New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Brothers Osborne | “Pawn Shop” (producers: Brothers Osborne, Jay Joyce; guest: Lee Ann Womack; Hear here; MP3) | (EMI Nashville) |
| Celtic Woman | “Destiny” (producers: Gavin Murphy, Chris O’Brien, Graham Murphy, etc.; guest: former member Méav Ní Mhaolchatha; Hear here; See here; DVD; Blu-ray; MP3) | (Manhattan) |
| Daughter (British band fronted by singer Elena Tonra) | “Not to Disappear” (producer: Nicolas Vernhes; first single: “Doing the Right Thing”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Glassnote) |
| The Devil & The Universe | “Benedicere” (Hear here; Vinyl ) | (Rustblade) |
| Hinds (lo-fi Madrid garage band) | “Leave Me Alone” (first single: “Garden”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mom+Pop Music / Lucky Number) |
| Jesus Culture | “Let It Echo” (recorded live at Jesus Culture Church in Sacramento, featuring Kim Walker-Smith, Chris Quilala, Bryan and Katie Torwalt, etc.; MP3) | (Jesus Culture) |
| Miloš Karadaglić (classical guitarist from Montenegro) | “Blackbird: The Beatles Album” (recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the original microphones The Beatles used in their recording sessions; guests: Tori Amos, Gregory Porter, Anoushka Shankar, Sergio Assad, Steven Isserlis; Hear here) | (Mercury Classics) |
| Stacey Kent | “Tenderly” (includes covers of “Tangerine,” “That’s All” and “Embraceable You”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 ) | (OKeh / Sony Masterworks) |
| Kidz Bop Kids | “Kidz Bop 31” (15 songs; MP3) | (Kidz Bop / Razor & Tie) |
| Dylan LeBlanc | “Cautionary Tale” (producers: Ben Tanner, John Paul White; first single: “Cautionary Tale”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Single Lock) |
| Charles Lloyd & The Marvels | “I Long To See You” (band includes Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland; producers: Don Was, Dorothy Darr; guests: Willie Nelson, Norah Jones; first single: “Of Course, Of Course”; Hear here; MP3 ) | (Blue Note) |
| Baaba Maal | “The Traveller” (first single: “Gilli Men”; Hear here; MP3) | (Marathon Artists) |
| Anderson .Paak (L.A. alt-rapper-singer) | “Malibu” (guests: The Game, ScHoolboy Q, Talib Kweli, BJ The Chicago Kid, etc.; third single: “Room In Here”; Hear here; MP3) | (Steel Wool / OBE / Art Club / EMPIRE) |
| Panic! At the Disco | “Death of a Bachelor” (producer: Jake Sinclair; first single: “Hallelujah”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (DCD2 / Fueled By Ramen) |
| Phall Fatale (Switzerland-based avant-pop quintet) | “Moonlit Bang Bang!” (producer: Roli Mosimann; first single: “The Girl, The Beat”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Slowfoot) |
| Dave Porter | “Flesh and Bone (Music From the Starz Original Series)” (Hear here; MP3) | (Varèse Sarabande) |
| Raffi | “Owl Singalong” (first single: “Green Dream”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| The Reform Club (fronted by Norman Baker, former Home Office minister in the U.K.) | “Never Yesterday” (Hear here) | (Angel Air) |
| Randy Rogers Band | “Nothing Shines Like Neon” (producer: Buddy Cannon; guests: Jamey Johnson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski; first single: “Neon Blues”; Hear here; MP3) | (Tommy Jackson) |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto | “The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” (additional music by Bryce Dessner; MP3) | (Milan) |
| Three Cities | “For the Price of One” (first single: “Time Will Tell”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Three Cities LLC) |
| Vocalosity | “Vocalosity” (12-member a cappella group formed by music director and artistic producer Deke Sharon, of “Pitch Perfect” fame; See here; MP3) | (Decca Broadway) |
| Hank Williams Jr. | “It’s About Time” (guests: Eric Church, Justin Moore; first single: “Are You Ready For The Country”; Hear here; See here; MP3 ) | (Bocephus Enterprises / Big Machine) |
