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“Blue Eclipse” (Grammy-winning U.K. duo’s fourth album; guests: Poppy Daniels, IDK, Jay Prince, Kyra, Ben Jones, Kojey Radical, et al; new single: “Wait a While”; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music)
“Mustard n’Onions” (third album from groove ensemble led by Snarky Puppy’s Robert Sput Searight and Nate Werth; guests: Marcus Miller, the late Bernard Wright, Karl Denson, Eric Gales, Jay Jennings, Keith Anderson, et al; new single: “Where’s Danny?”; Hear here; Apple Music; On Tour)
“Étrange Hiver” (U.K. singer-songwriter’s ninth studio album is a collection of original duets with renowned French artists, such as Keren Ann, Chien Noir, Alex Beaupain, Clou, et al; Hear here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)
“The Morrison Project” (producers: Morrison, Steve Stevens, Erik Eldenius; guests: Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Steve Stevens, D.M.C., Corey Taylor, Steve Vai, Linda Perry, Al Jourgensen, John 5; new single: “Crack Cocaine”; See here; Vinyl; Download)
“Damascus” (country singer-songwriter’s second album; producer: Oscar Charles; guests: Little Big Town, Jenna McClelland; new single: “What I Do Know”; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)
“The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed” (contributors: Keith Richards, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen, Rickie Lee Jones, Mary Gauthier, Bobby Rush, et al; Read here)
“The Notebook (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ novel of the same title officially opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 14; music and lyrics by singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson; cast: Jordan Tyson, Joy Woods, Maryann Plunkett, John Cardoza, Ryan Vasquez, Dorian Harewood, et al; See here; Read here; CD out June 14)
Atlantic
Yazmine MB
“HEALER” (British-Algerian R&B/soul artist’s five-song EP; new single: “WHAT’S IT LIKE TO DO NOTHIN'”; Hear here)
“The Jasmine EP Collection” (31 tracks on one CD, drawn from EPs released in the U.S., U.K., France and West Germany between 1959-62; Amazon UK)
Jasmine
Lobo
“The Collection, Volume 1” (two-CD set includes the albums “Introducing Lobo,” “Of a Simple Man,” “Calumet” and “Just a Singer,” featuring “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo,” “She Didn’t Do Magic,” “Don’t Expect Me to Be Your Friend” and “How Can I Tell Her”)
Classics
Linda Martell
“Color Me Country” (1970 album, featuring her cover of “Color Him Father”; she was the first commercially successful black female artist in country music and the first to play the Grand Ole Opry; Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” put a spotlight on the country pioneer: on “The Linda Martell Show,” an intro to the song “Ya Ya”; Martell appears on that track, as well as “Spaghetti”; remastered)
Gaither Music Group
Mel & Tim
“The Best of Mel & Tim” (their albums “Good Guys Only Win in the Movies” and “Starting All Over Again,” with five bonus cuts on one CD)
“How Does That Grab You?” (1966 album, featuring “Bang, Bang,” “Sand” and “How Does That Grab You, Darlin’?”; remastered from the original analog tapes by John Baldwin, with two bonus tracks; Read here)
“Luther” (1976 debut album; with CD- and digital-only bonus instrumental of “The 2nd Time Around”; Vinyl; Download)
Primary Wave Artists / Legacy
Various artists
“Live on Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers” (40th anniversary compilation, featuring highlights from the program, curated by the show’s co-founder and longtime host Larry Groce; includes performances by Wilco, Jason Isbell, Molly Tuttle, Steve Earle, Alison Krauss, Eric Church, Watchhouse, Lucinda Williams, et al; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music)
