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Music Buyer’s Guide May 2022
New music from the 2022 ACM Entertainer of the Year. See page 3 for details.
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Music 82 Universal Music Entertainment • Pop/Rock The hit music series is back with a new collection featuring the top hits in rock, hip-hop, R&B, country, and beyond. 14955662 $18.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
Pride Universal Music Entertainment • Pop/Rock Artists: Queen, George Michael Celebrate Pride with favorite anthems from pop icons Lady Gaga, Fletcher ft. Hayley Kiyoko, Lil Nas X, Elton John and Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus, Adam Lambert, and many more! 14980844 $18.99 AVAILABLE MAY 20
A Decade! 2000s NOW! Music • Pop/Rock Artists: Britney Spears, Katy Perry NOW Decade 2000s celebrates the biggest artists and hits of the early 2000s! Includes music from Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, Miley Cyrus, and more. 14955663 $18.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
May Music Table of Contents 3
/ Best of May
8-9 / Rock
12 / Classical
4-5 / Hot New Releases
10 / Christian & Gospel
13 / Jazz & Blues
6-7 / Grammy Award Winners
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14 / NPR
/ Country & Folk
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New albums from the biggest names. / Best of May Chris Janson All In
Florence + the Machine Dance Fever
Warner Music Nashville • Country Chris Janson, the voice behind the hit Buy Me a Boat, returns with his fourth album. Along with the single Cold Beer Truth, there are collaborations with Eric Church, Rhett Atkins, and Travis Tritt. 14938914 $11.99
Republic Records • Pop/Rock Florence is at the peak of her powers, coming into a fully realized selfknowledge, poking fun at her own self-created persona, playing with ideas of identity, masculine and feminine, and more. 14949490 $13.99 AVAILABLE MAY 13
The Black Keys Dropout Boogie
Miranda Lambert Palomino
Nonesuch • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Billy F Gibbons As they’ve done their entire career, the Black Keys wrote all the material for their new album in the studio, and the album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together. 14945376 $11.99
Vanner Records/RCA Records Label Nashville • Country Guest Artists: The B-52’s Miranda Lambert has crafted an album that explores the world and the people in it, seeking beauty and adventure all around. Her new album also includes the single Strange. 14955676 $9.99
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AWOLNATION My Echo, My Shadow, My Covers and Me
Ella Mai Heart on My Sleeve
Better Noise Music • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Beck, Jewel A fiercely collaborative and celebratory project. It’s an eclectic collection of masterfully crafted and carefully curated covers, with each track featuring at least one acclaimed musical artist. $15.99 14935458
10 Summers Records, Inc./ Interscope Records • R&B Following a record-breaking debut, Ella Mai brings listeners her highly anticipated second album. 14990346 $13.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY AVAILABLE MAY 6
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Harry Styles Harry’s House Columbia Records • Pop/Rock The third solo studio album from Grammy Award-winning global superstar Harry Styles. The 13-track album was recorded in multiple locations across the UK, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. It also features the single As It Was. 14990859 $13.99 AVAILABLE MAY 20
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Hot New Releases
Hit digital release now available on CD.
