New Releases (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Willow Avalon | “Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell” (Georgia-born country singer’s debut album; she is the daughter of alt-country artist Jim White; producers: JR Atkins, Tofer Brown, Willow Avalon; guest: Maggie Antone; new single: “Something We Regret”; Hear here; Read here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)  | Atlantic |
| Victoria Canal | “Slowly, It Dawns” (London-based Spanish-American singer-songwriter’s debut album; winner of the 2023 “Rising Star” Ivor Novello Award; new single: “Cake”; See here; Transparent Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Parlophone |
| Seong-Jin Cho | “Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works” (Double CD; young Korean pianist marks the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth, collaborating with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons; new single: “Sonatine, M. 40”; See here; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Deutsche Grammophon |
| Piet Dalmolen | “Time Stands Still” (Northern California guitarist/singer-songwriter’s debut solo album; producer: Dalmolen; Download) | Piet Dalmolen Music |
| Delivery | “Force Majeure” (Melbourne garage-punk rockers’ second album; new single: “Only a Fool”; See here; Read here; Transparent Blue Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | Heavenly Recordings |
| Ela Minus | “DIA” (Colombian techno-pop producer-singer Gabriela Jimeno Caldas’ second album; new single: “BROKEN”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Domino |
| David Gray | “Dear Life” (British singer-songwriter’s 13th album; new single: “Plus & Minus,” feat. Talia Rae; See here; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Olive Green Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | Laugh a Minute Records / Secretly Distribution |
| Rose Gray | “Louder, Please” (U.K. pop singer’s debut album; new single: “Party People”; See here; Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | [PIAS] Recordings |
| Steve Hackett | “Live Magic At Trading Boundaries” (new single: “Ace of Wands”; Hear here; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour) | InsideOutMusic |
| KIDZ BOP Kids | “KIDZ BOP 50” (16 songs; Neon Coral Vinyl; Download; Apple Music) | KIDZ BOP / Concord |
| Dua Lipa | “Dua Lipa Live From the Royal Albert Hall” (Double CD – U.K. version; recorded on Oct. 17, joined by the 53-piece Heritage Orchestra, conductor Ben Foster, guest Elton John on “Cold Heart,” a 14-member choir, and a seven-piece band; Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download released on Dec. 6; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner |
| Mac Miller | “Balloonerism” (second posthumous album, containing recordings created around the time of the release of “Faces” in 2014; producers: Flying Lotus, Larry Fisherman, Thundercat; Hear here; Read here; Double Vinyl; Amazon-Exclusive Emerald Green Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Cassette; Download; Apple Music) | Warner |
| The On and Ons | “Come On In” (Australian power-pop band’s first U.S. release; Hear here; Download) | JEM Records |
| Pigeon Pit | “Crazy Arms” (Olympia, WA country/punk maximalists’ fourth album; new single: “Bronco”; Hear here; Vinyl) | Ernest Jenning Record Co. |
| SOFT VEIN | “THROUGH BLINDS” (electronic project of songwriter/multi- | Artoffact |
| The Weather Station | “Humanhood” (seventh album from the project led by Toronto artist Tamara Lindeman; producers: Lindeman, Marcus Paquin; new single: “Neon Signs”; See here; Read here; Vinyl; Indie Exclusive Eco Red Mix Vinyl; Rough Trade-Exclusive Ghost Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download; Apple Music) | Next Door / Fat Possum |
New Releases (Downloads)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Applesauce Tears | “Balcony Confidential” (Atlanta-based instrumental psych-rock collective, led by Craig Bennett; producer: Bennett; new single: “Faded and Braided”; See here; Amazon UK) | Black Cottage |
| Cory Asbury | “Cover to Cover” (Grammy-nominated Christian singer-songwriter’s fifth album; new single: “I Hope You Dance”; Hear here; Apple Music) | BEC Recordings |
| Rebecca Black | “SALVATION” (her second album; new single: “Sugar Water Cyanide”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Rebecca Black |
