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“Soft” (Grammy-nominated U.K. rock duo’s second album; producers: Adam Thein, Filippo Cimatti, Lyell Evans Roeder, Michael Shuman; new single: “Bikinis”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour, with Bush)
“Boarding Windows in Paradise” (bluegrass guitar flatpicker and singer-songwriter’s first album of new material since 2013; producer: Bill Wolf; guests: Béla Fleck, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Barry Bales, Josh Swift, Shelby Means, Adam Chaffins, et al; new single: “High Country Road Trip”; Hear here; Vinyl; Download; Apple Music)
“Puccini: Love Affairs” (guests: Anna Netrebko, Asmik Grigorian, Malin Byström, Maria Agresta, Pretty Yende, Sonya Yoncheva, with the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, conducted by Asher Fisch; Read here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music)
“Model Kollapse” (debut solo album from Vancouver-based industrial-electronic legend and mastermind behind Front Line Assembly and Delerium; producers: Leeb, Dream Bullet; new single: “Terror Forms”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music)
“Dragon in Harmony” (fingerstyle and percussive acoustic virtuoso Marcin Patrzalek’s debut album; producers: Marcin, Dan Book; guests: Ichika Nito, Delaney Bailey, Portugal. The Man’s John Gourley, Polyphia’s Tim Henson; new single: “Classical Dragon”; See here; Read here; Red Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)
“Echoes and Other Songs” (jazz guitar great’s 19th album; producer: the late Jim Beard, Stern’s longtime collaborator and friend; guests: Christian McBride, Chris Potter, Antonio Sanchez, Dennis Chambers, Richard Bona; new single: “Gospel Song”; Hear here; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)
“Hell’s Kitchen (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (Double CD; jukebox musical, with music and lyrics by Alicia Keys; the show is semi-autobiographical, telling the story of Keys’ upbringing in Manhattan in the 1990s; tied with the play “Stereophonic” for a leading 13 nominations at the 77th Tony Awards, including Best Musical; cast: Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis, Chris Lee, Maleah Joi Moon, et al; Maleah Joi Moon and Kecia Lewis won Tonys for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and a Featured Role in a Musical, respectfully; See here; Transparent Blue Double Vinyl out Aug. 30; Download released on June 7; Apple Music)
“Out of Order” (17-year-old folk/roots singer-songwriter’s four-song EP; producer: Mark Edgar Stuart; new single: “Freak Show”; Hear here; See here; Apple Music)
“Bringing It Down to the Bass” (King Crimson and Peter Gabriel bassist’s first solo album in 17 years; guests: Robert Fripp, Earl Slick, Mike Portnoy, Jerry Marotta, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, et al; Hear here; Read here; CD out Sept. 27; Amazon UK; Apple Music; On Tour)
Flatiron Recordings
Luminatrix
“Hide and Seek” (Santa Fe, NM-based rock band’s fifth album; new single: “Dance New York L.A.”; Hear here)
“When I Think of Christmas” (11-song compilation of holiday songs from throughout their careers includes a new Grant track, “When I Think of Christmas,” and a new duet, “Til the Season Comes Round Again”; Read here; Olive Green Vinyl; Download; On Tour)
MCA Nashville
Lightnin’ Hopkins
“Last Night Blues” (1961 album, with Sonny Terry; Vinyl, all-analog mastering by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab at Blue Heaven Studios, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings)
“Live Wire/Blues Power” (1968 album, recorded at Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco; Vinyl, all-analog mastering by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab at Blue Heaven Studios, pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings)
“ROX RMX” (three-CD, 45-song collection of remixes released over the past 35+ years; Amazon UK)
Rhino
Steely Dan
“Gaucho” (Hybrid SACD; 1980 album, featuring “Hey Nineteen,” “Babylon Sisters” and “Time Out of Mind”; Grammy-winner for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording; mastered by Bernie Grundman from a 1980 analog tape copy originally EQ’d by Bob Ludwig)
Spectrum Music / Universal Music Recordings / Sony Music
Various artists
“International Pop Overthrow: Volume 25” (three CDs, 69 tracks, featuring The Cowsills, Fernando Perdomo, Ex-Norwegian, Iron City Houserockers, Van Duren & Good Question, et al)
Omnivore Recordings
Various artists
“NOW That’s What I Call the 80s” (five CDs, 100 songs, featuring Queen, The Police, Eurythmics, Berlin, Ultravox, a-ha, Heaven 17, Human League, Soft Cell, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Billy Ocean, Nik Kershaw, Tears for Fears, Nena, Elton John, Billy Joel, et al; Red, Blue and Green Triple Vinyl, 45 songs; Vinyl Box Set, five LPs, 78 songs; Amazon UK)
