New Releases (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Tim Baker | “Forever Overhead” (debut album from the Canadian singer-songwriter, formerly of the indie rock band Hey Rosetta!; new single: “All Hands”; See here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Arts & Crafts) |
| Bananarama | “In Stereo” (producer: Richard X; first single: “Dance Music”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch)  |
(In Synk) |
| Jade Bird | “Jade Bird” (new single: “Uh Huh”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Hozier) |
(Glassnote) |
| Jonatha Brooke | “Imposter” (five-song EP; new single: “Imposter”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Bad Dog / PRA) |
| Cage the Elephant | “Social Cues” (producer: John Hill; guest: Beck; first single: “Ready to Let Go”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour, with Beck; Merch) |
(RCA) |
| Field Medic (L.A.-based folk artist Kevin Patrick) | “fade into the dawn” (new single: “the bottle’s my lover, she’s just my friend”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Run For Cover) |
| Josh Groban | “Bridges Live: Madison Square Garden” (CD/DVD package capturing his 2018 show in NYC, backed by a five-member band, 20-member choir and 15-piece orchestra; guests: Idina Menzel, Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles; See here; On Tour; Merch) |
(Reprise) |
| Jeffrey Halford and The Healers | “West Towards South” (producers: Adam Rossi, Halford, Don Zimmer; guests: Zimmer, Mark Karan, Tom Heyman, Alyssa Joy Claffey; Hear/read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Floating Records / Burnside Distribution) |
| JOHNNYSWIM | “Moonlight” (producer: Malay; guest: Michael McDonald; first single: “Bridges”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Britannia Row Recordings / BMG Rights Management) |
| Angélique Kidjo | “Celia” (the French-Beninese singer explores the African roots of the Celia Cruz, the Cuban Queen of Salsa; guests: Meshell Ndegeocello, Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, Gangbé Brass Band; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Verve) |
| Will Krimbrough | “I Like It Down Here” (guests: Shemekia Copeland, Brigitte DeMeyer, Sugarcane Jane; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Daphne / Soundly Music) |
| The Lee Boys | “Live On the East Coast” (the Sacred Steel band’s first album since 2012, recorded at three 2018 concerts: Rives Theater, Martinsville, Va., Suwannee Roots Festival in Live Oak, Fla., and Allan Laws “Thanksgathering” in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(M.C.) |
| Daniel Norgren | “Wooh Dang” (producer: Norgren; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Superpuma) |
| The O’Jays | “The Last Word” (their first album in 15 years will be their last; new single: “I Got You”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(S-Curve) |
| Sad Planets (The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney with John Petkovic) | “Akron, Ohio” (first single: “Not of This World”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Tee Pee) |
| Tech N9ne | “N9NA” (guests: JL, King Iso,Maez201, Futuristic, Krizz Kaliko, C-Mob, Church Boii, etc.; See here; Download; iTunes) |
(Strange Music) |
| Anna Tivel | “The Question” (producer: Shane Leonard; new single: “Worthless”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) |
(Fluff and Gravy) |
| TR/ST | “The Destroyer – 1” (Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Grouch / House Arrest) |
| Unspoken Tradition (Western North Carolina bluegrass band) | “Myths We Tell Our Young” (producers: Unspoken Tradition, Scott Barnett, Tim Surrett; first singles: “Land” and “Dark Side of the Mountain”; See here; iTunes) |
(Mountain Home Music Company) |
Although they come from a personal place, the themes in ‘Myths’ lean toward a larger message about our changing communities in the southern mountains,” Audie McGinnis, Unspoken Tradition’s guitarist and vocalist, tells P&P. “Music that is based in heritage will always be a reflection of where you’ve been, but we also wanted to muse on where we are going, both as a band and as a culture.
