot - Offstage Live: Music at the Museum, Live At Reevestock, The Music Never Stops Festival, DC Jazz Prix 2020, ORLOVE: Under The Covers - Keys

XOXOK - Offstage Live: Music at the Museum - Drums

Kamara Thomas - Tularosa: An American Dreamtime Video Single “Last Ride to Las Cruces” - Keys & Key Bass

Violet Bell - Live at the Cats Cradle and Live at Deep Sound studios - Keys

Matt Phillips & The Back Pocket - Sonarch Presents: Matt Phillips and the Philharmonic - Keys