King Von What It Means to Be King Only the Family Ent • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: G Herbo, 21 Savage The first posthumous album from late Chicago legend King Von. Known as one of the great storytellers in modern hip-hop, Von’s untimely passing in November 2020 came on the verge of him reaching superstardom. PARENTAL ADVISORY 14964314 $12.99
Vince Staples Ramona Park Broke My Heart Motown Records; • Rap/Hip-Hop Acclaimed hip-hop artist Vince Staples follows up his intimate self-titled album with a new release. It is inspired by Long Beach’s Ramona Park neighborhood, a place that is dear to Vince’s heart. $13.99 14962962 PARENTAL ADVISORY
Sabrina Claudio Based on a Feeling Atlantic MOD • R&B Sabrina Claudio is one of the fastest rising stars in R&B. Her new album builds upon the growing buzz around her and includes the single Better Version. $15.99 14985552 AVAILABLE MAY 6
Marc Anthony Pa’lla Vioy Sony Music Latin • Latin Grammy and Latin Grammy Awardwinning superstar Marc Anthony is back with his first new album since 2019’s Opus. After a digital release, it is now available on CD. $8.99 14962941
Mavis Staples & Levon Helm Carry Me Home Anti • R&B Captured live in the summer of 2011, this showcases two of the past century’s most iconic voices coming together in love and joy, tracing their shared roots and celebrating the enduring power of faith and music. $14.99 14980846 AVAILABLE MAY 20
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Top titles from the music world. / Hot New Releases Anne Wilson My Jesus Sparrow • Religious Guest Artists: Hillary Scott, Crowder Anne Wilson’s highly anticipated debut album features the chart-topping hit My Jesus and standout tracks Sunday Sermons; Hey Girl; God Thing; and Mamas (with Hillary Scott). 14928674 $11.99
Craig David 22 Moor Records • R&B Craig David brings his smooth R&B style to a brand new album, his first since 2018. It features the tracks My Heart’s Been Waiting for You and Who You Are. 14763418 $14.99 AVAILABLE MAY 13
Kehlani Blue Water Road Atlantic MOD • R&B Kehlani has given fans a taste of what’s to come on her new album with the singles Altar and Little Story. The latest from the R&B star also includes Up at Night, a collaboration with Justin Bieber. 14985553 $16.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY
Hank Williams Jr. Rich White Honky Blues
Victor Manuelle Lado A Lado B
Easy Eye Sound • Blues Recorded live with the finest musicians at producer Dan Auerbach’s legendary studio, Easy Eye Sound. Never one to rest on his laurels, even after 56 studio albums, Hank Williams Jr. is still finding new creative ground to explore. 14975689 $14.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY
Sony Music Latin • Latin Guest Artists: Miky Woodz, Marvin Santiago, Farina Right as he stars as a judge on the Univision reality series Tu Cara Me Suena, Victor Manuelle is releasing a new album that includes the single Vamo’ a Ver Si el Gas Pela. 14970002 $8.99
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Alison Wonderland Loner
Jonny Greenwood The Power of the Dog
Astralwerks • Pop/Rock Following on from her 2018 album, which topped the dance charts in the US and Australia, Alison Wonderland returns with her first record in four years, Loner. Featuring Fear of Dying; New Day; and more. $13.99 14962976 PARENTAL ADVISORY
Lakeshore Records • Soundtracks Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood creates an Academy Award-nominated score that combines the themes of the acclaimed film with hints of classical moods and chilled atmosphere. $14.99 14962932 AVAILABLE MAY 27
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GRAMMY
Four awards including Album of the Year
Verve • R&B
A career-changing album from musician and activist Jon Batiste celebrates Black American culture and music while exploring themes of lineage, authenticity, excellence, and evolution. This album is about honoring roots and traditions while looking forward to the future and constantly evolving. CD 13928841 $13.99
Three awards including Best New Artist Olivia Rodrigo Sour
Soul
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Three awards including Best Rock Album Foo Fighters Medicine at Midnight
Geffen • Pop/Rock
RCA • Pop/Rock
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Best Contemporary Blues Album Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram 662
Mercury Nashville
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Two awards including Best Rap Song Kanye West Donda Def Jam Records
Rap/Hip-Hop 14799640 $18.99 Deluxe Edition
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Juanes Origen
Universal Music Latino • Latin
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AWARD WINNERS Three awards including Best Gospel Album
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
CeCe Winans Believe for It Fair Trade/ Columbia
Religious 13945638
Brothers Osborne Skeletons
Doja Cat Planet Her
UMG Nashville
Rap/Hip-Hop 14640865 $12.99 Parental Advisory, Deluxe Edition
Country 13439473
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Best Jazz Vocal Album Esperanza Spalding Songwrights Apothecary Lab
Kemosabe Records
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Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Love for Sale
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Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Best Americana Album Los Lobos Native Sons New West Records
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Four awards including Record of the Year
An Evening with Atlantic Records • R&B Inspired by classic soul music, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak team up to form the duo Silk Sonic. Their debut album includes the songs Silk Sonic Intro; Leave the Door Open; and Skate. 14622358 $16.99 Parental Advisory
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Arcade Fire We Sony Music A 40-minute epic that is as much about the forces that threaten to pull us away from the people we love as it is inspired by the urgent need to overcome them. 14964318 $12.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
Band’s first new studio album in five years.
