Chicago native and Guitar prodigy, Marcus Rezak has connected with GRAMMY-award-winner Paul Nelson (Johnny Winter) to produce his next body of work entitled Guitar Head, a blues oriented album that melds his prestige in the jam, improvisation, and songwriting world with his roots that hail from the “Home of the ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues-Rock
I Left You In Minnesota (Deluxe)
Three years after the announcement of his debut album 5:30, Minnesota hip-hoper Pardyalone has unveiled his new material. Arriving just under a month after the release of his sixth EP, I'm The Dumb One, the baptized Kevin Pardy finally releases I Left You In Minnesota, his second studio record. ...
Genre: Alternative
Subgenre: Indie Rock
Call Off the Search (2023 Remaster)
Katie Melua's debut album, ‘Call Off The Search,’ instantly established her as a remarkable new talent. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the album showcased her unique vocal style, blending jazz, blues, and folk influences with contemporary pop sensibilities. The album was co-written and produced by Mike Batt, who played a crucial role in ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
Mozart spiritual and symbolic - Pierre Génisson & Concerto Köln: For his first album as an exclusive Erato artist, French clarinettist Pierre Génisson focussed on the most brilliant advocate of his instrument in the 18th century: Mozart. The centrepiece of the programme is the composer's sublime Clarinet Concerto. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Having built an impressive following on the back of live performances and social media, Berlin’s Moses Yoofee Trio share ‘Ocean’, their impatiently awaited debut mini-album. The five-track collection follows their stand-alone single, ‘On That Side’, released in June 2023 alongside a one-camera, one-take video ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Nu Jazz
A concept album of lean-back repertoire from popular film melodies to French chansons to classical pieces – including “La Foule” by Édith Piaf, the main theme from Summer of '42 by Michel Legrand, “Beau soir” by Debussy, Sicilienne by Fauré, and “Chi Mai” by Ennio Morricone. ...
Composer: Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Franz Lehar (1870-1948), Joseph Kosma (1905-1969), Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Michel Legrand (1932-2019), Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Francois Lai (1932-2018), Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Charles Aznavour (1924-2018)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Known for his explosive live shows and electrifying stage presence, COJO Music / Warner Music Nashville Platinum recording artist Cody Johnson has established a following of passionately loyal fans who regularly sell out shows across the country and have helped him accumulate more than two billion streams worldwide. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Alternative Country
It's been five long years since iconic Brazilian power metal kings Angra released their last album, Ømni. Finally the band is back now with new music, proving once again to be one of the most unique bands of the genre. Angra's signature sound - merging classic virtuosic power metal with progressive elements and rhythms - is on full ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Metal
Pepper and booked him into a week at the Village Vanguard in New York. At the time, Pepper was under contract to Contemporary Records and label head, Les Koenig, decided he would record the gigs, quashing any notion Snyder had of doing the same. However, Art promised Snyder that he'd record an album for Snyder's label, Artists House, at some ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Free Jazz
With 27 number one singles, 15 billion streams and more than 20 million albums sold, ACM Artist of the Decade Jason Aldean today announced his upcoming Highway Desperado Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 41-city headlining tour kicks off on July 14 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, NY making stops across the ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Contemporary Country
Japanese Jazz legend Tsuyoshi Yamamoto's new album, A Shade Of Blue, undoubtedly reflects his love of the piano trio, a group configuration that in jazz history began in the 1940s with Nat King Cole and then was developed in the 50s by innovators like Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, and Bill Evans. Yamamoto's highly experienced trio - which has a ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Jazz Blues
Mayer Hawthorne cut his teeth in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he started making beats and DJing at the height of Detroit hip-hop. Since his debut heart-shaped seven-inch, Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out, dropped via Stones Throw in 2008, Hawthorne has released four LPs, raking in accolades from esteemed publications like GQ, New York Times ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
James Blunt is back with a sparkling new album "Who We Used To Be", featuring the bright and breezy uptempo rocker "Beside You'. Produced by The Six, a Manchester collective who have worked with Clean Bandit, Marshmello and James Arthur, 'Beside You' is a feel -good summer anthem. "It's a bit of a ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
The string quartets of Debussy and Ravel, composed within a decade of each other, make a natural pairing. The Arod Quartet, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023, sets these two belle époque masterpieces in a present-day context with a third work: Al Asr, by the young French composer ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Benjamin Attahir (1989), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
With Forgotten Arias countertenor Philippe Jaroussky pays tribute to composers of the late Baroque era and to the great librettist of the age, Pietro Metasasio. All ten arias on the album, written between 1748 and 1770 by nine composers, are heard in world premiere recordings. Metasasio's librettos were set by multiple composers - Vivaldi, Handel, Gluck and Mozart among them - resulting in hundreds ...
Composer: Andrea Bernasconi (1706-1784), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Louis Alexandre (Luigi Alessandro) Piccinni (1779-1850), Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710-1791), Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779), Giovanni Valentini (1582-1649), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783), Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), Niccolo Jommelli (1714-1774)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
New Gold Dream - Live From Paisley Abbey
New Gold Dream – Live from Paisley Abbey” will be released on October 27th via BMG. The album’s live performance was filmed just outside of her hometown of Glasgow as part of the Sky Arts series Greatest Albums Live. Singer Jim Kerr on choosing the location: “When it came to choosing a location for the show, ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
In celebration of The Judds’ 40th anniversary, some of music’s biggest stars have come together for A Tribute To The Judds, a compilation album filled to the brim with reimagined versions of the legendary duo’s discography. ...
Genre: Country
Subgenre: Compilations
Open Arms - The Symphonic Songbook
Five years since the release of his last, Silver-certified, Top 2-charting solo album As Time Goes By, Britain’s leading tenor, Alfie Boe, returns with his brand new album Open Arms - The Symphonic Songbook. Alfie’s homage to rock, the album sees the tenor rework versions of rock’s finest tracks such as Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, Metallica’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’, Bryan Adams’ ‘Summer of ‘69, & many more, into simply spectacular symphonic masterpieces. ...
Genre: Vocal
Subgenre: Vocal Pop
As the year draws to a close, the swancore scene remains as active as ever. Sacramento-based Wolf & Bear are next in line with the impending release of their sophomore record, BLOODLETTER. It’s been a long six years since the group’s debut LP, Everything Is Going Grey, with the interim period seeing the release of 2019’s EP and 2020’s pair of singles in “Street Rat” and “Monstro”. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Hard Rock
Duran Duran have released their 16th studio album, Danse Macabre, in time for this year’s Halloween. Danse Macabre is the soundtrack to Duran Duran’s ultimate Halloween party. Across 13 tracks the band unearths bright melodies from the darkness, threading together new songs, themed covers, and newly reimagined versions of their own ‘spooky’ classics. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
