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Joan Baez says ‘Whistle Down the Wind’ is her last album before retiring

Joan Baez' s 'Whistle Down the Wind' is her twenty fifth studio album featuring ten covers, produced by Joe Henry and released on March 2, 2018 by Proper

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Kim Deal & The Breeders got ‘All Nerve’ back together while you were ‘waiting in the car’

The Breeders' 'All Nerve' is their fifth studio album (their first in 11 years) featuring Courtney Barnett on one song and released on March 2, 2018 by 4AD

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Meshell Ndegeocello redecorates eleven 80s/90s hits and makes them her new comfort zone.

Meshell Ndegeocello' s 'Ventriloquism' is her twelth studio album (her first in four years) featuring eleven covers of 80s and 90s hits, co-produced with Jebin Bruni and released on March...

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Engineer Eddie Kramer picked up bits of stuff recorded by Jimi, glued them together and it (more or less) works. Demoes from beyond!

Jimi Hendrix' s 'Both Sides of the Sky' is this third posthumous (and a double) album engineered by Eddie Kramer and released on March 9, 2018 by Sony Legacy

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Brad Mehldau takes on good old Sebastian and add his own ‘After Bach’ compositions. ‘Touch of Classic’

Brad Mehldau' s 'After Bach' is a live album including four Bach preludes and one fugue, plus seven of Mehldau's compositions and released on March 9, 2018 by Nonesuch

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‘American Utopia’ is David Byrne talking (tongue in cheek) as he heads (towards a bright future). Hello Happy Taxpayers!

David Byrne' s 'American Utopia' is his seventh (his first in 14 years) studio album co-produced with Brian Eno & Rodaidh McDonald and released on March 9, 2018 by Todo...

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Strokes singer, Albert Hammond Jr.’s new opus ‘Francis Trouble’ is about his unborn twin (that’s Francis) and the search of identity

Albert Hammond Jr.' s 'Francis Trouble' is his fourth (36 minutes long) studio album released on March 9, 2018 by Red Bull Records

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‘Landfall’ by Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet is about loss, chaos and Hurricane Sandy in that (dis)order

'Landfall' by Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet is a collaborative album about Anderson's experience with Hurricane Sandy, mixing music, spoken words & electronics and released on February 16, 2018 by...

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On ‘Crush’, Ravyn Lenae blends Kate Bush’s overtones with Aaliyah’s ingenuity

Ravyn Lenae' s 'Crush' is her third EP produced by Steve Lacy and released on February 9, 2018 by Atlantic.

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In ‘Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)’ Will Toledo & Car Seat Headrest deliver an ‘encore’

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Rapper from Dublin, Rejjie Snow mixes all kinds of influences around one theme : ‘Love’ (explicit)

Rejjie Snow's 'Dear Annie' is his first studio album featuring Dana Williams, Anna Of The North, Kaytranada among other guests and released on February 16, 2018by 300 Entertainment

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In her seventh album, Alela Diane sings about motherhood

Alela Diane' s 'Cusp' is her seventh studio album produced by Peter M. Murray, featuring Ryan Francesconi, Rob Burger, Peter & Heather Woods Broderick among others and self released on...

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Folk singer Mary Gauthier delivers eleven emotional songs co-written with veterans

Mary Gauthier' s ' Rifles and Rosary Beads' is her eleventh studio album produced by Neilson Hubbard and released on January 26th, 2018 by In The Black Records

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MGMT’ s ‘Little Dark Age’

MGMT' s 'Little Dark Age' is their fourth studio album co-produced with Dave Fridmann & Patrick Wimberly and released on February 8, 2018 by Columbia Records

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Son Lux’ ‘Brighter Wounds’

Son Lux' 'Brighter Wounds' is their fifth album produced by members Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia & Ian Chang and released on February 8, 2018 by City Slang

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Franz Ferdinand’ s ‘Always Ascending’

Franz Ferdinand' s 'Always Ascending' is their fifth studio album produced by Philippe Zdar and released on February 9, 2018 through the Domino Recording Company.

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GoGo Penguin’ s ‘A Humdrum Star’

GoGo Penguin' s 'A Humdrum Star' is their fourth studio album released on February 8, 2018 by Blue Note

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Khruangbin’ s ‘Con Todo El Mundo’

Khruangbin' s 'Con Todo El Mundo' is their second studio album produced by Steve Christensen, guitarist Mark Speer & bassist Laura Lee and released on January 26, 2018 by Dead...

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John Oates’ ‘Arkansas’

John Oates' 'Arkansas' is his fifth studio album as a solo artist, dedicated to Mississippi John Hurt, recorded with mandolinist Sam Bush & guitarist Guthrie Trapp among others and released...

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The Wood Brothers’ s ‘One Drop of Truth’

The Wood Brothers' s 'One Drop of Truth' is their sixth studio album released on February 2, 2018 by Honey Jar

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