“Adiós” (the ailing singer’s final studio album, but it’s unclear when it was recorded; producer: Carl Jackson; guests: Willie Nelson, Vince Gill; Read here; Download)
“Hudson” (jazz-meets-rock supergroup – Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski and John Scofield – mixes original music with renditions of classics by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix and The Band; Hear/read here; Download; iTunes)
(Motéma Music)
Kronos Quartet
“Folk Songs” (guests: Natalie Merchant, Rhiannon Giddens, Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney; first single: “The Butcher’s Boy”; Hear here; Download; iTunes; On Tour)
“American Epic: The Sessions” (contemporary artists use equipment from the 1920s to record music, as part of the PBS film series on the roots of American music; presented by T Bone Burnett, narrator Robert Redford and Jack White and directed by Bernard MacMahon; feat. Beck, Alabama Shakes, Elton John, Nas, Jack White, Los Lobos, The Avett Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, etc.; Download)
(Columbia / Legacy)
Various artists
“Anastasia (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, based on a book by Terrence McNally; directed by Tony winner Darko Tresnjak; opening night was set for April 24, 2017; cast includes Christy Altomare, Ramin Karimloo, Derek Klena, John Bolton, Caroline O’Connor and Mary Beth Peil; See here; On Broadway)
“Radio” (producer: Ebone Leroy East; guests: E.L.E.P.H.A.N.T, King Truth, Young Buck, Young Truth; first single: “Pimp Hustle and Never Trick”; Hear here)
“Rose Colored Corner” (previously unreleased 1966 recordings with Jack Nitzsche; originally released on Lee Hazlewood’s label; remastered; Hear/read here; Vinyl)
“Brave New Waves Session” (recorded in 1990, in CBC Studio 13, Montreal; never commercially released; remastered at Grey Market Mastering in Montreal by Harris Newman)
“The Concert in Hyde Park” (live album/concert film recorded at the 2012 Hard Rock Calling Festival in London; guests: Jimmy Cliff, Hugh Masekela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo; See here; Read here; Download)
“Gospel According to Al Green [DVD]” (Robert Mugge’s 1984 film documents the seventh-anniversary service at Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle Church, a rehearsal in his Memphis recording studio, an extended interview, a concert at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., and bonus features; See here; Blu-ray)