Vocal tour de force Dinah Washington headlines this week with her 1955 release For Those In Love. This album is unique amongst Dinah's offering from that period, with the singer opting to work alongside a smaller combo as opposed to a larger jazz orchestra. This album also saw Washington team up with arranger Quincy Jones – who she used on subsequent releases; ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Legendary prog band Nektar will be launching "Mission To Mars", the first in their new trilogy, on August 30th via Deko Entertainment. Chipster sent over the following details: Formed in Germany in 1969, Nektar favored extended compositions and concept albums over the constraints of pop. They were among the progenitors of the progressive rock movement of the 1970s as well as the jam-band scene that ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
Wonderful Day (Remastered Edition)
"Pop icon" and "movie legend" are probably fair descriptions of the American sweetheart who dominated much of the 1950s and 60s with her 39 feature films and 16 top40 singles in the UK alone. Who else could I mean but everyones favorite girl-next-door Doris Day. ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre: Vocal Pop
The Little Giant (Remastered Edition)
The Little Giant is an album by jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin and his all-star sextet, released on the Riverside label in 1959. It was Griffin's third album on Riverside. One of Johnny Griffin's hard blowing albums as a leader for Jazzland – recorded with a crack lineup that includes Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone, Wynton Kelly on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Albert Heath on drums! ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Christopher Cross (2019 Remaster)
The 1980 Grammy winner for Album of the Year, this #6 smash shot Cross into the soft-rock stratosphere. The big hits Sailing; Ride Like the Wind; Never Be the Same, and Say You'll Be Mine join Spinning; Poor Shirley, and the rest of the original album! ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Vocalist and producer Ash Walker returns with his third studio album. 'Aquamarine' stays close to Walker's jazz roots whilst experimenting with abstract trip-hop, dub reggae and soul. An avid collector of jazz, blues, soul, funk, reggae, and all things in-between; Ash has DJed far and wide... from the infamous Royal Mail squat party to the canals of Venice, spinning vinyl in Brixton with ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Avantgarde Jazz
Never coming home — the idea of not being able to return to the way something was — has grabbed hold of our collective consciousness and refused to let go. Perhaps the world is falling apart. Perhaps we’re just getting older. Whatever the case, the transient nature of life brings about its share of existential ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Dancing Cat Records announce the first in a series of posthumous albums composed by acclaimed pianist George Winston. Slated for release on August 30, 2024, the latest George Winston studio album, entitled Eastern Montana, will feature 10 new compositions with the first single “Dusk at the Fork in the Road”. ...
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
In Concert (Live) (Bonus Digital Booklet Version)
More expansion than sequel: After almost five years of working together as a duo, their celebrated program „Closer“ successfully brought Nils Wülker and Arne Jansen to the top of the charts and into some of the most beautiful concert halls at the beginning of 2023. With this new album, the two are logically igniting the next ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Although Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was born and raised in the German town of Hamburg, he spent much of his adulthood in Vienna, where he gained a reputation as a bit of an eccentric. An introvert by nature, he often exhibited a carefully cultivated brusque persona that kept all but his closest friends at a distance. Even so, recollections of ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Franck, Grieg, Shor-Pletnev & Shostakovich
One of my favourite musicians of all time,’ replies the young violinist Daniel Lozakovich when asked about the star pianist Mikhail Pletnev. The two musicians are separated by an age difference of more than 40 years, but what does that mean in music? After all, Daniel Lozakovich has been hailed as an ‘exceptional talent’ by ...
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Cesar Franck (1822-1890), Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975), Alexey Shor (1970)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Almost three decades on from their last release, Acid Jazz forefathers Galliano are back with news of their new album 'Halfway Somewhere' which is being released on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings on 30 August. On 'Circles Going Round The Sun', the first single to be lifted off their new album, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Acid Jazz
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 - From the New World - & American Suite
The first album from Nathalie Stutzmann as conductor features Dvorák's well known Symphony No. 9" From The New World" and the lesser known American Suite. Nathalie Stutzmann studied conducting with legendary Finnish teacher Jorma Panula, and has benefited from the mentoring of Simon Rattle and the late Seiji Ozawa. ...
Composer: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Between avant-garde and pop: Amelia is the 2024 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient's first new album since 2018’s Grammy-winning Landfall. The record comprises twenty-two tracks about renowned female aviator Amelia Earhart’s tragic last flight. Anderson, who Pitchfork says, “sees the future, but she starts by paying attention,” wrote the music and lyrics for ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
The 12" Album (2011 Remastered Edition)
Six 12-inch mixes by the British pop musician from 1984, whereby the long versions of ‘Always asking questions’ (4.27) and ‘Pearl in the shell’ (6.44) were previously unreleased. ‘New song’ (5.23) is artistically outstanding and fully convincing in the new extended version. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
The myriad of stars that aligned to create Jerry Phillips’ debut solo album, For The Universe, have been orbiting the rarified atmosphere of Memphis’ Sam Phillips Recording Service—the namesake studio that Jerry’s father built in the wake of his Sun Records success with Elvis Presley, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Classic Rock
The long awaited ninth studio album by American singer Vanessa Williams is called Survivor and will be released on August 22nd. 14-track album, which marks her first new release in 15 years, is an exciting, genre-defying collection of songs that reflect Williams’ rich and diverse musical catalogue. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
GRAMMY® award-winning artist, Lainey Wilson delivers “Whirlwind,” a daringly honest look into the singer’s life and journey around the world. The highly anticipated August 23rd release features a 14-track album produced by Jay Joyce. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
13 years! into their shared career, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have devised a new way to add a little fire to their distinctive strain of country music. They have in the past released records billed to one or the other, even though they collaborate intimately on everything. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: New Acoustic
R&B crooners Xavier Omär and ELHAE have released their joint EP, "Truth Be Told". “It was fun to bounce ideas with one of the most talented people in R&B today, it just so happens he’s also been my best friend since childhood,” ELHAE tells Rated R&B. ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
