New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Alash | “Achai” (Hear here; Download; On Tour)  | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) |
| Baby in Vain (Danish trio) | “More Nothing” (producer: Rob Ellis; first single: “To Heaven and Back”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Partisan) |
| Eliot Bronson (Atlanta-based Americana singer-songwriter) | “James” (producer: Dave Cobb; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Rock Ridge Music) |
| The Cadillac Three | “Legacy” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Big Machine) |
| Kim Churchill (Australian folk-rock singer-songwriter) | “Weight Falls” (producer: Ian Pritchett; new single: “Breakneck Speed”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Rufus Nomad Pty Ltd) |
| Dead Leaves (Cleveland emo-rock trio) | “Vultures” (producer: Dave Piatek; Hear here; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Take This To Heart) |
| EMA | “Exile in the Outer Ring” (producers: EMA, Jacob Portrait; Hear here; NPR First Listen; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (City Slang) |
| Fifth Harmony | “Fifth Harmony” (new single: “Angel”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Syco Music / Epic) |
| Filthy Friends (supergroup feat. Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck) | “Invitation” (first single: “The Arrival”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (Kill Rock Stars) |
| Finding Favour | “Farewell Fear” (producers: Bryan Fowler, Jordan Sapp, Dave Lubben, Casey Brown; first single: “It Is Well”; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Gotee) |
| Chris Forsyth & the Solar Motel Band | “Dreaming in the Non-Dream” (Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (No Quarter) |
| The Fresh & Onlys | “Wolf Lie Down” (Hear here; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Sinderlyn) |
| A Giant Dog (Austin quintet) | “Toy” (producer: singer-guitarist Andrew Cashen; first single: “Photograph”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Merge) |
| Gogol Bordello | “Seekers and Finders” (first single: “Saboteur Blues”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (Cooking Vinyl) |
| Gordi (24-year-old Australian Sophie Payten) | “Reservoir” (producers: Tim Anderson, Ali Chant, Alex Somer, Payten; guest: S. Carey; first single: “Heaven I Know”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| Grieves (Seattle rapper/producer) | “Running Wild” (recorded alongside Swedish producer Chords; guests: Fearce Vill, Romaro Franceswa, Paris Alexa, Davey Jones; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Rhymesayers) |
| Happy Abandon (Chapel Hill, N.C., trio) | “Facepaint” (Hear here) | (Schoolkids) |
| Lilly Hiatt | “Trinity Lane” (producer: Michael Trent of Shovels & Rope; See here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (New West) |
| Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL | “The Dark Tower (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (sci-fi/western action film, based on Stephen King‘s novel, opened Aug. 4; stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey; Download; iTunes; eBay; Merch; In Theaters) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Iron & Wine | “Beast Epic” (written and produced by Sam Beam; first single: “Call It Dreaming”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Sub Pop) |
| Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | “Life Is a Story” (producer: Lawson; first single: “Life To My Days”; Hear here; Download; On Tour) | (Mountain Home Music) |
“I try to make each recording a bit different from the others but still maintain the identifying sound of DL&Q,” Lawson tells P&P. “While I was making the selection of 12 songs that really reached out to me the thought occurred to me that life is a continuous story and so the title of the CD became ‘Life Is a Story.’
“While there are songs here that some may call more middle of the road bluegrass, by intent there are some very traditional sounding bluegrass songs as well. All in all, I am very pleased with the end results and I believe it is one of my best efforts.”
