Sha-Boom burst out of Stockholm in 1987 and, within months, were sharing festival bills with Scandinavian hard rock royalty such as Europe and Treat. Their debut single, the fist-pumping anthem ‘R.O.C.K.’, shot straight to No. 1 across Sweden and Norway, and the self-titled album that followed confirmed them as one of the era’s defining melodic rock acts. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
I've Missed You All These Years
There’s a moment halfway through I’ve Missed You All These Years, the fifth record from Seattle songwriter and producer Sera Cahoone, that captures the album’s mix of collective joy and resilient wisdom. Backed by the gentle lilt of a pedal steel and keyboard on “Pulling Up Roots,” she declares, “I’m alright/ After all this time.” It’s a lyric that feels like a deep exhale, one that reflects the transformative journey to Cahoone’s boldest and brightest album. The daughter of a dynamite salesman raised in the Colorado foothills, Cahoone picked up drumming at just 11 years old. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary Folk
Grammy Award–winning composer Donnacha Dennehy’s Limina is due August 28, 2026, on Nonesuch Records. The album features premiere recordings of two pieces: the piano concerto Limina and Violin Concerto, performed by National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, conductor Ryan McAdams, pianist Eliza McCarthy, and violinist Stephen Waarts; it was recorded at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. The first movement from Limina, “Head,” is available today. ...
Composer: Donnacha Dennehy (1970)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
For a full decade, Sam Roman (known as RØMANS) has been a top pop songwriter & producer who’s had several hit songs. He co-wrote Lewis Capaldi’s biggest hit “Someone You Loved,” and he recently had the hit “Good News” with country-pop star, Shaboozey. His songs have also been recorded by Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Pink, Demi Lovato, Alicia Keys and John Legend. ...
Composer: Sam Romans
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Billy Strings will release a new album, So Much for Goodbyes, on August 28 via Reprise Records. Along with the record’s announcement, Strings has also dropped the first single from the project, “Burn the Other End,” which he wrote with Greensky Bluegrass’ Paul Hoffman. Produced by Strings and T Bone Burnett, the new 16-track set finds Strings “channeling a deeply personal period into his most musically ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Bluegrass
A true soul singer at heart, Chrissi is known for both silencing a room and bringing that room of listeners to their feet with her transcendent vocal ability and deep connection to the music she is delivering. On her new album "Forever Muscle Shoals", Chrissi shines a light on the music recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in the late 60’s/early 70’s including the songs of Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Bob Dylan, The Rollings Stones, Cher and more. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Contemporary Blues
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (2026 Remastered Super Deluxe Edition)
The album, originally released by the Happy Mondays in 1990, captured the chaotic, euphoric spirit of the Madchester movement and blended indie rock, acid house rhythms and funk grooves into a sound that redefined British alternative music. With landmark tracks such as ‘Step On’ and ‘Kinky Afro’, the album became both a commercial breakthrough and a cultural snapshot of a generation shaped by the dance culture and nightlife of the North. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre:
From 2008 through 2024, Derek Sharp was the musical director, lead vocalist, and lead guitarist of The Guess Who. He performed almost one thousand shows across North America, captivating audiences with his powerful voice and musical mastery. Now, with Derek Sharp and The Champagne Jam, he’s spearheading a Power Pop revival, blending the genre’s signature hooks, harmonies, and heart with a fresh, modern ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Fifteen, the first album from the collective trio of saxophonist and flutist Henry Threadgill, pianist Vijay Iyer, and drummer Dafnis Prieto, is out August 21, 2026 on Nonesuch Records, available to pre-order here. It is the label debut for all three musicians. The record takes its name from the number of years the trio has been performing together—first at a series of benefits for the New York City club the Jazz Gallery, a club they have ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
Weezer are back with ‘The Gold Album’. The “Buddy Holly” rockers have announced the seventh instalment in their long-running, colour-coded album series. It is also the band’s 16th studio album since their 1994 debut, “The Blue Album”. In an Instagram post, the band wrote: “Coated in what surface instruments call gold. It bears the name Weezer. Its surface is adorned with four symbols said to represent its creators. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Young is the brand new 10-track album from 3x Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling global superstars, Dan + Shay. Featuring their timely and powerful single, “Say So,” Young serves as a personal snapshot into the lives of the duo’s Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney as they’ve navigated family, faith, and following dreams during one of the most prolific seasons of their storied 12+ year career. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Country Pop
Bethany, AKA James the Seventh, is a 20-year-old musician based in the US. Music wasn’t her original goal for her life, but due to an accident that stopped her dancing career in 2020 it was the only thing that kept her going. The name James the Seventh came from her father, who is the 6th in a line of James’ and she chose it because it is a little joke in her family that herself and her sisters would have all been named James. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Mason Ramsey is releasing his sophomore album "Outlaw in Love". The 19-year-old singer-songwriter will officially launch the new era with the release of his latest single, ‘Hey There Trouble’, out now. The track arrives alongside an accompanying music video and serves as fans’ first taste of an album that promises to showcase a more mature, confident and fully realised version of the artist who first captured the world’s attention as a child. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
Award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Danny Keane returns with Kinesis, a bold, genre-defying second album that captures the energy of movement, collaboration and creative freedom. Few musicians move as effortlessly between musical worlds as Danny Keane. An award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer, the Anglo-Irish artist has spent years ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The wait is finally over! After two years, Joshua Bassett’s second studio album, Easier, will be available Aug. 14. Bassett posted the news to Instagram, sharing the album’s full track list and announcing that the second track, “Dancing On The Edge,” would be released on Friday, Aug. 7. The year 2026 has shaped up to be a busy year for Bassett. With the release of his album, he shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
As these words are written, Art Blakey continues to lead with the same energy and authority that has defined his career, keeping the New Messengers a vital force in modern jazz. At the heart of the band is the remarkably gifted young pianist Keith Jarrett, born May 8, 1945, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. From his earliest days, Jarrett displayed an uncanny facility for music, performing professionally ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Quartet expands upon the extraordinary musical dialogue - or, as Amazon.com puts it, the "dream pairing" - begun by guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Brad Mehldau on their 2006 collaboration, Metheny/Mehldau. This time they incorporate the members of Mehldau's trio, bassist Larry Grenadier ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Fusion
12 Golden Country Greats (Remaster 2026 Deluxe Edition - Remaster)
Ween are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their fifth album, 12 Golden Country Greats, with a Deluxe Edition. Produced by Ben Vaughn in Nashville, the album features Dean and Gene backed by The Shit Creek Boys, a group of elite session musicians including players who had backed Elvis Presley among many others. 12 Golden Country Greats, which includes Ween classics “Piss Up A Rope,” “I’m Holding You,” and “Pretty Girl,” has been remastered from the original ...
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Folk Rock
In a world currently defined by unrest, uncertainty, and cultural fracture, acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Isaiah Collier returns with Joy, a 5-track EP that reframes one of humanity’s most nuanced emotions both as a devotional grounding and political act. Collier’s deeply personal compositions present joy as an act that isn’t rooted in escapism or abstraction, but rather, as something hard-won rooted in lived experience, shaped by transformation, and sustained through ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
"Renascent" marks the long-awaited return of legendary Manchester outfit The Durutti Column, their first new studio album in over fifteen years, produced by Keir Stewart. The album opens with the gentle throb of Echoes In The Memory but slips softly into a longer piece, the near-Oriental twinkle of Your Shadow At Morning. Time Past And Present, the longest piece at almost six minutes, echoes and swirls around Reilly’s guitars. Agonistes, which enters with a dreamy drumbeat, then sees the harmonic sweep of experimental Manchester vocalist ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
