New Music CDs

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.

Tinariwen are Tuaregs, children of a nomadic Berber tribe who have roamed the Saharan desert for thousands of years. Over recent centuries, colonialism has seen the Tuareg's ancestral territory partitioned into distinct countries, Mali, Algeria, Libya, Niger. This drawing of borders has turned the Tuareg into ishumar, a displaced people in search of a homeland lost to them. Tinariwen's music, a blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock'n'roll, speaks directly to this feeling of longing: a sound that critics have called 'desert blues'.

The new album from Hillsong UNITED explores the path taken to heaven while examining one's time on earth. It adds to the list of hit releases from the inspirational music stars.

From India to Europe, the album presents a singular universe where the piano, bansuri flute, and Iranian percussion elegantly intertwine; an intimate world with bright arabesques and trance-inducing music. The elements vibrate around the atypical trio, whose wanderings take us as far as India and Persia. The Karvan Trio thrills our ears with their unusual compositions and bewitching sounds!

Star French tenor Benjamin Bernheim explores the work of Italian opera composers in France.

Elvis Costello & The Imposters release an album of urgent, immediate songs with bright melodies, stinging guitar solos, and a quick step to the rhythm. 'IF' is a nickname for your imaginary friend; your secret self, the one who knows everything you deny, the one you blame for the shattered crockery and the hearts you break, even your own.

Florence is at the peak of her powers, coming into a fully realized self-knowledge, poking fun at her own self-created persona, playing with ideas of identity, masculine and feminine, celebratory, stepping into her place in the iconic pantheon.

From the anthemic, Virginia (Wind In The Night), an ode to Russell's native state to which he's recently relocated ('If it was solely up to me, I'd live here for the rest of my life,' he says), to the minimal but momentous, Tiebreaker, the album showcases The Head and the Heart's unique ability to dip its toes into a variety of musical genres.

It is the full-length solo debut from Avi Kaplan. Produced by Grammy Award-winner Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker, American Aquarium), the album's steadfast musical foundation showcases Avi's signature baritone vocals. Includes feature guest Joy Williams on the track All Is Well, which Avi co-wrote with Joy.

Starring as the ancient Egyptian pharaoh who attempted to radically alter his society, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines this performance from the Live in HD series. In her Met-debut season, Karen Kamensek conducts the hypnotic score, leading a cast that also features soprano Dísella Lárusdóttir as Queen Tye, mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges as Nefertiti, and bass Zachary James as Amenhotep I. Phelim McDermott's endlessly inventive production filled the Met stage with breathtaking visuals, including virtuosic pattern-juggling routines by Gandini Juggling.

A product of generations of underground music in L.A. 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 sung by all four members-each with her own style and energy.

Following a record-breaking debut, Ella Mai brings listeners her highly anticipated second album.

Future is already making waves in 2022 with an appearance on Saturday Night Live and at Rolling Loud Miami. Now the rap star is releasing a new album that includes the singles Worst Day and Feel That Heat.

The act of gathering to record in a time of isolation becomes one of anchoring and car, creating an energy field and capturing a living culture of making music. It is one in which bands exist to birth musical concepts as opposed to being static monoliths. Mostly recorded at Dyertribe Studio in Centurion, outside of Johannesburg, this propels a collective of South African bands into the precipice of a new frontier. Jazz becomes a departure point as opposed to a tether.

Showcases the incredible voice and artistry of Jonas Kaufmann. The Munich-born tenor is internationally acclaimed for his roles in Italian, French and German repertoire and he regularly performs at all the leading international opera houses.

The first official appearance of the group's two famous secret concerts at the 300-capacity Toronto club in March 1977 features the Stones' full set from the March 5 show, plus three bonus tracks from the March 4 gig, newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain.

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. It includes epic re-imaginings of classics like "Wind of Change" by the Scorpions, "Take a Chance on Me" by Abba, and "Beds are Burning" by Midnight Oil; and features collaborations with artists like Portugal the Man, Brandon Boyd of Incubus, Jewel, Beck, Taylor Hanson, and more.

A collection of hard-stomping, party-down, all-original songs penned from the rock n' roll heart of George Thorogood. Along with his unstoppable, longtime band, The Destroyers.

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.

Unafraid to stand up for what she believes in, Poppy Ajudha's lyrics speak of feminism, colonialism, gender politics, current social issues and more.

Tinariwen are Tuaregs, children of a nomadic Berber tribe who have roamed the Saharan desert for thousands of years. Over recent centuries, colonialism has seen the Tuareg's ancestral territory partitioned into distinct countries, Mali, Algeria, Libya, Niger. This drawing of borders has turned the Tuareg into ishumar, a displaced people in search of a homeland lost to them. Tinariwen's music ' a blend of West African traditional music and electrified rock'n'roll ' speaks directly to this feeling of longing: a sound that critics have called 'desert blues'.

Johnnie Harrison Taylor (1934-2000) performed a wide variety of genres, from blues, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop, and disco. In 2022, Taylor was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame

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. Three new songs are included with her hits If It Makes You Happy; Soak Up the Sun; All I Wanna Do; My Favorite Mistake; Redemption Day, and many more! Sheryl Crow has sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.

The fourth studio album from Grammy Award-winning and Billboard chart-topping artist/producer duo the Chainsmokers. The 13-track full-length album was written across Hawaii, Joshua Tree, New York City, and LA from 2020 to 2021.

In celebration of their 50th anniversary, Stax has compiled 50 of their artists' greatest hits. Set includes songs from Carla Thomas, Issac Hayes, the Dramatics, the Staple Singers, Otis Redding, and many more.

Oumou Sangaré is renowned worldwide for her vibrant and powerful music, which often features revolutionary messages about women's rights, tradition and poverty. Sangaré delivers a stunning collection of songs, fusing her distinctive Malian sound and voice with elements of blues, folk and rock, resulting in a timeless body of work, free from borders and genres.

Bristol’s Sarah Records was a defiantly independent, seminal label which, during its short lifetime in the 1990s, created a whole scene around itself. While the label has long since closed its doors, and eschews re-releases, the bands on Sarah – or at least their members – have kept on creating perfect pop music.

In November 2021, Emmanuelle Haïm led two celebratory charity concerts – one in Berlin, the other in her home city of Paris – to mark 20 years of her ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée. The music, mostly from operas, was by Handel, Rameau, Purcell, Vivaldi and Campra, and the spectacular line-up of vocal soloists included sopranos Natalie Dessay, Sabine Devieilhe, Emőke Baráth and Sandrine Piau, mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, tenors Michael Spyres and Rolando Villazón, bass-baritone Laurent Naouri, and bass Andrea Mastroni.

PJ Morton releases his biggest and best album to date: Watch The Sun. Out now on his own Morton Records, all 11 songs were written and produced by the multi Grammy-winning, New Orleans born and bred soul artist, marking the next chapter in a remarkable career that continues to bridge styles, traditions and generations. Alex Isley, Chronixx, El DeBarge, Jill Scott, JoJo, Nas, Stevie Wonder, Wale & more are featured on this album.