New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Chasing Safety (N.J. post-hardcore rock quartet) | “Nomad” (new single: “This Is Hell”; See here; MP3)  | (Outerloop) |
| Dropkick Murphys | “11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory” (producer: Ted Hutt; first single: “Blood”; Hear here; MP3; Merch) | (Born & Bred) |
| Gone Is Gone (featuring members of Mastodon, Queens of the Stone Age and At The Drive-In) | “Echolocation” (Hear here; MP3) | (Rise) |
| Anna Netrebko | “Puccini: Manon Lescaut” (recorded live in Salzburg; See here; MP3) | (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams & Benjamin Wallfisch | “Hidden Figures (Original Score)” (biographical film, which premiered Dec. 25 before a wide opening release on Jan. 6, stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe and Kevin Costner; also: “Hidden Figures: The Album”; See here) | (Rise) |
New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Luke Bulla (fiddler/singer-songwriter) | “Who Loves You Better” (producer: Bryan Sutton; guests: Sharon and Cheryl White, Maura O’Connell, Lee Ann Womack, Sara Jarosz, Jerry Douglas, Noam Pikelny, Sam Bush, John Cowan, Sam Grisman, etc.; first single: “Temperance Reel”; Hear here) | (Pure Music Nashville, Jan. 5) |
| The Far Field | “The Far Field” (producer: Caleb Baker; guests: Maggie Booher, Bronwyn Hagerty, Dave Harmonson; first single: “Roses for You”; Hear here) | (The Far Field, Jan. 5) |
| Royal Nature (N.C. rock band) | “Arcane” (the album chronicles drummer-lyricist Ashton Caton’s story of surviving the Nepal earthquake of 2015, dealing with PTSD, and his renewal; producers: bassist-singer Everett Hardin, Caton; Hear here) | (Royal Nature, Jan. 9) |
| Strange Kaoz | “Strange Then Stranger – The Mixtape” (producer: Strange Kaoz; first single: “Remy N Henny”; Hear here) | (DeeBizness, Jan. 10) |
| Dale Watson & Ray Benson | “Dale & Ray” (Hear here; CD, out Jan. 13; On Tour) | (Ameripolitan / Home / Mailboat) |
Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Kathleen Battle | “Kathleen Battle: The Complete Sony Recordings” (10-CD box set) | (Sony Classical) |
| Grateful Dead | “Dick’s Picks 35 – San Diego, CA 8/7/71, Chicago, IL 8/24/71” (four CDs, 45 songs; Merch) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Santana | “Lotus [Hybrid SACD]” (1974 double live album; remastered; On Tour; Merch) | (Audio Fidelity) |
| Soundgarden | “Badmotorfinger (Super Deluxe Edition)” (1992 album; four CDs, two DVDs and one Blu-ray Audio disc, featuring 109 tracks; 79 songs, videos and mixes are previously unreleased; On Tour; Merch) | (A&M / UMe) |
| Various artists | “Puccini: La Bohème” (1987 recordings, featuring Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elizabeth Harwood, Berliner Philharmoniker and conductor Herbert von Karajan; Hear here) | (Decca) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Nightwish | “Vehicle of Spirit [DVD]” (two concerts, at Wembley Arena, London, and Ratina Stadion, Tampere, with bonus material; Blu-ray) | (Nuclear Blast) |