New Music CDs

Dendê Macêdo is a percussionist, singer, composer, bandleader, teacher, and multi-instrumentalist. He's been a professional musician since the age of 14, when he appeared in the frontline of Timbalada, Carlinhos Brown's superstar percussion ensemble. Since 2001, he's been developing his solo career, splitting his time between the US and Bahia and working with his folkloric group Ologunde and his flagship band Dendê & Band. Now on their second album, Dendê & Band have cultivated a unique sound where Afro-Brazilian traditions like samba de roda and candomblé have been seamlessly melded with world rhythms like rumba, afrobeat, and mbalax.

For fifteen years, Idan Raichel has released records under his own name, with his group The Idan Raichel Project, and with The Touré-Raichel Collective, his duo with Vieux Farka Touré. His latest reflects the next phase in a personal journey that began nearly three years ago when he started to perform more intimate solo and small ensemble concerts. It also returns to the eternal themes that have long been at the core of his work, reflecting a rediscovery of his original inspirations.

The soundtrack to one of 2022's most anticipated films has music fans talking, as it features Rihanna's first new solo track since 2016, Lift Me Up.

Camilo has a knack for writing songs that instantly become earworms, without sacrificing good lyricism and depth. The songs on his new album, De Adentro Pa Afuera, are no exception. On the new album, released Tuesday (Sept. 6), the Colombian singer-songwriter allows each song to breathe lyrically and sonically, putting listeners on a roller coaster of emotions with each track.

Classical inspirations and contemporary flashes are mixed in with rhythmic abundance on the first album from the duo of Shadi Fati and Bijan Chemirani. It is a delicate conversation led with sublime mastery of Persian music.

Just a few months after releasing Fear of the Dawn, Jack White releases the follow-up, which takes on a slightly lighter tone and feel. The album includes the single If I Die Tomorrow.

Estefan Family Christmas is a true Family album includes tracks by Gloria, daughter Emily and grandson Sasha. Album includes 17 tracks 14 tracks in English and three in Spanish.

Born and raised in Ecuador, Nicolá Cruz has found his own unique way to tap into Latin America's illustrious musical past to create something utterly contemporary. Cruz's 'fabric presents' shows awareness of the power of ancestral cosmology over art and music whilst driving fiercely towards the strange, experimental, and unexpected of underground electronica. From these he curates the first of the fabric mixes with strong roots in South America. Opening on the powerfully stabbing 'Everything Falls Into Place' from MMM (Errorsmith & Fiedel) the mix sweeps through bass, breaks, techno, analogue-glitch, all the way to the folky Portuguese lyrics of 'Mensagem Enviada' from Rico Jorge. Nick León, Verraco, Veruna, machìna and Marcela Días Sindaco - whose sultry vocals also weave through Cruz's own 'Contato' - are a few of the artists who have provided exclusives that count towards the fourteen unheard tracks on an essential delivery to the fabric series.

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, mastered by Third Man Mastering, and released by Third Man Records.

Mista Savona's album features an all-star lineup of musicians from Cuba and Jamaica. An epic set of fifteen tracks, it unites the deep roots grooves of reggae, dancehall, and rocksteady with the scorching soul of Cuban son, timba, and salsa. The album was recorded at the legendary EGREM studio in Havana where Buena Vista Social Club was recorded, as well as at Tuff Gong studios in Jamaica and many others. It includes guest appearances from Jamaican singers Clinton Fearon, Randy Valentine, Prince Alla, Stevie Culture and Micah Shemaiah. Featured Cuban guests include Cimafunk, Barbarito Torres, Changuito, Brenda Navarrete, Solis, Beatriz Marquez, Dayán Carrera Fernández and many more.

The third studio album by Julien Baker. Recorded in Memphis, TN, the record weaves together unflinching autobiography with assimilated experience and hard-won observations from the past few years, taking Baker's capacity for storytelling to new heights. It also marks a sonic shift, with the songwriter's intimate piano and guitar arrangements newly enriched by bass, drums, keyboards, banjo, and mandolin with nearly all of the instruments performed by Baker.

Johnson's eighth studio album and first full-length release in five years was produced by Blake Mills and recorded in Los Angeles and Hawaii. The creation process marks a major artistic milestone from past work, taking shape from a one-on-one collaboration with Mills, and unveiling an intimate and highly experimental process that involved embedding Johnson's elegantly stripped-back arrangements with enchanting sonic details.

The new album is produced by AB Quintanilla and includes 13 tracks featuring Selena's voice taken from early recordings she did when she was between 13 and 16 years old. AB Quintanilla worked on Selena's vocals on these recordings and created the new music from scratch, offering fresh, modern styles, sounds, and arrangements. Fans will hear Selena like never before.