Coheed and Cambria Vaxis II Roadrunner Records Coheed and Cambria welcome listeners back to the Amory Wars with the second installment in their five-part musical story arc about a couple on the run from tyrannical forces and their mysterious new addition. $12.99 14962943 AVAILABLE MAY 27
George Thorogood The Original George Thorogood Capitol Music Guest Artists: The Destroyers A collection of hard-stomping, partydown, all-original songs penned from the rock n’ roll heart of George Thorogood. Along with his unstoppable, longtime band, the Destroyers. $13.99 14928663
Def Leppard Diamond Star Halos
Sheryl Crow Sheryl
UMe The first new album from Def Leppard since their chart-topping self-titled record in 2015. It features fifteen tracks, including the anthemic, stadium-ready singles Kick and Fire It Up, with guest vocals from Alison Krauss on This Guitar and Lifeless. $13.99 14969981
A&M Music The two-CD companion piece to Sheryl Crow’s forthcoming feature documentary, Sheryl, featuring 35 songs spanning three decades of music from the nine-time Grammy Award winner. $19.99 14955664 AVAILABLE MAY 6
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The Linda Lindas Growing Up
Rammstein Zeit
Epitaph A product of generations of underground music in LA and beyond, the Linda Lindas’ debut album channels classic punk, post punk, power pop, new wave, and other surprises into timelessly catchy and cool songs. 14936225 $11.99
Virgin Records Rammstein, one of rock’s most individual and successful names, returns with a new album. The latest from the Grammynominated group includes the single Zeit, which means ‘time’ in English. 14955666 $15.99
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Sounds from alternative, metal, and beyond. / Rock Graham Nash Live: Songs for Beginners, Wild Tales Proper Music Distrib Graham Nash revisits his first two classic solo albums, recorded live in concert. The live albums were recorded in 2019, each in their entirety with their songs in familiar sequence. 14960672 $15.99
Memphis May Fire Remade in Misery Rise Records After releasing a string of singles, metal group Memphis May Fire releases a new album. Several of those singles, including Blood & Water and The American Dream, are featured. 14919766 $14.99 AVAILABLE JUNE 3
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Three Days Grace Explosions
Liam Gallagher Down by the River Thames
RCA Records Guest Artists: Lukas Rossi, Apocalyptica Three Days Grace is back with the follow-up to their 2018 release Outsider. The band’s seventh studio album includes the tracks So Called Life and Neurotic. 14946591 $12.99
Warner Records In December 2020, Liam Gallagher performed a unique concert: performing on a barge while floating down the London’s Thames River. The set includes songs from his solo career as well as classics from his time in Oasis. 14970001 $14.99
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Silverstein Misery Made Me
!!! (Chk Chik Chick) Let It Be Blue
Unfd Guest Artists: Andrew Neufeld, Trevor Daniel, Mike Hranica Juno Award nominated band Silverstein release their seventh studio album. The follow up to 2020’s A Beautiful Place to Drown includes the acclaimed single It’s Over. 14962939 $13.99
Warp Records Guest Artists: Maria Uzor, Angelica Garcia, Meah Pace Spanning eleven tracks, !!!’s new album incorporates a multitude of styles and genres, easily becoming their most ecclectic release yet. 14923139 $14.99
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Hanson Red Green Blue
Diane Coffee With People
3CG Records Guest Artist: Zach Myers The latest from Hanson brings together the band’s three unique voices like never before, with a third of the album written and produced by each brother. 14962935 $18.99
Polyvinyl Records Diane Coffee, the versatile and ambitious pop project of Shaun Fleming, returns with their fourth album, With People. The album is both new territory for Diane Coffee, as well as a full-circle return to their roots. 14935459 $14.99
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Christian Anne Wilson My Jesus
Brandon Heath Enough Already
Sparrow Guest Artists: Crowder Anne Wilson’s highly anticipated debut album features the chart-topping hit My Jesus and standout tracks Sunday Sermons; Hey Girl; and Mamas (with Hillary Scott). 14928674 $11.99
Centricity Records The longtime Christian music artist and worship leader’s latest offers a fresh creative take and a clear musical vision. The album boasts nine brand new tracks. 14945378 $9.99