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 102” (U.K. version of the “NOW” franchise features 40 current hits, plus six throwback classics; Amazon UK; see related reissue below) |
(NOW) |
| Wand | “Laughing Matter” (first single: “Scarecrow”; See here; Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Drag City) |
| The Yawpers (Denver trio) | “Human Question” (first single: “Child of Mercy”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Bloodshot) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Beyoncé | “HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM” (companion piece to a Netflix documentary about her show-stopping Coachella 2018 performance; Hear here; iTunes; Merch) |
(Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia, April 17) |
| Robert Bidney (Southwest Florida-based singer-songwriter) | “Rush of Hope” (producer: Fernando Perdomo; Hear here; iTunes) |
(Robert Bidney, April 24) |
| Sarah Mary Chadwick | “The Queen Who Stole the Sky” (performed and recorded live on Melbourne Town Hall’s 147-year-old grand organ; See here; iTunes) |
(Sinderlyn) |
| Ludovico Einaudi (classical pianist and composer) | “Seven Days Walking (Day Two)” (Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Decca) |
| Lizzo (Minneapolis-based singer and rapper) | “Cuz I Love You” (new single: “Cuz I Love You”; See here; CD, out May 17; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Nice Life / Atlantic) |
| Seth MacFarlane | “Once in a While” (arranged and conducted by Andrew Cottee; first single: “Half As Lovely [Twice As True]”; Hear here; CD, out April 26; iTunes) |
(Fuzzy Door Productions / Verve) |
| The Tallest Man on Earth | “I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream” (new single: “I’m a Stranger Now”; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; CD, out June 28; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Rivers / Birds / AWAL Recordings) |
| The Vamps | “Missing You” (four-song EP; first single: “Right Now”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Virgin) |
| The Wildwoods (Americana roots group from Lincoln, Neb.) | “Across a Midwest Sky” (first single: “Mercy”; See here; On Tour) | (The Wildwoods, April 20) |
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Reissues (CDs / Vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Eddie Cochran | “The Very Best of Eddie Cochran” (three CDs, 60 songs; Track List; Amazon UK) |
(Not Now Music) |
| James Last | “The Album Collection” (25-CD box set; Amazon UK) |
(Polydor / UMe) |
| Chris Norman | “Definitive Collection: Smokie and Solo Years” (28-song compilation, including “Living Next Door to Alice” and “Stumblin’ In”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Solo Sound) |
| Les Paul & Mary Ford | “The Very Best of Les Paul & Mary Ford” (two CDs, 50 songs; Track List; Amazon UK) |
(Not Now Music) |
| Raffi | “Motivational Songs” (20-song compilation of tracks from 1990-2017 with themes of peace, diversity, social justice, honoring indigenous cultures, civic engagement and sustainability; Download, with two extra songs; iTunes) |
(Craft Recordings / Concord) |
| The Rolling Stones | “HONK” (20-song best-of compilation includes a new live version of “Wild Horses” with Florence Welch; Hear here; Deluxe Edition, three-CD set with 36 hits and 10 live cuts; Vinyl; Target-Exclusive Translucent Blue Vinyl; Download; Digital Deluxe Edition; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Interscope / UMe) |
| Various artists | “The Hits Album – The 70s Pop Album” (four-CD, 80-song compilation; Track List; Amazon UK), “The Hits Album – The 80s Album” (four-CD, 80-song compilation; Track List; Amazon UK), “The Hits Album – The Car Album” (four-CD, 80-song compilation of sing-along hits; Track List; Amazon UK) | (Sony UK) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 2” (1984 compilation, from the original U.K. “NOW”; two CDs, 30 songs; Vinyl) |
(NOW) |
| Various artists | “Poppies: Assorted Finery from the First Psychedelic Age” (13-song compilation of 1960s-era psychedelic rock from the Vanguard, Stax and Original Sound catalogs, featuring Buffy Sainte-Marie, Circus Maximus, Southwest F.O.B., etc.) | (Craft Recordings / Concord) |
Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Bill Evans | “Evans in England” (18 unreleased set of recordings with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell recorded at Ronnie Scott’s celebrated jazz club in December 1969; See here; CD, out April 26) |
(Resonance) |
| Fanny | “Fanny Hill” (1972 album) |
(Warner Music Group / X5 Music Group) |
| Wes Montgomery | “Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings” (22 previously unreleased recordings from 1957-59; See here; CD, out April 26) |
(Resonance) |
| Prince | “The Greatest Romance Ever Sold” (1999 single, with two radio edits and six remixes; See here; Merch) |
(NPG / Legacy) |
| We Are Scientists | “Megaplex: Rise of the Lycans” (2018 album; with 14 bonus tracks; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(100%) |
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