| Tasha Cobbs Leonard | “Heart. Passion. Pursuit.” (producer: Kenneth Leonard Jr.; guests: Nicki Minaj, Kierra Sheard, Anna Golden, William Murphy, Jimi Cravity; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour)  | (Motown Gospel) |
| Liars | “TFCF” (title stands for “Theme From Crying Fountain”; first single: “Cred Woes”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Mute) |
| Brian McKnight | “Genesis” (first single: “Forever”; Target-Exclusive CD, with two extra songs; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Sono Recording Group) |
| Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real | “Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real” (producer: John Alagia; guests: Lady Gaga, father Willie Nelson, aunt Bobbie Nelson; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Fantasy) |
| Old Dominion | “Happy Endings” (guests: Little Big Town; new single: “Written in the Sand”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Sony Music Nashville) |
| Queens of the Stone Age | “Villains” (producer: Mark Ronson; first single: “Feet Don’t Fail Me”; Read here; Vinyl; Vinyl Deluxe Edition; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Matador) |
| Savoy Brown | “Witchy Feelin'” (See here; Download; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) | (Ruf) |
| Brendon Small’s Galaktikon | “Galaktikon II: Become the Storm” (producers: Small, Ulrich Wild; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Megaforce) |
| Susanne Sundfør (Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer) | “Music for People in Trouble” (guest: John Grant; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Bella Union) |
| Jack Tempchin | “Peaceful Easy Feeling: The Songs of Jack Tempchin” (a tribute to his “musical brother,” the late Glenn Frey; guests: Rita Coolidge, Janiva Magness, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen; Vinyl; Download; iTunes) | (Blue Élan) |
| Thee Oh Sees | “Orc” (Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Castle Face) |
| Richard Thompson | “Acoustic Classics II” (acoustic renderings of classic songs from his catalog; eBay; Merch) | (Beeswing) |
| together PANGEA (L.A. rock quartet) | “Bulls and Roosters” (producers: together PANGEA, Andrew Schubert; first single: “Better Find Out”; See here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Nettwerk) |
| Turnover (Virginia Beach dream emo trio) | “Good Nature” (producer: Will Yip; second single: “Sunshine Type”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition; Color Vinyl; Cassette; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Run For Cover) |
| The War on Drugs | “A Deeper Understanding” (new single: “Holding On”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour) | (Atlantic) |
| Wild Ponies | “Galax” (guests: Neilson Hubbard, Fats Kaplin, Will Kimbrough, Audrey Spillman; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Gearbox) |
| Dan Zanes and Friends | “Lead Belly, Baby!” (15-song tribute to Lead Belly; guests: Valerie June, Chuck D., Billy Bragg, Aloe Blacc, etc.; Hear here; Download; iTunes) | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) |
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New Releases (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Action Bronson | “Blue Chips 7000” (new single: “The Chairman’s Intent”; See here; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (Vice / Atlantic) |
| Angels & Airwaves | “We Don’t Need to Whisper Acoustic EP” (four reworked songs from their 2006 debut album; Hear here; iTunes) | (To the Stars) |
| David Archuleta | “Leo” (four-song EP; first single: “I’m Ready”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Archie Music) |
| A$AP Mob | “Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy” (producers: Dun Deal, Frank Dukes, Hit-Boy, Michael Uzowuru, Vegyn; guests: Frank Ocean, A$AP Rocky, Playboi Carti, Quavo, Lil Uzi Vert, A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, A$AP Nast, A$AP Twelvyy, A$AP Ant, etc.; new single: “Feels So Good”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) | (A$AP Worldwide / Polo Grounds Music / RCA) |
| Ayo River (Atlanta-based indie-pop project) | “Failed State” (new single: “Mercedes”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Ayo River) |
| Klaus Badelt | “Leap! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (animated film opens Aug. 25; iTunes; In Theaters) | (Gaumont) |
| Andrew Belle | “Dive Deep” (Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Andrew Belle) |
| Daniel Caesar | “Freudian” (producer: Caesar; guests: Kali Uchis, H.E.R., Syd, Charlotte Day Wilson; first single: “Get You”; Hear here; On Tour) | (Daniel Caesar) |
| Elias Dris (L.A.-based French folk/rock singer-songwriter) | “Gold in the Ashes” (producer: Tom Menig; first single: “Eros & Thanatos”; Hear here; See here; iTunes) | (Vicious Circle) |
| Forever Starts Today (female-fronted power pop/punk outfit from Austin) | “Always Hope” (producer: Anberlin guitarist Joseph Milligan; new single: “Last One Standing”; See here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Third String) |
| Deborah Henriksson | “Near and Far” (producer: Mats Nyman; first single: “Face Your Fears”; Hear here; iTunes) | (DHP) |
| Siv Jakobsen (Norwegian indie-folk artist) | “The Nordic Mellow” (producer: Matt Ingram; Hear here; Read here; iTunes; On Tour) | (The Nordic Mellow) |
| Domino Kirke (daughter of Free / Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke) | “Beyond Waves” (Hear here; Read here; iTunes) | (Domino Kirke) |
| Luna Blue (Brighton, U.K., indie-funk quartet) | “Nightjar” (six-song EP; new single: “Borrowed Words”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Filthy Banana) |
| The Mynabirds | “Be Here Now” (first single: “Cocoon”; Hear here; Read here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Saddle Creek) |
| NOREiKA (Akron, N.Y., rock singer-songwriter) | “BoXaRoX” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (NOREiKA Publishing) |
| Mark Olson (of The Jayhawks) | “Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun” (first single: “Dear Elisabeth”; Hear here; CD, out Sept. 8) | (Glitterhouse) |
| Pinact (Scottish trio) | “The Part That No One Knows” (new single: “Separate Ways”; Hear here; iTunes; On Tour) | (Kanine) |
| Juan María Solare | “Sevilla perfumada de naranjos” (producer: Solare; first single: “Summer Twilights in Finland are Particularly Long”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Janus Music & Sound) |
“My first time in Seville was when I was 14,” Solare tells P&P. “My father took me to a long trip through Europe and one of the stops was Seville. For years, only one thing I remembered from that journey: the smell of the orange blossoms. Much later, when I was 37, I visited Seville again (twice within a few months and for completely different reasons). Although there is much more in Seville than orange trees, I prefer to keep the scent.
