The electrifying new album by Grammy Award winning songwriter, solo artist, and the voice of Creed - featuring soaring single Higher Power! Continuing his triumphant Napalm Records-era return, multi-Grammy Award nominee and winner Scott Stapp will unleash his brand new album, Higher Power, in 2024. As one of the best-known voices ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works Vol. 2
Alpesh Chauhan's début recording for Chandos - Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (CHSA 5300) - met with widespread critical acclaim and awards, including recording of the week for both The Times and Presto Music, and the BBC Music magazine's Orchestral Choice. This second volume - with the same forces - offers equally crisp and ...
Composer: Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Matthew Rotker-Lynn is quickly becoming a distinctive voice within the New York Jazz scene. Rotker-Lynn currently resides in Queens, NY, and can be heard regularly in NYC’s top jazz clubs. He has recently recorded a six song EP on the Canadian label “Cellar Live” with Alex Claffy and Jimmy Macbride, featuring special guest Aaron Goldberg. Its release date is February 2024. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
The Road Back Home was recorded during the summer of 2023 when she performed at four folk festivals in southern Ontario. It was a return to her roots, a sort of musical winding back to where it all began. The early songs, the local musicians, the bursts of energy and spontaneity in those local performances are what inspired this new ...
Genre: Folk
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Spaceman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Max Richter had a particular puzzle to solve as he was creating the film’s evocative score. How do you capture the emotional disparities of an intimate love story cast in the vast expanse of space? “The visual language of the film really informs your musical decisions,” says the celebrated post-minimalist composer, whose film credits include Ad Astra and Mary Queen of Scots, among many others. ...
Composer: Max Richter (1966)
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: Film
Ave Maria: First Vespers of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Buckfast
The Choir of Buckfast Abbey presents music for the First Vespers of Our Lady of Buckfast, the Abbey’s patronal feast on 24 May. The Gregorian chant of the Monastic Rite is interspersed with glorious polyphonic works by Felice Anerio, William Byrd and Francisco Guerrero, culminating in the splendid Magnificat Octavi toni by Tomás Luis de Victoria. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 KV 456 & 21 KV 467
"Bravo Mozart!" exclaimed Emperor Joseph II as he stood up and tipped his hat at the end of the first performance of Piano Concerto No. 18 KV 456 , played by Mozart himself on 30 September 1784. Less than a year later, the composer pens his iconic 21st concerto, which is performed here by the Mozarteumorchester ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Jeremias Fliedl is the first Austrian winner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition and the last pupil of Heinrich Schiff. For his debut album, he has therefore chosen two works that have accompanied him since his early youth and which he worked on with Schiff: Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations and Stravinsky's Suite ...
Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
"…use of fuzzy guitar and dramatic but not melodramatic vocals cast over and syncing with an unconventional rhythm is reminiscent of Queens of the Stone Age...there is a kind of late 90s alternative rock groove with melodies in a slow roller coaster dynamic and sway like you’d hear in ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Like a bow pulled back with a fist and a sharp-angled elbow, the supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique take aim at gender inequality and, fortified by an ancient-to-future soundscape co-crafted with producer Jacknife Lee, shoot their flaming arrows. Six glorious voices, six mighty queens — Alvie Bitemo, Dobet Gnahoré, Kandy ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Neo-Traditional Country music sister-trio, The Castellows, are set to release their seven-song debut EP, A Little Goes A Long Way. The band comprised of sisters Ellie (lead guitar), Powell (banjo) and Lily (vocals), wrote/co-wrote six of the seven ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
The Norwegian Sivert Høyem is perhaps not yet very well known here. His recently released EP "Roses of Neurosis" will certainly change that. The five impressive songs are mid-tempo with beautiful melodies that are cleverly arranged. And Sivert Høyem has perhaps the best male voice in all of Scandinavian pop music. The melancholic and sophisticated ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Winner of the First Prize of the 2001 Queen Elisabeth Competition, Baiba Skride displays a natural approach to performance that has endeared her to many of today’s most prestigious conductors and orchestras worldwide. She performs the Double Concerto with violist Ivan Vukcevic, who has appeared in
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Entering 2024 as one of Ireland’s brightest new bands following a slew of hype from the likes of NME (check out their recent cover feature), Rolling Stone UK, The Observer, Uncut and 6 Music, today, NewDad release their acclaimed debut album ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Choirmaster II is poised to make an indelible mark on the gospel music landscape, reaffirming Ricky Dillard’s status as a true maestro in the genre. As the release date approaches, anticipation is building, and fans can expect an album that not only uplifts the spirit, but also stands as a testament to the enduring power of gospel music. ...
Genre: Wold Music
Subgenre: Gospel
CREED singer Scott Stapp will release his fourth solo album, "Higher Power", on March 15, 2024 via Napalm Records. The LP will arrive just a month before the iconic frontman returns to the stage with CREED for the first time in ten years. Stapp's upcoming ten-track triumph turns the rockers experiences on the razors edge into an acknowledgement of ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Trapped By A Thing Called Love
Denise LaSalle’s seminal debut album for Westbound Records, released in 1972, introduced the world at large to a storming force in blues. At Westbound, Denise refined her Chicago Blues roots and recorded Trapped By A Thing Called Love, adding contemporary and soulful arrangements to her flawless songs. ...
Genre: R&b
Subgenre: Soul
Laurence Jones follows up 2022's 'Destination Unknown' with brand new album 'Bad Luck & The Blues'. Refining his sound and returning with a trio, the new record showcases Laurence at his rawest, showcasing his virtuoso guitar talents and remaining faithful to his blues roots. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Bluesy Rock
Abel: Pieces for Viola da Gamba
Even though Abel left behind a sizable oeuvre, including many symphonic works, he is maybe best remembered for his extraordinary compositions for the “queen of all instruments”, as he called it: the viola da gamba. Having been a true celebrity in the second half of the 18th century, Carl Friedrich Abel has since been largely ...
Composer: Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