Love & the Outcome Only Ever Always
Hebron Road In a Moment
Word Entertainment Love & the Outcome’s third studio LP finds Jodi King and Chris Rademaker choosing hope in the face of hardship. The recent flooding of their home inspired the 13-track collection. 14917293 $11.99
StowTown Records Hebron Road’s debut album showcases pitch-perfect unison and glorious harmonies. The focus throughout is praise to God. 14860972 $8.99
Gospel Malaco 50th Celebration Various Artists Malaco The Malaco 50th anniversary concert was an epic event paying tribute to Malaco Gospel. Fred Hammond and others joined Malaco artists to put on the show of a lifetime. 14814802 $19.99
Lynda Randle Pilgrim Journey Gaither Music Group Dove Award-winning artist Lynda Randle invites listeners with a gripping gospel recording. Features guest vocals by Kimberly Schlapman (Little Big Town). 14770588 $13.99
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Maranda Curtis Die to Live Fair Trade/Columbia Recorded live in Toronto, Canada, the chart-topping singer-songwriter presents an album of hope and facing adversity on her latest project. 14962942 $12.99
The Gaither Vocal Band Let’s Just Praise the Lord Gaither Music Group Known for their unprecedented, awardwinning harmonies, this release features soaring harmonies and reverent arrangements. 14807493 $13.99
Pastor Champion I Just Want to Be a Good Man Luaka Bop The touring preacher and carpenter’s debut album is being released by his record label Luaka Bop following his death in December 2021. 14843069 $14.99
The Old Paths Music to Your Ears Sonlite Masters of the traditional sounds of southern gospel return. Features the latest radio single: the countryflavored How Good the Good News Feels. 14844005 $12.99
Country & Folk Grant-Lee Phillips All That You Can Dream Yep Roc Records A turbulent and highly musical rumination that finds the veteran singer-songwriter addressing the strange fragility of life. The collection of songs bears the markings of his prolific output. 14907928 $15.99 AVAILABLE MAY 20
Gord Bamford Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass Anthem Entertainment LP Guest Artists: Terri Clark, Jess Moskaluke Gord Bamford is one of the most decorated artists in Canadian country music, with an impressive 26 Canadian Country Music Association Awards and beyond. This deluxe edition of his tenth album features seven additional tracks. 14962931 $9.99 DELUXE EDITION
Midland The Last Resort
Includes the single The Last Resort.
Big Machine Midland likes their music straight-up. Hardcore country, the kind found in forgotten bars in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, wherever the neon’s buzzing, but not quite dead. 14955665 $11.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
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Lola Kirk Lady for Sale
Caroline Spence True North
Third Man Records The sophomore album from Lola Kirke showcases her un-self-conscious, country-twinged vocals alongside a brightly colored candy shop of glamtwang guitar riffs and swooping, lilting, unabashedly feminine background vocals. $12.99 14967584
Rounder The fourth album from Caroline Spence showcases her refusal to exalt or commodify her own experience, and instead reaches for a far more magnanimous exploration of grief, growth, and the complexities of human nature. 14962958 $14.99
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway Crooked Tree
Leyla McCalla Breaking the Thermometer
Nonesuch Guest Artists: Margo Price, Billy Strings Features collaborations with Sierra Hall, Old Crow Medicine Show, Margo Price, Billy Strings, Dan Tyminski, and Gillian Welch. The album explores Molly Tuttle’s lifelong love of bluegrass. 14853267 $12.99
Anti An alumna of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Leyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present. She has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience. 14936221 $11.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
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Classical Encores Daniel Barenboim Deutsche Grammophon To follow a monumental project– his acclaimed new recording of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas– Daniel Barenboim has chosen an intimate, very personal album of his favorite keyboard encores, recorded at Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Hall. 14928675 $13.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
