Fresh off the GRAMMY-nominated success of Happiness Bastards (2024), Chris and Rich Robinson wasted no time getting back to work. In early 2025, the brothers returned to Nashville to reunite with producer Jay Joyce and recapture the spark that powered their last record. This is the result. Reflective of their mood and expression, The Black Crowes ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Blues Rock
Three world premiere recordings! Reference Recordings® proudly presents the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michael Butterman, in world premiere recordings of music by renowned Cuban pianist and composer Aldo López-Gavilán. The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michael Butterman, performs exciting music by renowned Cuban pianist and composer Aldo Lopez Gavilan. This new album contains world-premiere recordings of Emporium for Piano and ...
Composer: Aldo Lopez Gavilan (1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is honoring the lasting legacy of the Harlem Renaissance, bringing its music, culture and spirit vividly into the present with a new album. The Pops releases of “Harlem Renaissance,” its newest recording led by conductor John Morris Russell. The album pays tribute to one of America’s most influential artistic movements and the wide range of jazz styles it inspired, pairing iconic compositions with fresh interpretations, including a first commercial recording. ...
Composer: Duke Ellington (1899-1974), Kurt Weill (1900-1950), Cab Calloway, William Christopher Handy (1873-1958)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Shutterspeed Duo's All-American Futurity Trials is a collaborative project by Ford Fourqurean (clarinets/electronics) and Erich Barganier (electric guitar/electronics) that brings both musicians' finely tuned sensibilities to an immersive electro-acoustic environment. At many moments on the recording, one can hear sonic soundscapes that would be ...
Composer: Ford Fourqurean, Erich Barganier
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
Rooted in Skage Larsen’s compositions, the quartet performs original music with strong references to the American jazz tradition, yet with a fresh and modern expression. The compositions draw inspiration from a wide range of genres, including pop, soul, and classical music, an influence that is also reflected in the improvisations. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Extra Stars is a deeply beautiful expression of Gregory Uhlmann’s ever-evolving sound world, and comes at a pivotal juncture in the LA-based composer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist’s musical journey. Following a long run of supporting work with artists like Perfume Genius, Tasha, and Hand Habits, alongside an eponymous recorded output largely focused on his more singer-songwriter oriented music, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
"Masekela" is the eleventh studio album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela released via Uni Records label in 1969. It was Hugh Masekela who pretty much kicked off the interest in South African Jazz. There were hints of it here and there. Labeled Township Jive in the 1950s, it made its presence known by way of clandestine ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Afro Jazz
After years of speculation, delays, and near-mythical unreleased material, Morrissey releases a new album "Make-Up Is a Lie". The British icon, best known as the former frontman of The Smiths, revealed that Make-Up Is a Lie will be his fourteenth solo studio album, arriving 6th of March 2026 via Sire / Warner Records. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
Evening Conversations: Yarlung Records 20th Anniversary Edition
It is with great pleasure that Yarlung Records presents David Fung's second album, Evening Conversations, which was recorded on March 27th, 28th and 29th, 2006, in Zipper Hall in Los Angeles. For Evening Conversations, we chose two Neumann U-47 tube microphones, and used an intimate perspective for the microphone setup. We wanted the sound to complement this introspective repertoire. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Tan Dun (1957-), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1934), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Alessandro Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
1992s A Walkin Thing is the last of three albums the great American organist Shirley Scott recorded for Candid, and her final recording before her passing. A true titan of jazz, Scotts mix of gospel and hard-pop helped define the 60s soul-jazz scene both as a leader and a featured player with Stanley Turrentine and Eddie Lockjaw Davis. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Hard Bop
Nice surprises are far too rare these days. But here comes one, out of nowhere: H-BLOCKX are back. For real. On their new single ‘FILLIN_THE_BLANK’, the band from Münster sounds as snotty, fresh and energetic as if they had only started yesterday. Thirty-five years after the band was founded, let someone try to imitate them. ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Adult Alternative
A Love for Strangers is a complete reinvention for Nick Murphy. His first record as Chet Faker in four years expands his previously established sound in thrilling new directions, with moonlit saxes recalling legendary acts like Prefab Sprout and the Blue Nile as well as the lush, breakbeat-laden pop of David Gray’s classic White Ladder. These 12 songs find ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Electro-Pop
With their ACT debut Circadia, Mammal Hands are opening a new chapter: they are deepening their rhythms, expanding their sound spectrum, and confirming their position as one of the most innovative British instrumental bands. New drummer Rob Turner brings new energy, electronic textures, and fresh grooves. The album, which deals with transformation, cycles, and ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Discover Elvis like never before with the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. Executive produced by Baz Luhrmann, this collection features the showstopping performances featured in the film, including new mixes and fresh remixes of classic ...
Genre: Soundtrack
Subgenre: Film
You’ll hear it as you bump along the road into Zebilla, a vibrant town in the remote Upper East Region of northern Ghana. The sound of palms striking palms: rhythmic. Complex. Communal. You might hear laughter, and harmonised chanting. On arrival, you may even spot Ghanaian star Lamisi, singing and dancing in a circle of women, all of them clapping. And clapping. And clapping. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
It was Dave Slonaker's fascination with the sounds of big bands in his early teens that led him to Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library to research the nuts & bolts of how it was created. An orchestrator, arranger, and composer for film & TV over decades now, it's with his 15-year-old Grammy nominated ensemble—comprised of LA's finest jazz and studio musicians—where he explores ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Nicki Parrott and Her Swingfluencers
Influencer seems to be the new dream job for some young people, where you gain as many followers as possible by promoting yourself and potentially earn a lot of money in the process. The ‘Swingfluencers’ don't work with narcissistic posts, but instead win people over with their music, without any grand poses or words. Because you can also influence people with ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
The lines drawn by these melodies freely extend without limit. This is the first trio album recorded in New York, produced by Makoto Ozone. After graduating from Keio University, the pianist moved to the United States and was selected for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, where Danilo Perez serves as artistic director. He graduated as ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Flutronix, the forward-thinking musical duo comprised of Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull, presents Black Being, a four-movement song cycle for flutes, electronics, and chamber orchestra that explores and reclaims the black female experience. Black Being features Grammy-nominated performer and composer Nathalie Joachim, ...
Composer: Allison Loggins-Hull (1982), Nathalie Joachim
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
