Midwest Tape February 2022 Music Catalog

What’s Inside

Hot New, p5

Rock, p8

Country & Folk, p11

Music Buyer’s Guide February 2022

New Look!

Same Expert Curation.

Singer-songwriter presents a collection of his most popular love songs.

CD Available February 11. See page 3 for details.

NOW! That’s What I Call Music The popular music series is back with two new collections of hits. Make sure your shelves always have the most recent volumes with our Music Series Standing Order Plan.

Featuring modern classics from Outkast, Snoop Dogg, Chamillionaire, and others.

81 NOW • Pop/Rock Artists: Olivia Rodrigo, the Weeknd The popular music series returns with a new collection featuring Doja Cat’s Need to Know; Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits; the Weeknd’s Take My Breath; Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s Industry Baby; and more.

14744567 $18.99

Includes tracks from Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Dua Lipa, and more.

2000’s Hip Hop NOW • Rap/Hip-Hop Artists: Nelly, DMX Relive one of the biggest decades in hip-hop with a collection featuring Outkast’s Ms. Jackson; Ja Rule’s Always on Time; Snoop Dogg’s Drop It Like It’s Hot; and many more.

14744566 $18.99

February Music Table of Contents 3

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/ Best of February

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/ Country & Folk

Key

First New (First time in catalog) Gold Artist Platinum Artist

4-5 / Hot New Releases

12 / R&B; Rap

6-7 / Top Music Picks

13 / Jazz

Multi-Platinum Artist

8-9 / Rock

14 / NPR

Reissue

10 / Classical

15 / What’s on the Radio

New to Midwest Tape

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Best of February

Jason Mraz Lalalalovesongs

for King & Country What Are We Waiting for?

Atlantic Catalog Group • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Colbie Caillat

Word Entertainment • Religious

The greatest love songs from Jason Mraz in one collection featuring I’m Yours; I Won’t Give Up; Lucky; Love Someone; and many more timeless hits and fan favorites. $12.99 14760924

After releasing a Christmas album in 2018, for KING & COUNTRY return with a brand-new studio album. The first single, Relate, was the duo’s seventh consecutive number one single on the Christian AC Airplay Chart.

14783528 $11.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

AVAILABLE MARCH 11

PA

A collection of Jason Mraz’s top love songs.

GA

New album includes the chart-topping single Relate.

Lil Baby & Lil Durk The Voice of the Heroes

Charli XCX Crash

Quality Control Music; LLC • Rap/Hip-Hop

Atlantic • Pop/Rock

Lil Baby and Lil Durk have unleashed their long-awaited, highly anticipated, album with the Atlanta and Chicago rap giants teaming up for a supercharged project that features the likes of Travis Scot, Meek Mill, Young Thug; and Rod Wave. $13.99 14760927 PARENTAL ADVISORY

The new album from Charli XCX was named as one of Pitchfork’s 45 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022. Her latest includes the song New Shapes, a collaboration with Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek. $8.99 14763837 PARENTAL ADVISORY AVAILABLE MARCH 18

MPA

Digital release now available on CD!

Featuring the tracks New Shapes and Good Ones.

The Weeknd Dawn FM

Kanye West Donda

Xo Records • R&B Guest Artists: Lil Wayne, Tyler, The Creator

Def Jam Records • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: André 3000, Kid Cudi

Just a few weeks into the new year, the Weeknd returns with a brand-new album.

The highly anticipated follow-up to 2020’s After Hours comes with the new single Take My Breath.

14795799 $13.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY 14795800 $13.99 EDITED VERSION MPA

Kanye West delivers a deluxe edition of his record-breaking, chart-topping album, featuring four bonus tracks plus fan-favorite verses from Andre 3000, Kid Cudi, and more.

14799640 $18.99 2 Discs DELUXE EDITION AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11 MPA

Kanye’s digital release comes to CD.

“4 out of 5 stars…a refreshingly light and accessible listen.” - Rolling Stone

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Hot New Releases

Video also available: Summer of Soul DVD 14774850 $15.74 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 8

Soundtrack to the acclaimed documentary by Questlove.

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Legacy Recordings • Soundtracks Artists: B. B. King, The 5th Dimension Recorded during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, these live performances have not been heard in over fifty years. This album brings a lost moment in musical history to light.

14744564 $12.99

Dustin Lynch Blue in the Sky Broken Bow Records • Country Guest Artists: Chris Lane, Riley Green Country music star Dustin Lynch is back with the follow-up to his 2020 album Tullahoma. This includes his charttopping duet with Mackenzie Porter, Thinking ‘Bout You. 14794535 $13.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Roc Nation • Soundtracks Soundtrack to the Netflix film featuring the title track from Koffee; Guns Go Bang from Kid Cudi/Jay-Z; Better than Gold from Barrington Levy; Blackskin Mile from CeeLo Green; and more!

14789956 $11.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY

Luis Fonsi Ley de Gravedad

Alicia Keys Keys

Universal Music Latino • Latin Guest Artists: Farruko, Nicky Jam

RCA Records • R&B

The new studio album from global superstar, Latin Grammy winner, and three-time Grammy nominee Luis Fonsi includes the hits Vacio; Date La Vuelta, Girasoles; Besame; and more.

14770577 $11.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11 4

The Harder They Fall Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists

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Keys’s eighth album and follow-up to the 2020 Alicia is a 26-track double album that features a collaboration with Brandi Carlile.

14810340 $13.99 2 Discs AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Top music titles. / Hot New Releases Matrix Resurrections Original Motion Picture Score Various Artists

Rufus du Sol Surrender

WaterTower Music • Soundtracks

Released digitally in late 2021, the new Rufus du Sol album includes the Grammy Award-nominated track Alive.

14789939 $18.99

Reprise • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Curtis Harding

Features the music of Golden Globe nominees Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer.

The album also features eleven remixes from Marcel Dettmann, Modema, Thomas Fehlmann, System 01, Gudrun Gut, and many other well-known DJs. 14789938 $20.99 2 Discs

Foxes The Kick

Grammy Award nominee now available on CD.

Run Rose Run

Dolly Parton partners with James Patterson on this unique project!

PIAS America • Pop/Rock Inspired by the desire for freedom that the world collectively shared over the last eighteen months of lockdowns, Foxes naturally pivoted the sonics to feed that escapism and create a record that feels close to her euphoric pop roots. $14.99 14733683 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Robert Glasper Black Radio III Concord • Jazz Nine years after the release of Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper returns with a new album in the series.

This new release promises to build upon the innovations from the previous Grammy Award-winning efforts. $15.99 14787814 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25

CD

by Dolly Parton

Butterfly Records • Country

Sebastian Yatra Dharma Universal Music Latino • Latin Guest Artists: Jorge Celedon, Rosario Sebastián Yatra’s true talent is in his vocal transformation and ability to use his voice to transcend genres. He has redefined the romantic ballad with pop and reggaeton fusion, once again pleasing his fans with this new album.

14738943 $11.99

The companion album to the new novel with the same name, partnered with author James Patterson. Parton’s new album is a mix of country, bluegrass, and Americana.

14810336 $12.99 AVAILABLE MARCH 4

Audiobook

by James Patterson AB CD 12 Discs AB Flex Metered 24 Mo. eB Flex Metered 24 Mo. AVAILABLE MARCH 7

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$49.99 $65.00 $65.00

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Top Music Picks / Top titles patrons are looking for.

Includes the smash hit single Fancy Like.

Walker Hayes Country Stuff: The Album Monument Records • Country Guest Artists: MercyMe, Lori McKenna Hayes’s third full-length project contains five of the six songs from the EP he released in June and includes collaborations with Jake Owen, Lori McKenna, and Carly Pearce 14727910 $12.99

Jimmie Allen Bettie James

Eddie Vedder Earthling

Korn Requiem

Stoney Creek Records Country Guest Artists: Vikina, The Oak Ridge Boys

Republic Records Pop/Rock

Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock

Fresh off of his CMA Award win for New Artist of the Year and a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist, Jimmie Allen brings his new release to CD. It includes collaborations with LANCO, Little Big Town, Nelly, Babyface, and more.

14733620 $11.99 GOLD EDITION

After eleven years, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder is releasing a new, nonsoundtrack solo album. Among the tracks are the singles Long Way and The Haves.

14714452 $13.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Tom Morello The Atlas Underground Flood

Aaron Lewis Frayed at Both Ends Valory • Country Aaron Lewis’s new album is his measure of the wages of being a grown-up in today’s world, an American in a nation torn apart, and a man seeking love and redemption in the words of his songs.

14688543 $10.99 DELUXE EDITION

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Mom+Pop • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Jim Jones, Nathaniel Rateliff Featuring a jaw-dropping cast of collaborators, Tom Morello’s album is the follow-up to the Rage Against the Machine guitarist’s groundbreaking 2018 album The Atlas Underground and 2021 album The Atlas Underground Fire.