More Releases for Jan. 15, 2016
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Andrew Adkins (former member of Mellow Down Easy) | “Glass Castles” (first single: “May the Stars Fall At Your Door”; Hear here) | (Electrahead Media) |
| Classified (Juno Award-winning Canadian hip-hop artist) | “Greatful” (producer: Classified; guests: Snoop Dogg, David Myles, Ria Ma, DJ Premier, etc.; first single: “Filthy”; Hear here; See here) | (Half Life / Universal Music Canada) |
| Evening Redness | “Before the Dark” (producer: Brent Billock; first single: “Polly”; Hear here) | (Evening Redness) |
| Johnny Gallagher (Tony Award winner for “Spring Awakening”) | “Six Day Hurricane” (producer: Thad DeBrock; first single: “Two Fists Full”; Hear here) | (Rockwood Music Hall Recordings) |
| Keys N Krates | “Midnite Mass” (six-song EP; guests: Katy B, Aqui, Ouici; first single: “Nothing But Space”; Hear here; See here) | (Dim Mak) |
| Garrett Klahn (Texas Is The Reason frontman/guitarist) | “Garrett Klahn” (first single: “Are We Alright?”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Rise) |
| Old Man Canyon | “Delirium” (first single: “Hollow Tree”; Hear here) | (Old Man Canyon) |
| One Days Notice (throwback skatepunk band from Cleveland) | “Blackout” (Hear here) | (Remember To Breathe / OAG Management, Jan. 14) |
| Still Flyin’ (San Francisco band) | “Perfect Future” (first single: “Love Both Sides”; Hear here) | (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
| Weekender (Philly psychedelic shoegazer quintet) | “Floaty Feeling, Blue” (six-song EP; second single: “Loving/Hating”; Hear here) | (PaperCup Music) |
| Danny Wood (of New Kids on the Block) | “Look At Me” (a portion of the proceeds will go to breast cancer patients, in honor of his late mother; first single: “Look At Me”; Hear here; See here) | (Essential Media Group) |
| Wray (Birmingham, Ala.-based shoegaze trio) | “Hypatia” (producers: Wray, Lynn Bridges; new single: “Pined”; Hear here; MP3) | (Communicating Vessels) |
More Digital Releases for Jan. 15, 2016
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Aerosmith | “A Brand New Song and Dance” (1986 radio broadcast from Worchester, Mass.; Read here) | (Iconography) |
| Air Supply | “The Definitive Collection [Hybrid SACD]” (18 songs) | (U.K. – Sony Gold) |
| Batdorf & Rodney | “Off the Shelf” (1971 album; remastered; Hear here; MP3), “Batdorf & Rodney” (1972 album; remastered; Hear here; MP3 ), “Life Is You” (1975 album; remastered; Hear here; MP3) | (Classicmusicvault.com) |
| Jeff Beck & Stevie Ray Vaughan | “Guitar Thunder: Radio Broadcast 1984” (Track list) | (MVD) |
| Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond | “Birdland 1951-1952 / Newport 1955” (Hear here) | (Solar) |
| Jack Bruce | “More Jack Than Blues” (live with the HR Bigband in Frankfurt in 2006; two CDs, 24 songs; Read here) | (Made In Germany) |
| J.J. Cale | “New Year’s Eve in Tulsa: The Oklahoma Broadcast 31st December 1975” (Hear here) | (Good Ship Funke) |
| Jimmy Castor Bunch | “Butt of Course / Supersound / E-Man Groovin'” (1975, 1976 albums on two CDs, featuring “The Bertha Butt Boogie”; remastered, with six bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red) |
| Miles Davis | “Changes: The 1955 Sessions” (two CDs, 20 songs; Read here; MP3) | (Acrobat) |
| The Drifters | “The Complete Releases 1953-62” (three CDs, 71 songs; Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| Bob Dylan | “The Minneapolis Hotel Tape & The Gaslight Cafe: September & December 1961” (1997 album; remastered; Read here) | (BDA / Chrome Dreams) |
| The Everly Brothers | “Bye Bye Love: Legendary FM Broadcast 1973” | (Laser Media) |
| The Richie Furay Band | “My Father’s Place: Live in New York 1976” (Read here) | (All Access) |
| Georgia Satellites | “The Hippy Hippy Shake” (1988 FM broadcast at the Ritz in New York features guest Joey Ramone; Read here) | (Sonic Boom) |
