The trouble with so much Cosmic American Music is that it’s not all that ‘cosmic’ at all. The moves are there—the mood, the ingredients, musical and (ahem) otherwise, the clothes—but the substance too often comes up a little thin. Maybe that’s fine: the Flamin’ Groovies weren’t quite the Beatles either, and so to criticize the heirs of the Flying Burrito ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck has announced “Revelator”, a new album of nine original songs out April 5 that marks his debut for Verve Records. Grappling with the quiet obstacles and unspoken truths that come with the gravity of navigating home, partnership and family, “Revelator” ruminates on questions ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Just off his breakout #1 debut, RECORDS Nashville hitmaker George Birge returns with the modern-Country power anthem “Cowboy Songs,” hot on the trail of a romantic outlaw. George Birge returns to Country radio with “Cowboy Songs” after supercharging the charts with his first #1 single, “Mind On You.” The addictive hit landed on Billboard's all-genre Hot 100 list and is from his debut ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
In an extraordinary fusion of past and present, Grace Kelly announces her 15th album in a 20-year prolific recording career, Grace Kelly with Strings: At The Movies. This project, deeply inspired by the seminal album Charlie Parker with Strings, is set for release on March 1, 2024, via PAZZ Productions. It marks Kelly’s first jazz record since 2016 ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Following in the footsteps of such British jazz rock pioneers as Nucleus, Mike Gibbs, Isotope and Colosseum , Mark Lockheart's new project fuses flute (the great Rowland Sutherland) twin sax improvisations ( Empirical’s Nathaniel Facey) with electric guitar (John Parricelli) and a full brass and wind section of top players over rock steady ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Eighteenth-century Europe was home to an infinity of musical styles. The fascination of composers with developments elsewhere led to a multitude of creative imitations and further transformations. Our recording is a sounding illustration of the results: a German embraces ...
Composer: Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692-1766), François Rebel (1701-1775)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Ed Harcourt releases his new album, El Magnifico via own imprint, Deathless Recordings. The self-produced album was recorded at his own Wolf Cabin studios with finishing touches made with assistance from producer Dave Izumi Lynch at Eastbourne’s Echo Zoo Studio. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
It is finished. Peter Kofler’s grand Bach passion has reached its sonorous finale. Only six years after its inception in 2017, the native of Bolzano finalizes his complete recording at the four-manual Rieger organ of the Jesuit Church of St. Michael’s in Munich. Not only has this ambitious project set entirely new standards in ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Gary Clark Jr.’s forthcoming album entitled JPEG RAW, his fourth studio release, marks a grand step in his musical evolution…. A powerful and expansive artistic statement. This new body of work signals a brave new world for Clark’s ever-expanding creative palette. The new music is dense and adventurous with a more cohesive synthesis of his eclectic musical universe. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues-Rock
GRAMMY Award-winning duo, Brothers Osborne announce the release of their Break Mine EP on March 22nd. The new, four-song EP includes two new tracks, “Break Mine” and “Get To Movin’ Again,” as well as two songs included on their GRAMMY-nominated 2023 self-titled album. Said TJ Osborne about the forthcoming release, “This one is for the fans. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
Three instruments, three emblematic works, and three excellent soloists! With Sophie Gent on violin, Frank Theuns on traverso and Bertrand Cuiller on harpsichord, Les Muffatti offer a fresh interpretation of Bach's Triple Concerto, the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto and the Orchestral Suite in B minor. ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The South Carolina-born Kelly arrives after landing a 1-2 punch of vulnerability with last year's record "The Weakness" and a companion EP "Weakness Etc" out this week. Here, he's building a unique canon, bending earlier, country-informed albums into a more expansive pop sound with wide-screen concerns and intimate colors. ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Folk Rock
The Four Seasons: Vivaldi & Piazzolla
Following her resounding success in last year's premiere at Maison symphonique, the violinist Isabella d'Éloize Perron debuts her first cross-country tour hitting all of the major cities on the east coast. This young prodigy is bound to be a performance filled with discovery and delight. ...
Composer: Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Nancy Vieira’s voice exudes natural warmth like a welcoming breeze. Akin to “morabeza”, a word that expresses the friendliness of Cape Verdan hospitality, the award-winning singer has a new album to celebrate, GENTE. An album that strongly connects and respects the place of Nancy’s childhood, ....
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
Power To The People (Remastered 2024)
Craft Recordings and Jazz Dispensary are set to issue a wide vinyl release of Joe Henderson’s 1969 classic, Power To The People, for the first time in over 50 years. Blending a socially conscious spirit with hard bop, jazz-funk, and electronic elements, the album finds the saxophonist entering a new creative dimension, as he performs such originals as “Isotope,” “Afro-Centric” and the ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Marking 40 years of The Jesus And Mary Chain, ‘Glasgow Eyes’ was recorded at Mogwai’s Castle of Doom studio in Glasgow, where Jim and William continued the creative process that resulted in their previous album, 2017’s ‘Damage and Joy’, becoming their highest charting album in over twenty years. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Messe Da Pacem: Music by Pierre Villette, Yves Castagnet and Ravel
The Choir of Royal Holloway presents the debut recording of Pierre Villette’s Messe Da Pacem in a new arrangement for choir and organ by Rupert Gough. Alongside the Mass is Villette’s well-known Hymne à la Vierge, and works by contemporary Parisian composer Yves Castagnet recorded here for the first time. The album opens with a new choral ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Pierre Villette, Yves Castagnet (1964)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
An album between worlds - ancient Japanese folklore, modern European folk-pop, sometimes even with a distinctly Celtic touch: That's the first collaboration between singer Chiyomi Yamada and the Japanese folk band Baobab. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Japan
Dan Patlansky has solidified his status as one of the most exceptional blues-based storytellers of his generation, earning legendary recognition worldwide. His 11th studio album, 'Movin' On' follows the release of his 2022 album, 'Shelter of Bones', which was voted #2 Best Blues Rock Album of 2022 by Blues Rock Review USA. ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Contemporary Blues
Djesse Volume 4: A celebration of past-explored and fresh musical worlds. The Djesse project finale! An album about the human voice: Audience Choir and 100,000 Thousand Voices. Alchemising the full spectrum of human emotion. A global celebration of the power of music from every corner of the world. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