14714299 $13.99

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Korn continues to push the limits of the rock, alternative, and metal genres while remaining a pillar of influence for legions of fans and generations of artists around the globe.

Their new album is their first since 2019.

14673264 $12.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

Cat Power Covers Domino Recording Co. Pop/Rock Cat Power returns with Chan Marshall’s third album of her celebrated reinterpretations of songs by classic and contemporary artists.

14719628 $13.99

Top Music Picks Alt-J The Dream Atlantic • Pop/Rock Alt-J creates an album of intrigue, beauty, and humanity. True-crimeinspired stories and tales of Hollywood and the Chateau Marmont rub shoulders with some of the band’s most personal moments to date.

14727911 $11.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11 GA

Annie Live! Original Soundtrack of the Live Television Event on NBC

Top album of 2021 continues to capture attention.

Adele 30

Masterworks Broadway • Soundtracks Featuring the Tony and Grammy Award-winning score from the beloved musical as performed by the cast of the television event. The soundtrack features vocals by Harry Connick, Jr., Nicole Scherzinger Tituss Burgess, and Megan Hilty, with newcomer Celina Smith in the titular role of Annie. $15.99 14727909

Columbia Records • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Erroll Garner Adele’s first new album since 2015 quickly became the biggest-selling album of 2021. It won plenty of critical praise as well. Includes the chart-topping single Easy on Me. 14626817 $11.99 MPA

“5 out of 5 stars. It’s her toughest, most powerful album yet.” - Rolling Stone

West Side Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists

Casting Crowns Healer

Hollywood Records • Soundtracks

Casting Crowns continues to deliver songs that are timely and relevant to their listeners’ lives, and this album is no exception. Includes songwriting collaborations with Matthew West, Brooke Ligertwood from Hillsong Worship, and more.

14714454 $7.99

Reunion Records • Religious

Directed by Steven Spielberg with original music by Leonard Bernstein and performances from the cast including Ansel Engort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana Debose, Mike Faist, and more.

14651786 $12.99

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Christina Perri Songs for Rosie

KIDZ BOP Ultimate Playlist Volume 1 KIDZ BOP Kids

Elektra • Children’s Christina Perri releases a new lullaby collection, which honors her daughter Rosie, who passed away on November 24, 2020. The album features duets with her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Carmella, and her husband, Paul.

14719584 $19.99

KIDZ BOP • Children’s From the living room to center stage and everywhere in between, this is the perfect soundtrack for family fun. Includes new versions of Stay; Bad Habits; Fancy Like; and more.

14719622 $10.99

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Gold Artist /

Platinum Artist /

Multi-Platinum Artist /

Reissue /

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Rock

Includes collaborations with Bruce Springsteen.

John Mellencamp Strictly a One-Eyed Jack Republic Records Guest Artist: Bruce Springsteen John Mellencamp releases the follow-up to his 2018 album Other People’s Stuff. His 25th studio album features three collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, including the landmark duet Wasted Days.

14742464 $13.99

Tears for Fears The Tipping Point

Mitski Laurel Hell

Concord Records

Dead Oceans, Inc.

Tears for Fears release their first new album in nearly two decades, an inspired song cycle that vividly recalls the depth and emotional force of the group’s earliest triumphs.

With this release, Mitski cements her reputation as an artist in possession of such power, capable of using her talent to perform the alchemy that turns the most savage and alienated experiences into the very elixir that cures them.

14621368 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25

Slash 4

Jack White Fear of the Dawn

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Third Man

Guest Artists: Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators

The fourth studio album from Jack White, founding member of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather.

True to his DIY roots, this album was recorded at White’s Third Man Studio throughout 2021.

It’s been a decade since Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators released their first album together. True to the band’s expanding legacy, this new album is everything fans have come to expect, with a touch of something new. $16.99 14738930 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

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Sounds from alternative, metal, and beyond. / Rock Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Steve Vai Inviolate

4AD

Steve Vai’s newest and tenth solo album, a nine-song opus that does indeed push the boundaries of instrumental guitar music, Vai quite literally invented not just a new guitar, but also a new guitarplaying technique.

To truly dig into all that the music Big Thief desired in 2020, the band decided to write and record a rambling account of growth as individuals, musicians, and chosen family over four distinct recording sessions.

