New Music CDs

Andrew Bird has always been highly respected and has held a captive audience with his storytelling prowess, but it's with his new album that he has made a breakthrough record.

Sifting through Miss Peggy Lee's repertoire would mean going through over two decades worth of material. Serving as a good introductory collection, the collaboration begins with her 1946 solo chart debut with Benny Goodman, Waiting For the Train to Come.

Hard-working and hard-rocking Bon Jovi releases a new greatest hits album with fourteen tracks that have stood the test of time. Includes classics like Livin' on a Prayer; It's My Life; and Wanted Dead or Alive, as well as some new songs like What Do You Got? to keep it fresh.

A true collaboration between three phenomenal, self-driven artists: avant-rock icon Neko Case, legendary musical nomad K.D. Lang, and indie folk star Laura Veirs. The women wrote all fourteen songs and shared lead vocals equally, sometimes even within the same track.

Singer-songwriter BORNS has been building anticipation for his debut album with appearances at festivals, including Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits. The single Electric Love was called 'catchy and clever' by NPR.

Since making her debut in 1984, Sade has enchanted fans with her smooth and seductive soul style. This collection brings together over twenty of her biggest hits including Smooth Operator; Soldier of Love; and The Sweetest Taboo.

Dr. Lonnie Smith, legendary Hammond B-Three organ master, releases his first Blue Note album in 45 years.

A Shakespearean celebration, with readings by Dame Judi Dench, David Suchet, Emilia Fox and the late Jeffery Dench, and original musical interludes by Jackie Williams. Readings include extract speeches and soliloquies from classics like As You like It; Antony and Cleopatra; The Tempest; and more.

For her latest album, PJ Harvey draws from several journeys that she has undertaken over a four-year period. It was recorded as part of an exhibition where public audiences could observe the recording process through one-way glass.

The music of composer, ethnomusicologist, arranger, singer and priest Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935), popularly held to be the founder of contemporary music in Armenia. With their special focus on folk instrumentation and inspired arrangements the Ensemble illuminates the deep roots of his compositions.

Over the course of 2015, fast-emerging 19-year-old singer, songwriter and producer Holly 'Lapsley' Fletcher has become one of the most hotly tipped new UK artists around the globe with Complex calling her 'one of the most promising new artists out there' and Stereogum describing her as 'Adele crossed with the xx.'

The fourth album from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down is another amazing sonic next step, an evolution in both subject matter and sound. It expands upon the hip-hop influences of their previous record.

Saul Williams confronts a bevy of timely issues head on and unapologetically, from economic disparity and police brutality to issues of privacy in the digital age.

Mysterious Swedish band Ghost B.C. is back with their third album, which features their heaviest sound yet. The tracks, like the single Cirice, are steeped in subversive themes of humanism and counterculture.

Multi-platinum recording artist, Jim Brickman returns with a beautiful collection of his most favorite pop hits entitled, Jim Brickman, More Greatest Hits. This collection includes: Never Alone, a collaboration with Pop-Country favorites, Lady Antebellum (coincidentally, their first recording as a band), Coming Home For Christmas with Richie McDonald from the band, Lonestar, & My Angel, a performance with Gerald Levert that is also his last known recording.

Iggy Pop's seventeenth album is a worthy addition to the legacy he has created as both a solo artist and with The Stooges. It bears the musical DNA of Pop and his collaborator and producer, Queens of the Stone Age's Joshua Homme.

The fourth volume of Jim Brickman's bestselling Pure Series features a soothing collection of contemporary movie songs on piano. Included are performances of Let It Go; Skyfall; and Love Me Like You Do.

Charts the many links between reggae music and the Rastafarian faith.

On Sketches of Ethiopia, Mulatu Astatke's first international release, the father of Ethio-Jazz's remarkably rich music reveals influences ranging from jazz and Latin American music to the traditional music of his homeland. On his new album, Astatke's uniquely rhythmic and colorful music weaves a modern groove into age-old melodies, and blends western classical music with Latin and Afro funk rhythms into a heady musical brew.

Ornette Coleman's 1958 album is expanded to include two previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Features eleven songs, including the lead track Something Tamed Something Wild; which premiered on Rolling Stone's website. The entire album finds the songwriter at her most thoughtful and at times sweetly whimsical, perfectly capturing the buoyant spirit of her early successes and also serving as a reminder that she remains one of the most grounded of her generation.

Gwen Stefani fills her third solo album with impassioned themes of love and loss. Her songwriting is highlighted throughout her most personal work to date. It also includes the single Used to Love You.

Kendrick Lamar follows up a successful night at the Grammy Awards, which included five wins and a buzzworthy performance, with a new project which features studio versions of the untitled songs he performed on several TV shows.

Covering the peaks of his career, the Otis Redding single-disc collection features many milestones from (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay to the heart wrenching I've Got Dreams to Remember.

lice Cooper is an American icon and a Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer, with a career spanning over four decades. Known for outrageous and gruesome live performances, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of multiple members. They went gold with the 1973 with album, 'Billion Dollar Babies'. Alice Cooper began his solo career with 'Welcome to My Nightmare' in 1975 and continued to successfully complete eighteen solo albums up through 2008.

Boombox Kids aim to reinvent the popular Sunday school songs of the past with dynamic new lyrics that help drive home the heart and meaning of each song. With updated melodies and production, this is an album everyone can enjoy.

Culture Queen's debut album for families and educators bringing up confident, culturally aware, and curious children. With a spoonful of magic and ancient wisdom, the soulful alto's voice dances across a fusion of rich calypso, afrobeat, jazz and hip-hop rhythms while inviting listeners to celebrate all the things that make them who they are.

For her second solo album, the talented Marie-Annick Lepine composed thirteen original lullabies including Ma Jolie Blonde; Albert La Plume; and La Traverse.

With texts and vocals entirely in French, this music recording offers parents a great way to help children learn a language and have fun too. Included is a charming story of friendship and ambition.

Award-winning artist and yoga teacher Kira Willey is back with a unique collection of 30 one-minute mindfulness exercises that can be done seated, any time of day. It's perfect for classroom or home use, and great in the car. Experience tracks that can help calm; focus; inspire; energize; and destress.

Brooklyn's very own perpetual-motion machine, They Might Be Giants, are releasing their second album of 2015, this time returning to the world of children's music. It features songs that are sure to delight both kids and parents.