| Echos | “QUIET, IN YOUR SERVICE” (new single: “CAROUSEL”; See here) | Outlast |
| Ryan Ellis | “Real Love” (new single: “Holy Place”; See here; Apple Music) | Provident Label Group |
| Sophie Jamieson | “I still want to share” (London-based singer-songwriter’s second album; producers: Jamieson, Guy Massey; new single: “Vista”; See here; Amazon UK; Apple Music) | Bella Union |
| jasmine.4.t | “You Are the Morning” (producers: Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus; new single: “Elephant”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Saddest Factory Records |
| Eugenie Jones | “Eugenie” (Seattle-based singer, songwriter, and jazz legacy activist’s sixth album; producer: Lonnie Plaxico; new single: “I Love Being Here With You”; See here; Apple Music) | BrightIDEAS Communications / Open Mic Records, Jan. 20 |
| LANCO | “We’re Gonna Make It” (country band’s second album; producers: Jay Joyce, Jared Conrad, LANCO; new single: “Where I Belong”; See here; Apple Music; On Tour) | Riser House |
| Edvard Graham Lewis | “Alreet?” (solo album from Wire bassist-lyricist; producers: Lewis, Max Lorentz; new single: “Last Scene”; Hear here; Apple Music) | Upp Records, Jan. 21 |
| Brian John McBrearty | “Remembering Repeating” (new single: “Repeating”; Hear here) | Love Beyond Measure Records |
| Marlaena Moore | “Because You Love Everything” (Montreal-based pop/rock singer-songwriter’s fourth album; producers: Moore, Scott Munro; new single: “Running On Empty”; See here; Read here; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Apple Music) | Session / Bonsound |
| Rufus Wainwright | “Dream Requiem” (narrated by Meryl Streep, with soprano Anna Prohaska joining the choruses and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, under the baton of Mikko Franck; See here; Read here; CD and Double Vinyl out Feb. 21; Apple Music; On Tour) | Warner Classics |
| Olivia Wolf | “Silver Rounds” (Northern California native’s debut album; producer: Sean McConnell; new single: “Cosmic Appalachian Radio”; See here; Apple Music) | Olivia Wolf |
Reissues (CDs + Vinyl)
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL |
| Gracie Abrams | “The Secret of Us (Deluxe)” (2024 album; with four new songs, including “That’s So True”; See here; Transparent Moonlight Double Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download released on Oct. 16; Apple Music; On Tour) | Interscope / UMe |
| Vince Guaraldi | “Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Original Soundtrack Recording) – 50th Anniversary Extended Edition” (1975 album; complete 22 cue score, with eight bonus tracks; mixed and mastered from the original 2″ session tapes to a 192kHz/24bit master; Vinyl; Barnes & Noble-Exclusive Puppy Love Pink Vinyl; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca; Download) | Lee Mendelson Film Productions |
| Nick Heyward | “North of a Miracle (Deluxe Edition)” (Triple CD; 1983 debut solo album, featuring “Whistle Down the Wind,” “Blue Hat for a Blue Day,” “Take That Situation” and “On a Sunday”; with two discs of non-album A-sides and B-sides and other recordings from 1984; Vinyl, half-speed mastering at AIR Mastering, cut from the original master tapes; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Edsel / Demon Music Group |
| Michael Jackson | “Off the Wall” (Hybrid SACD; 1979 album, featuring “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” “Rock With You,” the title track and “She’s Out of My Life”; sourced from the original master tapes; Double Vinyl; Amazon.ca; Merch) | Mobile Fidelity |
| Doug Kershaw | “Mama Kershaw’s Boy / Alive & Pickin’ / Ragin’ Cajun / Flip, Flop & Fly” (four albums from 1974 to 1977 on two CDs; remastered; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Morello |
| Denise LaSalle | “Trapped By a Thing Called Love” (1972 album, featuring the title track; remastered by Dave Gardner; Vinyl; Amazon.ca) | Org Music |
| Cecil Taylor | “The Classic Albums” (eight remastered albums on four CDs; Amazon UK; Amazon.ca) | Enlightenment |
| Various artists | “The Hits Album: The 70’s Love Album” (three CDs, 64 tracks; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / Spectrum Music / Universal UK |
| Various artists | “NOW 12” 80s: 1984 – Part One” (four CDs, 36 songs; Amazon UK) | Sony Music / EMI |