Favored Nations

14737813

$15.99

14714296 $15.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Hurray for the Riff Raff Life on Earth

Dashboard Confessional All the Truth That I Can Tell

Nonesuch

Hidden Note Records

Hurray for the Riff Raff’s new album features eleven new ‘nature punk’ tracks based on the theme of survival that are music for a world in flux; songs about thriving, not just surviving, while disaster is happening.

Dashboard Confessional’s ninth studio album is both a remarkable renewal and fortunate step forward for the band’s songwriter, frontman, and founder, Chris Carrabba.

14738928 $12.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 18

14769240 $13.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25

Beach House Once Twice Melody

Johnny Marr Fever Dreams Pts 1-4

Sub Pop Records

BMG Rights Management

The eighth studio album by Beach House is a double album, featuring eighteen songs presented in four chapters.

Across these songs, many types of style and song structures can be heard.

In the wake of his time leading the Healers, Marr’s solo career has given rise to three UK Top Ten albums: The Messenger (2013); Playland (2014); and 2018’s Call the Comet. He now returns with his most expansive work to date.

14733686

$13.99

2 Discs

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 18

14746393 $17.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25

A Place to Bury Strangers See Through You

Cate Le Bon Pompeii

Dedstrange

Mexican Summer

Across thirteen tracks recorded in seclusion throughout the nihilistic absurdity of the pandemic, this is proof positive that the group hailed as ‘The Loudest Band in New York’ is still finding new ways to push the needle deeper in the red.

Cate Le Bon’s sixth full-length studio album, and the follow-up to 2019’s Mercury-nominated Reward, bears a storied title summoning apocalypse, but the metaphor eclipses any ‘dissection of immediacy,’ says Le Bon.

14714297 $12.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

14760930 $14.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

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Classical / The best in opera, symphonic works, and more.

Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 London Symphony Orchestra

Only an Octave Apart Anthony Roth Costanzo & Justin Vivian Bond

LSO Live

By expressing their queer identities through unique interpretations of classical and pop music, the music becomes a reflection of outsiders who might otherwise be intimidated by the bulwark that the classical world can present.

As Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO continue their journey through Shostakovich’s symphonies, they take on one of his biggest creations, the Seventh.

14746392 $25.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 4

New Year’s Concert 2022 Wiener Philharmoniker Sony Classical The Vienna Philharmonic sends a New Year’s greeting in the spirit of hope, friendship, and peace with music from the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and their contemporaries 14744565

$17.99

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Decca Gold

14738942

Brahms Late Piano Works Opp.116-119 Paul Lewis Harmonia Mundi Paul Lewis explores the world of late Brahms, wherein the old master, far from growing more sedate, deploys a palette of infinite colors and sensibilities in his last four collections for solo piano.

14733692

Peaceful Piano Moods Various Artists Deutsche Grammophon Artists: Ola Gjeilo, Vangelis Become immersed in the most peaceful piano music from a range of genres. Each CD is themed around specific time of day– morning, afternoon, evening, night–and carefully curated to provide a halcyon soundtrack to the day.

14738934 $22.99 4 Discs

Erato Great sorrow and great joy, expressed in sacred and secular arias and cantatas, are the themes of Sabine Devieilhe’s album of Bach and Handel. Recorded with the Pygmalion ensemble and conductor Raphaël Pichon.

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$19.99

J.S. Bach & Beyond A Well-Tempered Conversation Julien Libeer Harmonia Mundi To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Julien Libeer had the idea of presenting it in an unusual light: here he initiates a dialogue in which Bach’s works ‘converse’ with later pieces by others.

14733696

Bach Handel Sabine Devieilhe

$13.99

$21.99

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Debussy Pelleas & Melisande François-Xavier Roth Harmonia Mundi Artists: Les Siecles In this new historically informed interpretation, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles have endeavored to do justice to this music that is at once so strong and so delicate, supported by a handpicked cast of today’s finest French singers.

14733699 $25.99 3 Discs

Country & Folk Old Crow Medicine Show Paint This Town ATO Records Offers a riveting glimpse into American mythology and the wildly colorful characters in it. This pays homage to everyone from Elvis Presley to Eudora Welty while shedding a bright light on the darker aspects of the country’s legacy.

14742463 $13.99 AVAILABLE APRIL 22

Tony Awardwinning creator of Hadestown.

Jamestown Revival Young Man Jamestown Revival Recordings The first Jamestown Revival album recorded in a proper studio and featuring fiddle on all tracks, and the album features no electric guitar whatsoever. It is a body of work that incorporates sounds from all aspects of Americana music.

