New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Big Wreck | “Grace Street” (producers: Garth Richardson, Big Wreck; first single: “One Good Piece of Me”; See here; MP3)  | (Rounder) |
| Alex Dezen (formerly of The Damnwells) | “II” (Hear here; MP3) | (Poor Man) |
| Ramin Djawadi | “Westworld: Music from the HBO® Series – Season 1” (two-CD deluxe edition, 34 songs; Streaming Video; Merch) | (WaterTower Music) |
| Elbow | “Little Fictions” (featuring the string players of The Hallé Orchestra, the Hallé Ancoats Community Choir, members of London Contemporary Voices and session drummer Alex Reeves; producer: Craig Potter; first single: “Magnificent [She Says]”; Hear here; MP3) | (Concord) |
| Emily Estefan (21-year-old daughter of Emilio and Gloria Estefan) | “Take Whatever You Want” (new single: “Reigns [every night]”; See here) | (Alien Shrimp / RED) |
| Jo Harman (British soul singer-songwriter) | “People We Become” (producer: Fred Mollin; first single: “When We Were Young,” feat. Michael McDonald; See here) | (SFE / Chief) |
| Beth Hart | “Fire on the Floor” (producer: Oliver Leiber; guests: Jeff Beck, Michael Landau, Waddy Wachtel, Rick Marotta, Dean Parks, Ivan Neville, etc.; first single: “Fire on the Floor”; See here; MP3; On Tour; Merch) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| Jim Lauderdale | “London Southern” (some songs co-written with Dan Penn, Joan Oates, Odie Blackmon and Kendell Marvell; the album will be released in the U.S. in May; producers: Neil Brockbank, Robert Trehern; Hear here) | (U.K. – Proper) |
| Less Than Jake | “Sound the Alarm” (Hear here; On Tour; Merch) | (Pure Noise) |
| Lower Than Atlantis | “Safe In Sound” (first single: “Dumb”; See here) | (Easy Life) |
| Reba McEntire | “Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope” (double album of hymns and 10 new songs; first single: “Softly and Tenderly,” feat. Kelly Clarkson and Trisha Yearwood; Hear here; MP3; On Tour; Merch) | (Rockin’ R / Big Machine) |
| The Menzingers | “After the Party” (producer: Will Yip; new single: “Bad Catholics”; Hear here; Vinyl, with download card; MP3; On Tour) | (Epitaph) |
| MUNA (L.A. dark-pop trio) | “About U” (first single: “Winterbreak”; See here; MP3; On Tour) | (RCA) |
| Porcelain Raft (Italian-born singer-songwriter Mauro Remiddi) | “Microclimate” (mixed by Remiddi’s longtime collaborator Chris Coady at Sunset Sounds Studios; Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3; On Tour) | (Volcanic Field) |
| LeAnn Rimes | “Remnants” (new single: “How to Kiss a Boy”; Hear here; MP3; On Tour; Merch) | (RCA) |
| Sampha | “Process” (producers: Sampha, Rodaidh McDonald; Hear here; MP3) | (Young Turks) |
| SOEN (Swedish progressive group) | “Lykaia” (producer: guitarist Marcus Jidell; Hear here; MP3) | (UDR Music) |
| CeCe Winans | “Let Them Fall In Love” (guests: Hezekiah Walker’s Love Fellowship Choir, The Clark Sisters; first single: “Never Have to Be Alone”; Hear here; MP3) | (Pure Springs Gospel) |
| Jaime Wyatt | “Felony Blues” (first single: “Wishing Well”; Hear here; MP3) | (Forty Below) |
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| The Bats (New Zealand indie-pop legends) | “The Deep Set” (first single: “Antlers”; Hear here) | (Flying Nun) |
| Big Sean | “I Decided.” (first single: “Moves”; Hear here; CD, out Feb. 17; On Tour; Merch) | (G.O.O.D. Music / Def Jam) |
| Galactic Empire (Star Wars-themed metal band) | “Galactic Empire” (covers of music from the hit film series; Hear here) | (Rise) |
| Travis Linville (Oklahoma instrumentalist) | “Up Ahead” (producer: Linville; Hear here) | (CEN) |
| David Luning (29-year-old Sonoma County singer-songwriter) | “Restless” (producer: Karl Derfler; first single: “Gonna Forget About You”; Hear here; See here) | (Blue Rose Music) |
| Tom McCartney (17-year-old bluesy rocker from Nottinghamshire, U.K.) | “Well Dressed Man” (Hear here) | (Tom McCartney, Feb. 1) |
| Rainbrother (Danish folk-rock quintet) | “Tales from the Drought” (producer: Noah Georgeson; first single: “Blue”; See here) | (General Bird) |
| Ty Richards (Austin psychedelic dance-pop artist) | “Zillion” (first single: “Spaceman”; See here) | (Tremolo) |
| Surfer Blood | “Snowdonia” (founding guitarist Thomas Fekete died of cancer in May; first single: “Six Flags in F or G”; Hear here) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Andy Suzuki & The Method (Brooklyn-based duo) | “The Glass Hour” (producer: Juny Mag; Hear here; On Tour) | (Andy Suzuki Music) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Lynn Anderson | “The Definitive Collection” (two CDs, 40 songs) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Black Sabbath | “The Ultimate Collection” (two CDs, 31 songs; Four-LP Box Set; Merch) | (Rhino / Warner) |
| Larry Coryell | “Coryell” (1969 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Delaney & Bonnie and Friends | “Motel Shot (Expanded Edition)” (1971 album, featuring “Never Ending Song of Love”; remastered, with eight previously unreleased tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Lesley Gore | “Love Me By Name: The Complete A&M Recordings (Expanded Edition)” (1976 album, produced by Quincy Jones; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Grateful Dead | “Dick’s Picks 33: 10/9 & 10/10/76 Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA” (four CDs, 45 songs), “Dick’s Picks 34: 11/5/77 Rochester, NY” (three CDs, 28 songs; Merch) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Judas Priest | “Turbo 30 (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1986 album; remastered; three-CD set includes a double live concert recorded in Kansas City in May 1986; Vinyl; MP3; Merch) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Jim Kweskin | “Relax Your Mind” (1965 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Lift to Experience | “The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads” (2001 album; remastered; also available on vinyl and as a deluxe vinyl box set, which will feature the band’s April 15, 2001, Peel session and its demo EP from 1997; MP3) | (Mute) |
| Vangelis | “Delectus: The Polydor & Vertigo Recordings 1973-1985” (13-disc box set, with a 64-page book) | (U.K. – UMC) |
| Various artists | “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Expanded Edition)” (1979 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Mumford & Sons | “Live From South Africa: Dust and Thunder – Gentlemen of the Road Edition [DVD]” (Amazon-exclusive two-DVD, one-CD set, featuring the documentary “We Wrote This Yesterday”; See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |