Pause & Play Today: May 9, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Ruthless,” Gary Allan – June 25
“Roots,” Randall Goosby – June 25
“SideSlip,” Alex Western-King – June 25
“Lucy & Aaron,” Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt – July 13
“Drama,” Rodrigo Amarante – July 16
“Parabellum,” Yngwie Malmsteen – July 23
“Bless My Psyche,” Sincere Engineer – Sept. 10
“Forever I Wait,” Martina Topley-Bird – Sept. 10
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REISSUES
“Merci, Miles! Live at Vienne,” Miles Davis – June 25
VINYL
“Wyoming Cowboy – A Collection,” Chris LeDoux – July 2
“Absolutely (40th Anniversary Edition),” Madness – July 23
JUST RELEASED
“Convocations,” Sufjan Stevens (Download; Stevens describes the 49 instrumentals as a reflection on a year of anxiety, uncertainty, isolation, and loss”; Read here; See here; Asthmatic Kitty)
“Slappers, Bangers & Certified Twangers, Vol. One,” American Aquarium (10 covers of songs from Toby Keith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sawyer Brown, etc.; Hear here; Losing Side)
“Working Woman,” Grace Pettis (producer: Mary Bragg; guests: Indigo Girls, Dar Williams, Ruthie Foster, Bragg, The Watson Twins, Gina Chavez; See here; MPress)
“Nocturnal Youth,” Pistols at Dawn (four-song EP; producer: Jeff Tomei; Pistols at Dawn)
NEW SONGS
Wait for It, Jennifer Nettles
You Made a Fool of Me, Anthony Hamilton
Mom + Dad, Jackie Castro
Pure Heart, Martina Topley-Bird
Make Me a Man, Allie Colleen
Common Ground, Big Big Train
Black Eyed Dog, The Underdogz
Who’s That (Barbie Bitch), Holli
Nobody, RageMD x SaDiCi
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Sonny Curtis (84)
Tommy Roe (79)
Richie Furay (77)
Steve Katz [Blood, Sweat & Tears] (76)
Clint Holmes (75)
Billy Joel (72)
Tom Petersson (71)
Anne Sofie von Otter (66)
David Gahan (59)
Paul Heaton (59)
Ghostface Killah (51)
Mike Myerson [Heartland] (50)
Tamia (46)
Ryan Vikedal [Nickelback] (46)
Dan Regan [Reel Big Fish] (44)
Pierre Bouvier [Simple Plan] (42)
Andrew W.K. (42)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Little Richard (1932-2020)
Robert Miles (1969-2017)
Lena Horne (1917-2010)
Brenda Fassie (1964-2004)
Eddie Jefferson (1918-1979)
Ezio Pinza (1892-1957)
RELEASED ON MAY 9 IN … 1985
“Our Favourite Shop,” The Style Council (featuring “Walls Come Tumbling Down,” “The Lodgers [or She Was Only a Shopkeeper’s Daughter]” and “Boy Who Cried Wolf”; producers: Paul Weller, Peter Wilson; Polydor)
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