14737844

$11.99

Anais Mitchell Anaïs Mitchell BMG Rights Management

In 2006, Anais Mitchell began work on what would become the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical phenomenon Hadestown. Now, she returns with her first solo album since 2012. This includes collaborations with Bon Iver and the National.

14760964 $14.99

Yonder Mountain String Band Get Yourself Outside

Grace Cummings Storm Queen

Frog Pad Records

Over the course of eleven feverishly composed folk songs, Grace Cummings explores a vast and volatile emotional landscape, approaching each track with both exquisite control and unfettered abandon.

With their latest album, Colorado-based quintet Yonder Mountain String Band once again echoes out into the universe its place as not only a pioneering jamgrass act, but also one of the most innovative, intricate groups in the live music scene.

14770557

ATO Records

14719616

$12.99

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Aaron Lewis Frayed at Both Ends

Craig Morgan God, Family, Country

Valory

Broken Bow Records

The album is Aaron Lewis’s measure of the wages of being a grown-up in today’s world, an American in a nation torn apart, and a man seeking love and redemption in the words of his songs.

Following a digital release in 2020, Craig Morgan’s hit album is now available for fans to enjoy, complete with the single The Father, My Son, and the Holy Ghost.

14688543 $10.99 DELUXE EDITION

14720822

$14.99

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R&B Michelle After Dinner, We Talk Dreams

The Temptations Temptations 60

Atlantic Mod • R&B 14719586 $16.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25

A brand-new album of brand-new songs from the legendary group, the Temptations! Featuring tracks written and produced by Narada Michael Walden.

14738939 $13.99

Moonchild Starfruit

Teddy Swims Tough Love

Tru Thoughts • R&B Guest Artists: Lalah Hathaway, Alex Isley, Ill Camille

Warner Bros. Records, Inc. • Pop/Rock

The result of ten years spent working and growing together, the fifth album from LA trio Moonchild showcases the respect, musical understanding, and love the trio have.

14770598 $15.99

UMe • R&B

Singer-songwriter and YouTube star releases his new EP. Features funky R&B song Broke that features vocals

by Thomas Rhett.

14738929 $9.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Kaina It Was a Home

MF Robots Break the Wall

City Slang • R&B

BBE Music • R&B

The follow-up to her 2019 release Next to Sun features collaborations with SleaterKinney, Helado Negro, and Sen Morimoto.

14661472 $12.99

The music is energizing, uplifting, and the potent result of a highly accomplished musical partnership maturing, growing, and hitting their stride together in lock-step.

14770853 $17.99

AVAILABLE MARCH 4

Rap Pouya Blood Was Never Thick as Water Pouya Records • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Denzel Curry, Lu Baby Independent hip-hop artist and rapper on the rise, Pouya releases his fourth studio album. Lyrical Lemonade says, ‘He’s one of the most creative minds in music right now.’

14738933 $12.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY

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Joell Ortiz Autograph Mello Music Group • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Juliet, Marc Scibilia The veteran emcee follows up his 2019 album Monday. Features Sheek Louch, CyHi the Prynce, and Kxng Crooked.

14719591 $18.99

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David Benoit A Midnight Rendezvous

Nonesuch • Jazz

Shanachie • Jazz

On her new album, three-time Grammy Award winner Cécile McLorin Salvant creates a diverse mix of seven originals and five interpretations on the themes of ghosts, nostalgia, and yearning.

14763836 $12.99

David Benoit fulfills his long-standing dream of writing and arranging for a 12-piece big band featuring some of the top instrumentalists on the LA scene.

14770542 $18.99

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Ethan Iverson Every Note Is True

Lady Blackbird Black Acid Soul

Blue Note • Jazz

BMG Rights Management (UK) • Jazz

Pianist and composer Ethan Iverson makes his Blue Note debut with an engaging and evocative date featuring a masterful new trio with bassist Larry Grenadier and legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette.

14770586 $11.99

The long-awaited debut album from Marley Munroe, aka Lady Blackbird.

The 11-song set combines the drama of Tina Turner with the bluesy blur of Amy Winehouse.

14760963 $13.99

AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 11

Blues John Mayall The Sun Is Shining Down

Beth Hart A Tribute to Led Zeppelin

Forty Below Records • Blues Guest Artists: Melvin Taylor, Buddy Miller

Provogue • Blues

The blues guitar legend recently announced his retirement from touring but is still creating new music that features Mike Campbell, Marcus King, Jake Shimabukuro, Carolyn Wonderland, and more.