“For the recording of this piece as single on Spotify & Co. I made two versions (2 tracks): piano solo and piano with ambient electronic pads.”
| Sam Tinnesz (Nashville alt-electronic artist) | “Babel” (producer: Jeremy Lutito; guests: Yacht Money, Super Duper, Silverberg; new single: “Even If It Hurts”; Hear here; iTunes) | (Tinman Entertainment) |
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Daniel Barenboim | “The Solo Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon” (39-CD box set) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Alex Chilton | “A Man Called Destruction” (1995 album; remastered, with seven bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Download) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| D’Angelo | “Brown Sugar (Deluxe Edition)” (1995 album; two CDs; remastered, with 21 bonus tracks and 20-page booklet; Download) | (Virgin / UMe) |
| decker. | “Into the Red” (career-spanning retrospective; Download) | (The Royal Potato Family) |
| Exposé | “What You Don’t Know (Deluxe Edition)” (1989 album; the remastered 11-song album with 34 bonus B-sides, mixes, alternate versions, demos, unreleased recordings, rarities, etc., on three CDs, plus a 24-page booklet) | (Cherry Pop) |
| Delegation | “The Promise of Love: 40th Anniversary Edition” (1977 album; remastered, with eight bonus tracks, including a 12-inch version of the oft-sampled “Oh Honey”; See here; Read here) | (Big Break / Cherry Red) |
| Los Bravos | “Black Is Black: The Anthology 1966-1969” (two CDs, 60 songs; Read here) | (RPM / Cherry Red) |
| Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit | “Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit” (1984 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; Vinyl), “The Rose of England” (1985 album, including “I Knew the Bride [When She Used to Rock & Roll],” backed by Huey Lewis and the News; Vinyl; On Tour) | (Yep Roc) |
| Liza Minnelli | “Results (Expanded Edition)” (1989 album, produced by Pet Shop Boys and Julian Mendelsohn; three-CD, one-DVD box set, featuring 21 remixes, plus music videos; See here; Read here) | (SFE / Cherry Red) |
| The Mock Turtles | “Turtle Soup: Expanded Edition” (1990 album, including “Can You Dig It?”; remastered, with 30 bonus tracks, many of them previously unreleased; See here; Read here) | (Cherry Red) |
| Giorgio Moroder & Klaus Doldinger | “The NeverEnding Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Collector’s Edition)” (1984 album, including the theme song by former Kajagoogoo singer Limahl; remastered, with six bonus tracks; See here; Read here) | (Cherry Red) |
| Mötley Crüe | “XXX: 30 Years of Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987 album; remastered and expanded edition; Standard CD; Vinyl; eBay; Merch) | (Mötley) |
| Rudolf Serkin | “Rudolf Serkin: The Complete Columbia Album Collection” (75-CD box set) | (Sony Classical) |
| Tobacco | “Ripe & Majestic” (24 instrumental rarities and unreleased beats; Download; On Tour) | (Rad Cult) |
| Underworld | “Beaucoup Fish (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1999 album; four-CD box set, featuring 11 previously unreleased outtakes and remixes of album tracks by Fatboy Slim, Slam, Salt City Orchestra and Adam Beyer; See here; Read here; Standard CD; Vinyl; Download) | (UMe) |
| Various artists | “Soul of a Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black Power – Underground Jazz, Street Funk & the Roots of Rap 1968-79” (12-song collection; Read here; Download) | (Soul Jazz) |
| Widowmaker | “Running Free: The Jet Recordings 1976-1977” (two CDs, 20 songs; Read here) | (Esoteric Recordings / Cherry Red) |
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Reissues (Downloads)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Doris Day | “On Moonlight Bay” (1951 album, with Paul Weston & His Orchestra and The Norman Luboff Choir) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Karla DeVito | “Is This a Cool World or What?” (1981 album; See here) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Percy Faith | “Carefree (The Music of Percy Faith)” (1961 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Patton Oswalt | “Talking for Clapping” (Emmy Award-winning comedy special from 2016, released last fall on vinyl; also won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album; See here; iTunes; eBay; On Tour) | (aspecialthing) |
| PictureHouse | “How Can I Explain How This Came to Be?” (best-of; See here; iTunes) | (Top 6) |
| Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes | “I Don’t Want to Go Home” (1976 album), “Hearts of Stone” (1978 album; On Tour) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Dave Stewart | “Nashville Sessions: The Duets, Vol. 1” (compilation of duets from his Blackbird Studio recording sessions for his past three albums; guests: Stevie Nicks, Alison Krauss, Colbie Caillat, Joss Stone, The Secret Sisters, Martina McBride, etc.; See here; iTunes) | (Dave Stewart Entertainment) |
| Chris Whitley | “Poison Girl” (1992 EP) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
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