| Tom Lehrer | “The Tom Lehrer Collection 1953-60” (two CDs, 47 songs; Read here) | (Acrobat) |
| Roger McGuinn | “Electric Ladyland 1991” (Read here) | (Sonic Boom) |
| The Steve Miller Band | “New York 1976: The Classic Broadcast” (Read here) | (Sonic Boom) |
| Wes Montgomery | “One Night in Indy” (previously unreleased 1959 live recording, with the Eddie Higgins Trio; Read here; MP3) | (Resonance) |
| Pearl Jam | “Chicago 1995” (two CDs; Read here) | (Smokin’) |
| Alan Price | “Savaloy Dip: Words & Music By Alan Price” (lost 1974 album; remastered; Read here) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| John Prine | “Bottom Line: 1978 New York Broadcast” (two CDs, 30 songs; Read here) | (All Access) |
| Peter Sarstedt | “England’s Lane” (1997 album; remastered; Hear here) | (U.K. – Angel Air) |
| Savage Garden | “The Singles (16 tracks; See here) | (U.K. – Sony) |
| 7 Year Bitch | “Live at Moe” (1996 performance at Seattle’s Club Moe; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Moe Recordings) |
| Stephen Stills | “Central Park 1979” (with the California Blues Band; Read here) | (Zip City) |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | “Happy New Year Blues” (FM radio broadcast live from the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on Dec. 31, 1986; Read here) | (Hobo) |
| Various artists | “Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection” (two CDs, 36 songs, featuring musical highlights from all six seasons; original music by John Lunn, with the Chamber Orchestra of London; MP3) | (Decca) |
| Ben Webster | “The Complete Recordings 1952-1959” (eight original albums on four CDs; Read here), “The Complete Recordings 1959-1962” (eight original albums on four CDs; Read here) | (Enlightenment) |
| Warren Zevon | “The Coffee Break Concert” (recorded in October 1976 at WMMS studios in Cleveland; 17 songs; Hear here; Read here) | (Good Ship Funke) |
More Releases for Jan. 15, 2016
Reissues (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Audio Adrenaline | “Sound of the Saints” (2015 album) | (Fair Trade Services / Columbia) |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | “Emerson, Lake & Palmer” (1970 album), “Tarkus” (1971 album), “Pictures At an Exhibition” (1971 album), “Trilogy” (1972 album), “Brain Salad Surgery” (1973 album), “Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends – Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer” (1974 album), “Works Volume 1” (1977 album), “Works Volume 2” (1977 album), “Love Beach” (1978 album), “Black Moon” (1992 album) | (Sanctuary) |
| Tenacious D | “Tenacious D Live” (2012-2013 recordings, originally released on Record Store Day) | (Columbia) |
More Digital Releases for Jan. 15, 2016
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist(s)/cast: | Title: | Studio: |
| Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, et al | “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride [DVD]” (Blu-ray) | (BBC Home Entertainment) |
| Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer | “The American Friend (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]” (1977 film, written and directed by Wim Wenders, loosely adapted from the novel “Ripley’s Game” by Patricia Highsmith; Blu-ray) | (Criterion Collection) |
| Rami Malek, Christian Slater, et al | “Mr. Robot: Season 1 [DVD]” (three discs; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
| Daniel J. Travanti, Veronica Hamel, et al | “Hill Street Blues: The Final Season [DVD]” (five discs) | (Shout! Factory) |
| Various cast | “Hotel Transylvania 2 [DVD]” (2015 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (Sony Pictures Classics) |
Complete List of Upcoming DVD / Blu-ray Releases
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher: |
| Woody Guthrie | “Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941” (Hardcover; authors: Darryl Holter, William F. Deverell; illustrator: Jon Stich) | (Angel City Press) |