14737817 $15.99

The 9-track album features a mix of Zep essentials and fan favorites. Beth Hart musters empathic emotionality on the album’s elegant version of Stairway to Heaven.

14770552 $15.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 25

Eric Gales Crown

Rough Guide to Texas Blues

Provogue • Blues Guest Artists: Joe Bonamassa, Ladonna Gales

World Music Network • Blues Artists: Henry Thomas, Little Hat Jones, Dallas String Band

Eric Gales is a blues firebrand. Over 30 years and 18 albums, his passion for the music and his boundless desire to keep it vital have never waned.

14737814 $15.99

From pioneering guitar legends Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Willie Johnson to pre-blues songsters and field hollerinspired singers, the state of Texas has long played a key role in the evolution of the blues.

14738835 $14.99

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NPR Tiny Desk / Intimate concerts from artists you need to know.

Wet Leg Wet Leg Domino Recording Co. Pop/Rock 14730245 $13.99 AVAILABLE APRIL 8

Mdou Moctar Afrique Victime

Vince Staples Vince Staples

Matador Pop/Rock 14093274 $15.99

Capitol Music Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artist: Fousheé 14620267 $11.99

“…an irresistible, stop-start blast.”

- The Guardian

“9.0 out of 10…Moctar showcases his impeccable grace on his second full-band album.” - Paste

C. Tangana El Madrileno (Spanish)

Lucy Dacus Home Video Matador Pop/Rock 14176579 $15.99

Sony Import Latin 14640098 30.99 IMPORT

“…an ambitious musical journey across generations, genres, and lyrical traditions…” - NPR

“4 out of 5…a spectacular slowburn.” - NME

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raise the Roof Rounder • Country 14446266 $14.99

“4½ out of 5…One of the best young songwriters around delivers the best LP of her career.”

- Rolling Stone

“7.4 out of 10…the unlikely duo reunites for a well-curated selection of covers that spans generations…” - Pitchfork

Yasmin Williams Urban Driftwood

Flock of Dimes Head of Roses

Anna B. Savage A Common Turn

Spinster • New Age 14763840 $14.99 2 Discs

Sub Pop Records Pop/Rock 13967577 $9.99

City Slang Pop/Rock 13815933 $11.99

“8.0 out of 10. On her second album, the 24-year-old solo guitarist’s unique style finds inspiration from unexpected places…” - Pitchfork

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“8.1 out of 10…Wasner, one of indie rock’s most in-demand collaborators, displays a newfound openness on Head of Roses.” - Paste

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“4.5 out of 5…a questing and provocative record that’s both remarkably dynamic and audaciously exposing.” - musicOMH

Share the albums featuring these radio hits! / What’s on the Radio / Dance/Electronic Track 1: Cold Heart Featuring: Dua Lipa Elton John The Lockdown Sessions Interscope 14541327 $13.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY

Track 3: Pepas Farruko LA 167

Track 4: In Da Getto J Balvin Jose

Sony Music Latin 14670046 $12.99 2 Discs PARENTAL ADVISORY

Universal Music Latino 14447846 $11.99

Track 3: Thinking ‘Bout You Featuring: Mackenzie Porter Dustin Lynch Tullahoma

Track 2: Buy Dirt Jordan Davis Buy Dirt EP

GA

/ Country Track 6: Fancy Like Walker Hayes Country Stuff The Album Monument Records 14727910 $12.99

Broken Bow Records 12686040 $13.99

MCA Nashville 14132801

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/ R&B Track 5: Smokin’ Out the Window Silk Sonic An Evening with Silk Sonic

Track 8: You Right Featuring: The Weeknd Doja Cat Planet Her Kemosabe Records

Atlantic Records 14622358 $16.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY

14640865 $12.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY GA

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Summer Walker Still Over It LVRN Records $13.99 14623929 PARENTAL ADVISORY 14623930 $13.99 EDITED VERSION PA

Track 1: My Jesus Anne Wilson My Jesus: Live in Nashville 2021 Sparrow 14458292

Track 3: No Love Featuring: SZA

$7.99

Track 6: Healer Casting Crowns Healer

Track 3: House of the Lord Phil Wickham Hymn of Heaven

Reunion Records 14714454

Fair Trade/Columbia 14253094 $11.99

$7.99

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/ Hard Rock Track 4: Shotgun Blues Volbeat Servant of the Mind Republic Records 14596220

$13.99

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Multi-Platinum Artist /

Track 1: Heat Above Greta Van Fleet The Battle at Garden’s Gate

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Republic Records 13957430

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Loma Vista Recordings

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