New Releases (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Trace Adkins | “Something’s Going On” (first single: “Lit”; Hear here; MP3)  |
(Wheelhouse) |
| Lydia Ainsworth (Toronto-based experimental-pop singer-composer) | “Darling of the Afterglow” (first single: “The Road”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes) |
(Arbutus) |
| British Sea Power | “Let the Dancers Inherit the Party” (first single: “Bad Bohemian”; Hear here) |
(Golden Chariot) |
| Body Count | “Bloodlust” (producer: Will Putney; new single: “Black Hoodie”; See here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Century Media) |
| Rodney Crowell | “Close Ties” (producers: Kim Buie, Jordan Lehning; guests: ex-wife Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, John Paul White; first single: “It Ain’t Over Yet”; See here; NPR First Listen; Read here; Vinyl, with download card; MP3) |
(New West) |
| Dailey & Vincent | “Patriots & Poets” (guests: Steve Martin, Doyle Lawson, TaRanda Greene, David Rawlings; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Dreamlined Entertainment Group) |
| Dave Davies & Russ Davies (The Kinks guitarist and his son) | “Open Road” (Hear here; MP3; iTunes) |
(Red River Entertainment) |
| Demon Hunter | “Outlive” (producer: Jeremiah Scott; first single: “Cold Winter Sun”; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes; On Tour; Merch) |
(Solid State) |
| Drake | “More Life” (released digitally on March 18; producers: 40, Frank Dukes, Boi-1da, Murda Beatz, T-Minus, Nineteen85, Kanye West, etc.; guests: Kanye West, Young Thug, Giggs, Quavo, Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, PartyNextDoor; new single: “Passionfruit”; Hear here; iTunes; eBay; On Tour; Merch) |
(OVO Sound / Young Money Entertainment / Cash Money / Republic) |
| Bob Dylan | “Triplicate” (a triple album of covers, thematically titled and arranged: Disc 1, “‘Til the Sun Goes Down,” Disc 2, “Devil Dolls” and Disc 3, “Comin’ Home Late”; Hear/read here; NPR First Listen; Vinyl; MP3; iTunes; eBay; Merch) |
(Columbia) |
| Jackie Evancho | “Two Hearts” (double album; producers: Dina Fanai, Heather Holley; first single: “Caruso”; Hear here; See here; MP3; Walmart-Exclusive CD, with three extra tracks; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Portrait / Sony Masterworks) |
| Richard Edwards (of Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s) | “Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset” (producer: Rob Schnapf; first single: “Disappeared Planets”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Nelly Furtado | “The Ride” (producer: John Congleton; first single: “Pipe Dreams”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3; Merch) |
(Nelstar Entertainment) |
| Goldfrapp | “Silver Eye” (first single: “Anymore”; Hear here; MP3; iTunes; Merch) |
(Mute) |
| Hauschka (German pianist Volker Bertelmann) | “What If” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) |
(Temporary Residence) |
| Heavy Tiger (Stockholm trio) | “Glitter” (producer: Rikard Löfgren; first single: “Devil May Care”; MP3) |
(Wild Kingdom) |
| Jamiroquai | “Automaton” (the British band’s first album since 2010; producers: frontman Jay Kay, keyboardist Matt Johnson; first single: “Automaton”; Hear here; MP3; Merch) |
(Virgin) |
| The Knights (chamber orchestra from Brooklyn) | “Golijov: Azul” (with Yo-Yo Ma; NPR First Listen; MP3; On Tour) | (Warner Classics) |
| Dame Vera Lynn (who turns 100 on March 20) | “Vera Lynn 100” (newly re-orchestrated versions of her songs alongside her original vocals, including a previously unreleased version of “Sailing” and duets with Alfie Boe, Alexander Armstrong, Aled Jones and the RAF Squadronaires; Hear here) |
(Decca) |
| Aimee Mann | “Mental Illness” (NPR First Listen; Vinyl; MP3; Merch) |
(SuperEgo) |
| Mastodon | “Emperor of Sand” (producer: Brendan O’Brien; first single: “Sultan’s Curse”; Hear here; MP3; On Tour; Merch) |
(Reprise) |
| The Mavericks | “Brand New Day” (first single: “Brand New Day”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Mono Mundo Recordings) |
| Erin Mckeown | “Mirrors Break Back” (six-song EP; Hear/read here; MP3; On Tour) |
(TVP) |
| MercyMe | “Lifer” (Hear here; MP3; On Tour)  |
(Fair Trade Services / Columbia) |
| Orchestra Baobab | “Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng” (the iconic West Africa dance band’s first album in nearly a decade pays homage to one of its original vocalists, who died in November 2016; Hear here; NPR First Listen; MP3; iTunes; On Tour) |
(World Circuit) |
| Pile (Boston quartet) | “A Hairshirt of Purpose” (first single: “Texas”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Exploding in Sound) |
| Saturn (Swedish heavy metal band) | “Beyond Spectra” (first single: “Still Young”; See here; MP3) |
(Rise Above) |
| Stone Foundation | “Street Rituals” (producer: Paul Weller; guests: Weller, William Bell, Bettye LaVette; first single: “Your Balloon Is Rising”; Hear here; MP3) |
