Spring Music Preview 2020

Today is the first day of spring, and the time is right for Pauseandplay.com’s Spring Music Preview, a look at the new releases and reissues coming out in the next months.

Let music help you get through these trying times.

MARCH 20 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – The Weeknd … Morrissey … Gordon Lightfoot … Adam Lambert … Kelsea Ballerini … Roger Eno and Brian Eno … Carla Olson … Conan Gray … Delta Rae … etc.; Reissues – Def Leppard … Sister Sledge … The Primitives … etc.

MARCH 27 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Pearl Jam … 5 Seconds of Summer … PARTYNEXTDOOR … Lilly Hiatt … Jessie Reyez … Waxahatchee … Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams … Parkway Drive … Vanessa Carlton … Tower of Power … Kandace Springs … Tesla … Little Dragon … Matthews Southern Comfort … Clem Snide … The Orb … The Suicide Machines … Brian Fallon … Kim Richey … Basia Bulat … etc.; Reissues – Donna Summer … The Everly Brothers … Duane Allman & Gregg Allman … Carly Simon … Allman Joys … Hour Glass … Jim Capaldi … Ratt … Béla Fleck … The Shoes … etc.

APRIL 3 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Dua Lipa … All Time Low … Ashley McBryde … Sam Hunt … M. Ward … Thievery Corporation … Hinds … Allan Rayman … Born Ruffians … Testament … August Burns Red … Roachford … Purity Ring … Mystery Jets … Thundercat … tētēma … TOPS … MAITA … etc.; Reissues – Bob Dylan … The Alan Parsons Project … Nina Simone … etc.

APRIL 10 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Lady Gaga … The Strokes … John Anderson … Grey Daze … Maddie & Tae … Nightwish … Sparta … Dennis DeYoung … Pokey LaFarge … Local H … Eliza Gilkyson … Watkins Family Hour … etc.; Reissues – Cat Stevens … etc.

APRIL 17 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Billy Ocean … Gregory Porter … Soul Asylum … EOB (Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien) … Danzig … Ron Sexsmith … Eric Hutchinson … etc.; Reissues – Prince … Peggy Lee … Bangles … Bobby Bare … etc.

APRIL 24 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – The 1975 … Willie Nelson … Luke Bryan … HAIM … Lucinda Williams … AWOLNATION … Rufus Wainwright … Rumer … OTR … Whitney Rose … Katherine Jenkins … The Used … Andy Frasco & the U.N. … Katatonia … DMA’s … Braids … etc.; Reissues – Johnny Cash … Lou Reed … etc.

MAY 1 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Dixie Chicks … Sam Smith … Alanis Morissette … Kenny Chesney … The Pretenders … The Psychedelic Furs … JoJo … Car Seat Headrest … Hot Country Knights … Built to Spill … Kelly Lee Owens … PVRIS … Man Man … Samantha Crain … Boston Manor … etc.

MAY 8 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – OneRepublic … Norah Jones … The Airborne Toxic Event … Hayley Williams … Lamb of God … Teddy Thompson … Margo Price … Phantom Planet … The Naked and Famous … The Fratellis … Mark Lanegan … Lettuce … The Danberrys … etc.

MAY 15 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Bon Jovi … Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit … Weezer … Sparks … Moby … The Magnetic Fields … Asking Alexandria … Biffy Clyro … Steve Howe … Perfume Genius … Moses Sumney … Paradise Lost … Chuck Prophet … The Hunna … Chatham County Line … Declan McKenna … Nahko and Medicine for the People … etc.

MAY 22 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Steve Earle and The Dukes … Throwing Muses … MAX … Sidewalk Prophets … Reckless Kelly … etc.

MAY 29 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff –The Killers … New Found Glory … Lewis Watson … Jaime Wyatt … Static-X … Palaye Royale … Protomartyr … Lou Canon … etc.; Reissues – Buzzcocks … Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton … etc.; Reissues – Rush … Buzzcocks … Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton … etc.

JUNE 5 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Mt. Joy … Jessie Ware … Courtney Marie Andrews … No Age … Westerman … Blanco White … Working Men’s Club … etc.

JUNE 12 RELEASES

Highlights: New stuff – Paul Weller … Deep Purple … Gone West … Steven Wilson … Kree Harrison … etc.