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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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In ‘The Blues Is Alive And Well,’ Buddy Guy invites some famous friends, adds some melancholy and pours a lot of booze in his blues

Buddy Guy' s 'The Blues Is Alive And Well' is his eighteenth studio album produced by Tom Hambridge, featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, James Bay and The McCrary...

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Un-Kornish and rather popish, Jonathan Davis enters the ‘Black Labyrinth.’ Ask him ‘What it is’ when he re-emerges

Jonathan Davis' s "Black Labyrinth" is his debut solo and self-produced album featuring bassist Miles Mosley, Ray Luzier of Korn, Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit among other guests and released...

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With ‘Dirty Computer,’ Janelle Monae cleans it (well! almost … so to speak!)

Janelle Monae's 'Dirty Computer' is her third studio album featuring Brian Wilson, Zoe Kravitz and Pharrell Williams as guests and released on April 27, 2018 by Bad Boy / Atlantic...

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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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‘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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Two Blue

From 'Love Is Blue' to 'Born To Be Blue', we have mixed 24 tunes around the theme of 'Doubled Songs In "Blue"'. It has Jeff Beck, Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane...

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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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Justin Timberlake’ s ‘Man of the Woods’

Justin Timberlake' s 'Man of the Woods' is his fifth studio album featuring Chris Stapleton, Jessica Biel and Alicia Keys as guests and released on February 2, 2018 by RCA

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