(100%) |
| Sumo Cyco (Canadian punk metal band fronted by Skye Sweetnam) | “Opus Mar” (producers: guitarist Matt Drake, James Loughrey; guest: Benji Webbe of Skindred; new single: “Move Mountains”; See here; MP3; On Tour) |
(Radio Ghost Music) |
| George Winston | “Spring Carousel” (15 solo piano compositions, written by Winston while he was in recovery from a bone marrow transplant for Myelodysplastic Syndrome at City of Hope; proceeds will benefit cancer research; Hear here) |
(RCA) |
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New Releases (MP3s)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| As I May (Finnish metal band) | “Speak No Evil” (Hear here) | (As I May) |
| Freddie Gibbs | “You Only Live 2wice” (producers: Aaron Bow, Sid “Speakerbomb” Miller, Teddy Walton, BADBADNOTGOOD, Kaytranada; first single: “Crushed Glass”; See here; iTunes; On Tour) |
(ESGN / Empire) |
| Tom Hickox | “Monsters in the Deep” (Hear here) |
(Family Tree) |
| ÌFÉ (Puerto Rican band) | “IIII+IIII” (Hear here; NPR First Listen; iTunes) |
(Discos Ifá) |
| Richard Lynch | “Mending Fences” (producers: Edgel Groves, Randall Griffith; guest: Rhonda Vincent; first single: “Cut and Paste”; Hear here) |
(Fence Row, April 1) |
| Sheepy (Liverpool pop-punk band) | “Alarm Bells” (producer: Jon Clayton; new single: “Home”; See here; CD, out April 14) |
(Blang, March 30) |
| Jon Stevens (lead singer of INXS from 2000-2003) | “Starlight” (producer: Dave Stewart; first single: “Hold On”; See here; On Tour) |
(BMG Rights Management) |
| You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Canadian ambient-pop duo) | “Images” (first single: “Images”; Hear here) |
(Yellow K) |
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Reissues (CDs / vinyl)
| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Joan Armatrading | “Love and Affection: The Essential Joan Armatrading” |
(U.K. – Spectrum Audio) |
| Asleep At the Wheel | “Ten / Western Standard Time / Keepin’ Me Up Nights / Live & Kickin'” (1987, 1988, 1990 and 1992 albums on two CDs; On Tour; Merch) |
(Floating World) |
| Leonard Bernstein | “Leonard Bernstein – The Composer” (25 CDs in LP-sized special edition with book) |
(Sony Classical) |
| Big Country | “Wonderland: The Essential Big Country” |
(U.K. – Spectrum Audio) |
| The Byrds | “Live At The Fillmore February 1969” |
(Floating World) |
| Neil Diamond | “Neil Diamond 50 – The 50th Anniversary Collection” (three-CD, 50-song collection spanning his entire career; Read here; On Tour; Merch) |
(UMC / CMG) |
| The Doors | “The Doors (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)” (1967 album; three-CD set includes the original stereo mix, original mono mix, an LP-version of the mono mix, a March 1967 concert at The Matrix in San Francisco and a hardcover book; MP3; Merch) |
(Rhino) |
| 50 Cent | “Best of 50 Cent” (18 tracks; MP3) |
(Shady / Interscope) |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Tango in the Night (Expanded Edition)” (1987 album; remastered, with a second CD of B-sides, demos, early versions, alternate versions, etc.; Deluxe Edition, featuring three CDs, one DVD and one LP; MP3; Merch) |
(Rhino / Warner) |
| Paul Kantner & The Windowpane Collective | “Venusian Love Songs” (two-CD project that the late Jefferson Airplane founder began in 2011) |
(Floating World) |
| Phish | “St. Louis ’93” (six-CD box set featuring two concerts at American Theater; On Tour; Merch) |
(JEMP) |
| Uriah Heep | “Look at Yourself” (1971 album; two-CD deluxe edition, with 11 alternative mixes), “Demons and Wizards” (1972 album, featuring “Easy Livin'”; two-CD deluxe edition, with 13 alternative versions), “The Magician’s Birthday” (1972 album, featuring “Sweet Lorraine”; two-CD deluxe edition, with 15 alternative versions; all remastered; eBay; Merch) |
(BMG / Sanctuary) |
| Various artists | “More From the Other Side of the Trax: Volt 45rpm Rarities 1960-1968” (24 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Kent / Ace) |
| Various artists | “To Love Somebody: The Songs of the Bee Gees 1966-1970” (24 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Ace) |
| Various artists | “Twelve Inch Seventies: Boogie Wonderland” (three CDs, 31 songs, featuring remixed hits from Evelyn “Champagne” King, Boney M, G.Q., Vicki Sue Robinson, The O’Jays, The Isley Brothers, Odyssey, etc.; Hear here) | (U.K. – Crimson) |
| Various artists | “Twelve Inch Seventies: More More More” (three CDs, 32 songs, featuring remixed hits from The Jacksons, Andre True Connetion, The Three Degrees, Earth, Wind & Fire, etc.; Hear here) | (U.K. – Crimson) |
| The Vibrators | “The Epic Years 1976-78” (four-CD box set includes BBC sessions; Read here) |
(Anagram / Cherry Red Punk) |
| Wiener Philharmoniker | “Wiener Philharmoniker 175th Anniversary Edition” (44-CD, one-DVD box set) |
(Deutsche Grammophon) |
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