My Lai Van-Anh Vanessa Vo & Rinde Eckert Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Guest Artists: The Kronos Quartet The story of helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson, who went against orders to save Vietnamese lives during the Vietnam War, serves as the basis for this opera. This stands as a memorial to those who passed away in the village of My Lai. $14.99 14960676 AVAILABLE MAY 20
Prokofiev Piano Sonatas nos. 1, 3 & 5, Visions Fugitives Alexander Melnikov
Bruckner Symphones nos. 1 & 5; Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Gewandhausorchester
Harmonia Mundi In this third and final volume of his complete recording of the Prokofiev sonatas, Alexander Melnikov explores two highly contrasted facets of the young prodigy. $19.99 14936226
Deutsche Grammophon Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig continue their award-winning Bruckner cycle. This time the symphonies are coupled with the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. $19.99 14928666
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Nazareno Sir Simon Rattle & London Symphony Orchestra
Jonas Kaufmann The Tenor Jonas Kaufmann
LSO Live Celebrating the union of classical and jazz, LSO Live’s latest release encapsulates the very best of the two genres with an irresistible selection of works by Bernstein, Stravinsky, and Golijov, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. $15.99 14969997
Sony Classical Showcases the incredible voice and artistry of Jonas Kaufmann. The Munichborn tenor is internationally acclaimed for his roles in Italian, French, and German repertoire and he regularly performs at all the leading international opera houses. $12.99 14928651
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Mozart Momentum Leif Ove Andsnes & Mahler Chamber Orchestra Sony SRM Exclusive In 1786 Mozart continued to write like the devil, including the masterpiece the Marriage of Figaro. 1786 was quite possibly the most productive year in Mozart’s life. Leif Ove Andsnes performs a series of works from this time. 14936269 $17.99
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 1 Moments Musicaux Steven Osborne Harmonia Mundi USA Steven Osborne proves a predictably fine exponent of the Faustian Piano Sonata No.1 and is no less compelling in the selection of shorter works that complete the album. 14960667 $19.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
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Jazz Catherine Russell Send for Me Dot Time • Jazz The follow-up to Russell’s 2019 release Alone Together, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. She culled material from the likes of Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, and more. 14844008 $18.99
Joey Alexander Origin Mack Avenue Records Jazz Guest Artists: Larry Grenadier, Kendrick Scott, Chris Potter Celebrated pianist and bandleader Joey Alexander teams with his longstanding trio for his first full-length release of all original music. 14962934 $17.99 AVAILABLE MAY 20
John Scofield John Scofield
Lani Hall and Herb Alpert Seasons of Love Herb Alpert Presents • Jazz Renowned author and Grammy Award-winning singer Lani Hall returns to release her first new studio album in over 20 years. Herb Albert lends his unmistakable trumpet to his wife’s release. 14935123 $13.99
ECM • Jazz First ever solo guitar album from the jazz electric guitar legend. The self-titled effort features a mix of Scofield originals and jazz, country, and rock n’ roll standards. 14962973 $18.99 AVAILABLE MAY 6
George Winston Night
Tigran Hamasyan Standart Nonesuch • Jazz Guest Artist: Mark Turner The pianist and composer’s first album of American standards, songs from the 1920s through the 1950s. Features trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and saxophonist Joshua Redman. 14981657 $12.99
Norah Jones Come Away with Me
Tierney Sutton Paris Sessions 2
RCA Records New Age Renowned pianist George Winston’s 16th solo piano album takes a vivid look into Winston’s nocturnal world where life begins as the sun sets on each day. 14981649 $14.99
BFM Jazz • Jazz While Paris Sessions was recorded over two days at Val d’Orge Studio in the City of Lights, this album was recorded during lockdown at LA’s Tritone Studios. 14960670 $10.99
