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Satchmo Loves Company

Louis Armstrong's exuberant and gravelly voice happened to be the perfect match with the mellifluous or crooning voices of his contemporaries. His blasting trumpet, the perfect contrast with the pianist.Who...

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With a little help from George Benson and Snoop Dog, ‘The Now Now’ by Gorillaz is the pop album we need now. Right now!

Gorillaz' 'The Now Now' is their sixth album produced by Damon Albarn and James Ford, featuring George Benson and Snoop Dog and released on June 29, 2018 by Warner Bros...

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Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever deliver ‘Hope Downs,’ an album full of post-strokian guitar riffs and great pop songs. ‘Thumb Ups’!

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever' s 'Hope Downs' is their debut album co-produced with Liam Judson and released on June 15, 2018 by Sub Pop

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Some things never change. Michael Franks’ jazz meets brazilian music and “naive” lyrics never change. C’est ainsi!

Michael Franks' s 'The Music In My Head' is his eighteenth studio album featuring among other musicians / producers Scott Petito, guitarists Chuck Loeb & David Spinozza, pianists Rachel Z...

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Take a lot of wandering guitars à la Wishbone A, throw in a slice of psychedelia, add a pinch of ‘reedian’ Velvet U and serve yourself a Wooden Shjips ‘V’ Prosit!

Wooden Shjips’ 'V' is their fifth sytudio album (the first in five years) fully written by frontman Ripley Johnson and released on May 25, 2018 by Thrill Jockey Records

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Father John Misty’s ‘God’s Favorite Customer’ is about death, diamonds, dumbness and duh! heartbreak. Father! Oh Father! we have an Elton for the new age

Father John Misty' s 'God's Favorite Customer' is Josh Tillman a.k.a. FJM's fourth studio album co-produced with Jonathan Rado and relased on June 1, 2018 by Sub Pop / Bella...

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John Scofield sits in with Phil Lesh & Friends (2016)

May 22, 2016 - Phil Lesh and his Friends - that is John Scofield, Chris Robinson, Ross James and Jason Crosby - play at Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads in...

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Neither mother, nor bitch, Courtney Barnett tell us how we feel. Well, it feels a bit like Kurt meets Chrissie spirit!

Courtney Barnett's 'Tell Me How You Really Feel' is her second solo studio album she produced with Burke Reid & Dan Luscombe and released on May 18, 2018 by Milk!...

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The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – Goin’ Home

Released on May 5, 2014, "Goin' Home" is the seventh album by Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It is an exploration into the music of Shepherd’s biggest influences, and features guest performances...

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At the ‘Electric Café’ run by En Vogue trio, free your feet, your mind and your tip to follow

En Vogue's 'Electric Café' is their seventh studio album (after a fourteen years hiatus) featuring Snoop Dogg (on one track), mostly produced by Denzil Foster & Thomas McElroy and released...

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With ‘Deeper,’ Lisa Stansfield has tailored an album for house parties. ‘Deeper’ does not rhyme with ‘slipper’ or even less ‘sleeper’.

Lisa Stansfield's 'Deeper' is her eighth studio album produced by her husband Ian Devaney & Snowboy and released on April 6, 2018 by earMUSIC

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Introspection comes with beautiful harmonies on Wye Oak’s album : ‘The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs.’ ‘…The Deeper It Goes’

Wye Oak's 'The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs' is duo Jenn Wasner & Andy Stack's sixth album released on April 6, 2018 by Merge

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With ‘Freedom,’ Damon McMahon of Amen Dunes makes existentialism majestuous again.

Amen Dunes' 'Freedom' is his fifth studio album produced by Chris Coady, featuring drummer Parker Kindred, keyboardist Jordi Wheeler & guitarist Delicate Steve and released on March 30, 2018 by...

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Bettye LaVette covers Dylan. ‘Times were a-changin’,’ now ‘Things Have Changed’ So what’s next?

Bettye LaVette' 'Things Have Changed' is her tenth studio album featuring twelve covers of Bob Dylan songs, produced by Steve Jordan, with Keith Richards on one song and released on...

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Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite get back together and declare ‘No Mercy In This Land.’ ‘Merci Beaucoup!’

'No Mercy In This Land' by Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite is their second collaborative studio album released on March 30, 2018 by Anti Records

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Parlophone publish ‘Gorillaz’ by virtual band Gorillaz, fully written by Damon Albarn (2001)

'Gorillaz' is the virtual band's eponymous debut studio album produced by Tom Girling, Jason Cox & Dan the Automator and released on March 26 , 2001 by Parlophone / Virgin.Track...

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Toni Braxton’s ‘Sex & Cigarettes’ is your smell after cheating. So! stop smoking & unclog her heart. One more album about quitting

Toni Braxton' s 'Sex & Cigarettes' is her eighth studio album (and her first with some explicit words) produced mostly with Paul Boutin and released on March 23, 2018 by...

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Zappaish inventivity, electronic noises & fuzzing guitars, aboard ‘Boarding House Reach’ Jack White travels in all directions. Invitation to incoherence.

Jack White' s 'Boarding House Reach' is his third solo studio album (the first in four years) released on March 23, 2018 by Third Man / Columbia / XL

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‘As tears go bye’ The Weeknd has called his new album ‘My Dear Melancholy.’ ‘Spleentiful’

The Weeknd' s 'My Dear Melancholy' is his fourth (six-songs) album co-produced with Frank Dukes and released on March 30, 2018 by XO / Republic Records

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In ‘Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt,’ Moby puts a large dose of electro-sound effects in his pessimism. Make it dark!

Moby' s 'Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt' is his fifteenth and self-produced studio album released on March 2, 2018 by Little Idiot / Mute.

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