Forty-five years since it was recorded, Natureza finally sees the light of day, as Joyce intended: with her own Portuguese lyrics and vocals. Featuring the fabled 11-minute version of ‘Feminina’, as well as the never before heard ‘Coração Sonhador’ composed and performed by Mauricio Maestro, Natureza’s release is a landmark in Brazilian music history and represents a triumphant, if overdue victory for Joyce as an outspoken female artist who has consistently refused to bow to patriarchal pressure.

Jean-Michel Jarre releases an electronic music masterpiece with experimental psychedelic elements and strong driving beats.

French electronic duo Daft Punk offers up one of the most anticipated albums of 2013 with Random Access Memories. Along with the single Get Lucky, the album includes collaborations with Animal Collective's Panda Bear, legendary producer Giorgio Moroder, Chic's Nile Rodgers, Pharrell Williams, and the Strokes' Julian Casablancas.

Musical prodigy Rema releases his highly anticipated sixteen-track debut album via Mavin Records. The album portrays both sides of Rema's personality, 'Rave' embodies his infectious energy and youth, highlighting a 21-year-old who is navigating his way through love and lust whilst enjoying life, while 'Roses' digs deeper and speaks on Rema's personal story of loss, revealing honest tales of how he often feels as though he is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.

With her debut album, Callista Clark exudes both strength and vulnerability in pointed lyrics that leave no doubt where she stands. Co-writing all 10 tracks, her collection reveals a songwriter of considerable depth and wit and a gifted singer with confidence.

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has released his first album in over a decade to shine a light on people forced to flee. Titled “Refugees” – which includes a piece by the same name – continues Cliff’s long tradition of thought-provoking anthems.

Brownswood Recordings are happy to present the debut album by DoomCannon, a virtuoso pianist from South London and one of the pioneers of the nascent UK Jazz scene. The album bristles with free jazz compositions and new contemporary flare and sees DoomCannon present a meticulously crafted journey through an awakening and reimagining of the young Black British experience.

Strut present the first ever official compilation bringing together the complete in-demand reggae/disco singles of Risco Connection between 1979 and 1980.

Run the Jewels have reimagined their hit album, RTJ4, through the prism of Latin America. This features appearances and remixes from Bomba Estereo, Danny Brasco, Iggor Cavalera, and a special appearance from Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The new EP from singer-songwriter, Teddy Swims. The six-track set, which includes recent singles “Devil in a Dress,” “2 Moods,” “dose,” and “Someone Who Loved You,” showcases the breakout performer’s jaw-dropping vocal abilities and knack for penning emotionally resonant lyrics.

A collection of songs from artists such as Gil Scott-Heron, Roy Ayers, Don Cherry and more, that show how the ideals of the civil rights movement, black power, and black nationalism influenced the evolvement of radical African-American music in the United States of America in the intensely political and revolutionary period at the end of the 1960s following the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and the rise of the Black Panther party.

The highly-anticipated new album from Grammy-nominated artist Ondara.

The highly anticipated Apple Original Film and new holiday epic from director Sean Anders, Spirited, premieres globally on Apple TV+. The Spirited Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features new original music penned for the film by the Academy Award-winning duo of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul {La La Land & The Greatest Showman} and performed by stars Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer, and more.

Debut solo album from Memphis, Tennessee's Julien Baker. Her release has been seen on NPR and Stereogum. Features songs Blacktop; Brittle Boned; Something; and more. Share in her passion and sorrow in these poignant, emotive songs.

Acid Klaus, the new collaborative solo project from songwriter-producer and Northern England cult legend Adrian Flanagan presents his debut concept album co-produced with his music partner in the ERC, Dean Honer.

All new material in Strunz & Farah's brand new studio recording, and the latest chapter in the continuing story of the two virtuoso guitarists who have created an original and enduring body of guitar music.

From its opening moments, when her chiming, evocative melody is accompanied by swells of strings, this album throws open the doors to the world without sacrificing the intimacy that has become a hallmark of her songs. Strings and woodwinds now shade the corners of her compositions, and Baker takes to piano rather than guitar on several tracks.

The eclectic debut album from Sam Redmore is a global beats affair encompassing afro, Latin, soul, funk, disco, hip hop, and house. Sam Redmore built his name crafting a series of highly sought-after edits but 2021 saw him start to release his own original material. In the UK he was quickly championed by BBC 6 Music, and he has had extensive US radio play and was most added on NACC World Charts for his single Nagu. KCRW have been particularly strong supporters of hi recent cover of Giorgio Moroder's "Tears" and he has been building all year to the release of this album.

The 30th Anniversary Edition of the Cure's best-selling, Grammy-nominated album. Newly remastered by Robert Smith and Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. Featuring the hit singles High; Friday I'm In Love; and A Letter To Elise.

Features ten songs, nine written during the last year about the events and condition of our world.