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Blue Note Pop/Rock Norah Jones’s debut album that swept the 2003 Grammy Awards with eight wins. The remastered 20th Anniversary Edition captures the emergence of a singular talent on this nowclassic album. REMASTERED 20TH 14928655 $39.99 ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE EDITION, 3 DISCS
Blues The Rough Guide to Delta Blues Volume 2 Various Artists World Music Network • Blues Artists: Bukka White, Joe Callicott, Memphis Minnie From the towering influence of Charley Patton and Son House to lesser-known artists, these seminal recordings helped lay the foundations for the electric blues and rock explosion to come. 14936274 $14.99
Gina Sicilia Unchange VizzTone • Blues The talented blues and soul singer releases her tenth studio album, which features a few classics by the likes of Shirley Caesar and Reverend Gary Davis, as well as a variety of more contemporary styles. 14936275 $14.99
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Intimate live concert performances. Madi Diaz History of a Feeling
Kaina It Was a Home
Epitaph • Pop/Rock 14351042 $11.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY
City Slang • R&B $12.99 14661472
“One of the strongest and subtlest breakup albums in recent memory…” - NPR Music
“Kaina samples mood and music of her childhood.” - NPR Music
Interscope Records R&B 14599364 $13.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY
“…turns grief into undeniable beauty, stunning debut album.” - NPR Music
Bonobo Fragments
Camilo Mis Manos
Ninja Tune Pop/Rock 14719627
Sony Import Latin 14047726 $8.99
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“Known for his minimalist electronica, the Grammynominated artist recorded this release in the first years of the pandemic.” - NPR Music
Amber Mark Three Dimensions Deep
“Grammy nominated Colombian singer-songwriter invites the listener to partake in a world where sound and heart perfectly coexist.”
Abdullah Ibrahim Solotude Gearbox Records Jazz $13.99 14737843
“The 87-year-old jazz pianist, who grew up in South Africa, recorded his latest to an empty concert hall in southeast Germany during the 2020 lockdown.” - NPR Music
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Buffalo Nichols Buffalo Nichols
Only an Octave Apart Anthony Roth Costanzo & Justin Vivian Bond
Fat Possum • Blues 14577816 $12.99
“...Nichols’ acoustic set represents all the best parts of Tiny Desk; a humble desk, a talented artist and music that speaks for itself.” - NPR Music
Decca Gold Classical 14738942
“When opera star Anthony Roth Costanzo and the cabaret diva Justin Vivian Bond unite, something fabulous emerges.” - NPR Music
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Yard Act The Overload Zen F.C. • Pop/Rock 14727913 $11.99
“...filled with brash sounds aimed at capitalism, equality, or lack thereof, and all done with both venom and humor.” - NPR Music
Top-reviewed albums. / Critically Acclaimed Standing Order Plan Earl Sweatshirt Sick!
Ibibio Sound Machine Electricity
Warner Records Rap/ Hip-Hop 14955683 $13.99 PARENTAL ADVISORY
“Flawless rapping that doesn’t overstay its welcome.”
Merge Records World 14869452 $12.99
“4 out of 5…A blitzing disco-ball of a record.” - DIY
- Consequence of Sound
Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You 4AD • Pop/Rock $15.99 14714296
“9.1 out of 10…the work of a great band at a creative peak…glorious new double album.” - Paste
Rosalia Motomami Columbia Records Latin $12.99 14890130 PARENTAL ADVISORY
Matador • Pop/Rock 14654480 $15.99
“5 out of 5…timeless perfection from US indie stalwarts.” - The Guardian
Hurray for the Riff Raff Life on Earth Nonesuch • Pop/Rock $12.99 14738928
“An album that not only marks Rosalia’s true arrival, it moves her toward the front line of today’s musical innovators.” - Variety
Black Country, New Road Ants from Up There
Binker and Moses Feeding the Machine Gearbox Records Jazz 14826337 $16.99
Ninja Tune • Pop/Rock 14760929 $19.99
“5 out of 5…This singular record will remain a stunning collection to be cherished for years to come, and a remarkable high on which to end Wood’s tenure at the front of the band.” - NME
Spoon Lucifer on the Sofa
“9 out of 10…Not only is this their biggest album to date, it’s also their best.” - Clash Music
“4 ½ out of 5…a distinctive album, one that operates equally skillfully on an emotional and intellectual level.” - AllMusic
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