2017 release. Rebirth Of Soul is Syleena Johnson's celebration of soul music as she puts her personal spin on both well-known and lesser known classic R&B songs such as "Chain of Fools," "Is It Because I'm Black," "The Makings of You," "I'd Rather Go Blind" and more. Produced by her father, the R&B/blues legend Syl Johnson who gave Syleena her start in the music business, Rebirth Of Soul is a joyous love letter to soul music recorded live in the studio on analog tape with musicians who played on classic R&B hits in Syleena's hometown of Chicago.

Trumpeter, arranger, and producer David Weiss presents When Words Fail, a deeply personal release that pays tribute to a number of friends and colleagues in Weiss's life that have recently passed away, including bassist Dwayne Burno who features on this album, recorded shortly before his death.

Out and About is New York bassist Andy Galore's debut album as bandleader, combining funky takes on standards like Charles Mingus's Goodbye Pork Pie Hat with original numbers by Galore himself, featuring a shining cast of talent including the likes of Mike Stern, Oz Noy, and Richard Bona. Impressive style and technique combined with a great stage presence.

Multi-reedist Oran Etkin's first album Kelenia (Motema Music, 2009) fused Malian sounds and Jewish music with jazz. Its follow-up Wake Up, Clarinet! (1-2-3-4 Go, 2010) was geared toward kids. Now, for round three, Etkin has cast his net over a huge portion of the globe, pulling together, arranging, and morphing musical ideals he's encountered while touring through Asia, Israel, and portions of Europe.

While 13 might be unlucky to some, the Dandy Warhols embraced the inauspicious number on their first live album. Recorded in 2013 to celebrate the 13th anniversary of their third album, Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia Live at the Wonder finds the band re-creating its breakthrough album track for track. Although over a decade has passed since the album was originally released, this live set is dripping with the effortless cool of the original, offering fans a clear reminder of why these guys were the darlings of neo-psych both at home and abroad. The Dandys have claimed that they've tried to record live albums in the past, but Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia Live at the Wonder is the first one that's really taken, and listening to it, it doesn't take long to figure out why. This performance not only epitomizes the languid and stylish vibe the band puts out on its albums, but it shows that Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia was more than just a bit of studio magic.

We Have Band's debut album, 2010's WHB, showed the London trio to be top-notch new wave dance revivalists. Filled with uptempo tracks, jumping basslines, and frenetic vocals, the album was a fun nostalgia trip with a modern edge. Two years later on Ternion, it sounds like the band is in a slightly darker place. There's a gloom that hangs over the album like a cloud, infecting the melodies and vocals with a melancholy that is both distant and painfully intimate. Throughout most of the album, Thomas WP sounds like Philip Oakey's morose little brother, crooning hopelessly as the synths envelope him in electric fog.

Belgian indie pop outfit Girls in Hawaii formed in 2000 around the talents of sibling pairs Antoine and Denis Wielemans and Lionel and Brice Vancauwenberghe, along with friends Christophe Léonard and Daniel Offerman. The group's heady blend of neo-psychedelic pop and alternative rock drew comparisons to Grandaddy, the Flaming Lips, and Blonde Redhead in the French media, and by 2002 the band had signed with Brussels-based 62TV Records. Girls in Hawaii released Found in the Ground: The Winter EP and the full-length From Here to There in 2003, followed by Plan Your Escape in 2008.

Featuring Chuck Loeb, Eric Marienthal, Jimmy Haslip, Gil Goldstein, Bob Mintzer and more, 'The Music In My Head' was certainly worth the wait since his last record. Produced by Gil Goldstein (Esperanza Spalding, Chris Botti, Jill Scott), Chuck Loeb (Fourplay), and others, 'The Music In My Head' delivers the sensual warmth for which Michael Franks is famous. Highlights include the super cool BeBop Headshop, the intimate Bluebird Blue, the profoundly beautiful Waterfall and more all written by Michael Franks and destined to join his distinguished list of classic songs.

The electrifying eight piece wonder-band The Suffers bring gulf coast soul to the world with 'Everything Here'.

2018 release. Superstar keyboardist, writer, producer Jeff Lorber is renowned as a pioneer in the jazz-fusion movement. Scoring #1 radio hits with Jeff Lorber Fusion and as a founding member of smooth jazz super-group Jazz Funk Soul, Lorber performs constantly before his dedicated fans from coast to coast!! Highlights include the spirited and funky "Highline," the soulful "Arda" and more Lorber originals.

2018 release from the smooth urban jazz superstar. Kim Waters has sold over one million albums in his more than 20 years of touring and recording. Loved by R&B and jazz fans alike, his crossover appeal, Smooth Jazz #1 radio hits and dynamic performances have placed him among the elite in his ?eld. The brand new "What I Like" features brilliant R&B cover versions of the Bruno Mars' smash "That's What I Like," "Maxwell's romantic "Sumpthin' Sumpthin' " and Kim's re-imagining of the Isley Brothers' classic "Voyage To Atlantis!"

'Freedom' is Soweto Gospel Choir's heartfelt tribute to international hero Nelson Mandela in celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth. The album features iconic "struggle" songs associated with the liberation movement in South Africa, including compositions by Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte, Letta Mbulu and Mbogeni Ngema, creator of the hit musical "Sarafina.""

Bill Withers is one of the greatest and best-selling singer-songwriters of all time who scored such classic hits as "Lean On Me," "Use Me," "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lovely Day" and many more. Neo-soul singer/songwriter Anthony David has, for more than a decade, been considered "the Bill Withers of his generation," with his warm, resonant baritone and thought provoking songs, scoring radio hits (including a #1 with "4Evermore") and collaborating with India. Arie.

World renowned Tony nominee, New York Cabaret Award Best Jazz Vocalist winner and Theater World Award winner Ann Hampton Callaway delivers a must have album.

When an artist who has maintained a career that is deemed successful, sometimes the stability in all the achievements and awards can be taken for granted. So as a dramatic or near catastrophic situation stares that musician or vocalist in the face, the challenges to their professional life could be turned into a make it moment or a career breaker. Will Downing, one of adult contemporary urban top notch singer/songwriters found himself in the midst of a serious health scare over ten years ago.