R.E.M. had been a band for 24 years when they released their worst album, 2004’s Around the Sun, a record that magnified that aging act’s growing weaknesses and succumbed to sheer tedium.

Fine vocals and arrangements are the hook for this set by Anita O'Day, one of jazz's best interpretative singers. These weren't her most impressive swing or improvising numbers, but they were among her strongest ballad performances.

Family Worship Center is a Portland, Oregon-based Southern rock ‘n’ soul collective*, founded in 2017 by singer/songwriter/keyboardist Andy Krissberg.

You'll receive a copy of our 12 song debut album 'We Fly Free' including lyric booklet which was voted UK Blues Album Of The Year 2021… an essential CD for rocking out in the car! The album has already been playlisted on Planet Rock and played on Radio 2

Two more rich piano concertos from the unparalleled Stephen Hough and the CBSO (they’ve already won Gramophone’s Record of the Year award twice).

Alina Ibragimova recently transfixed Proms audiences with her live solo Bach performances. Back in the studio she has teamed up with the expert Arcangelo to record five Bach Violin Concertos, two undisputed masterpieces and three probable reconstructions: all to be treasured.

Steven Osborne has repeatedly proved himself a Beethovenian of profound insight. In these three late sonatas—including the monumental ‘Hammerklavier’—he gives performances of stunning impact and lasting fulfilment.

The universal critical plaudits which greeted Steven Osborne’s recording of the Rachmaninov Preludes are certain to be repeated even more enthusiastically on the release of this version of the wonderful Études-tableaux.

Mick Flannery is one of Ireland's most acclaimed songwriters and singers. The award- winning, double-platinum selling artist has released seven studio albums, three of which have reached No. 1 status. On September 15th he will release his eighth studio album 'Goodtime Charlie'. Featuring collaborations with Valerie June, Anais Mitchell and Tianna Esperanza. Mick has partnered with US Label Oh Boy Records, which for them will be their first non-American signing.

Logan Larson and Logarhythmic Collective is a new music ensemble that brings a raw, loud, and unapologetic approach to their music. Their signature sound is a combination of classical music idioms and the visceral synths and drums of Electronic Dance Music (EDM). "The Monster You Made" has songs ranging from the core trio of voice (Logan Larson), saxophone (Benjamin Morris), and trombone (Thomas McKee) to featured guest soloists, chamber groups, and large ensembles. Guest artists include: University of Kansas Symphonic Band, Mississippi State University Percussion Ensemble, Frye Music Duo, Kyle Pearl, Philip Beatty, Joseph Pazanowski, Wesley Frye, and Daniel Echazabal. This is a creature of your own creation, a monster is born, this is… the monster you made.

Acclaimed clarinetist Marcus Eley presents Perseverance, a new recording solo and chamber by all African American composers. The album features never before recorded arrangements of Negro spirituals, chamber music, and groundbreaking world premiere compositions from Richard Thompson, Todd Cochran, and Dennis Thompson II.

Margo Cilker's sophomore album, Valley of Heart's Delight, refers to a place she can't return: California's Santa Clara Valley, as it was known before the orchards were paved over and became more famous for Silicon than apricots. In this 11-song follow-up to 2021's critically acclaimed Pohorylle, family and nature intertwine as guiding motifs, at once precious and endangered, beautiful and exhausting.

Brothers Osborne have delivered what Rolling Stone describes as “a nice balance of rough and smooth” on their new, self-titled, fourth studio album, newly available on EMI Records Nashville. The new set is the brothers’ first with producer Mike Elizondo (Keith Urban, Turnstile, Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow) after three albums with Jay Joyce, the studio presence who John and TJ say “helped make us what we are today.” For the new project, the duo gave Elizondo the freedom to curate his own band of studio musicians, including Paul McCartney’s drummer Abe Laboriel Jr.

New Zealand born, Melbourne-based Sarah Mary Chadwick has announced her eighth studio record Messages to God due out on Kill Rock Stars and executive produced by award winning producer, Tony Epsie (oracle to The Avalanches). Composed of broad, brightly coloured spiritual strokes, it consists of dramatic retellings of having your heart broken, existing, movement and growth while always meditating on the past. While her three most recent records were drenched in grief, the new collection signals a change; whether profound or momentary, time will tell.

For Fans Of… Bewilderment - the feeling of being perplexed and confused - is the inspiration Mayer Hawthorne, Bobby Oroza, Burrito Eats, Holy Hive, The Dip. Bewilderment - the feeling of being perplexed and confused - is the inspiration behind Pale Jay's new album. It's a soulful exploration of a family's gradual disintegration due to years of avoidance and miscommunication.