Nonesuch Records releases the first recording of Steve Reich's ‘Reich/Richter', performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and conducted by George Jackson. The composition was originally written to be performed with German visual artist Gerhard Richter and Corinna Belz's film ‘Moving Picture (946-3)'....
Blonde On Blonde' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. ‘Blonde On Blonde' completed the trilogy of rock albums that Dylan recorded in 1965 and 1966, starting with ‘Bringing It All Back Home' and ‘Highway 61 Revisited. ' Combining the expertise of Nashville session...
‘Bridge Over Troubled Water,' released in 1970, was Simon & Garfunkel's final studio album and their greatest success. The title track won an unprecedented five Grammy Awards, while the complete record won Album of the Year. The album stayed at #1 for 10 weeks, remained on the chart for a total of...
Cold Fact is the debut album from singer-songwriter Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on the Sussex label in March 1970. In 1971 the album was released in South Africa by A&M Records. In 1976, several thousand copies of Cold Fact were found in a New York warehouse and sold out in...
Included on this magical record are Aldous Harding, Nadia Reid, Let's Eat Grandma, Bombay Bicycle Club, Emeli Sande, and Ben Harper. The Endless Coloured Ways is a collection of songs by legendary singer / songwriter, Nick Drake, performed and recorded by over 30 incredible artists from a range of...
This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. It marked the beginning of the Maori calendar, and its rising before the sun in late May or early June was...
A collaboration with award winning Ōtautahi singer-songwriter and producer Delaney Davidson - who also plays a variety of instruments on the record, Black Sea Golden Ladder was written and recorded as part of Troy Kingi's Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist Residency in Wellington. The residency was created...
The debut album from Sun Kil Moon, originally released in 2003 and long since out of print is reissued on double vinyl. Includes original bonus track ‘Gentle Moon (Acoustic)'. - Ghosts Of The Great Highway (2LP) by Sun Kil Moon (Vinyl)
This 2014 release is an updated version of the US ‘Essential Bob Dylan' title, including tracks from his more recent hit albums. Includes the Dylan classics "Blowin' In The Wind," "The Times They Are A-Changin'," "Maggie's Farm," "Like A Rolling Stone" and more, as well as adding 6 tracks not...
Songs of Our Native Daughters gathers together kindred musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell in song and sisterhood to communicate with their forebears. Drawing on and reclaiming early minstrelsy and banjo music, these musicians reclaim, recast, and spotlight...
Black, 180-gram vinyl LP in a rigid, tip on sleeve, including an 8 page printed booklet, featuring the full score of Industry and original notes on the piece by composer Michael Gordon. A download card for Volume 2 is also included in the package. - Industry Water by Michael Gordon & Jonny...
In a posthumous new album, Leonard Cohen has robbed death of the last word. ‘Thanks for the Dance' is not a commemorative collection of B sides and outtakes, but an unexpected harvest of new songs, exciting and vital, a continuation of the master's final work. "In composing and arranging the music...
The timeless qualities of traditional tunes can carry us across oceans and eons, linking us not only to the past but to each other as well. It was under the banner of those eternal connections that the trio of Bonny Light Horseman came together. From festival fields and a German art hub to a snowy...
Michael Doucet the GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, artist, founder of BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, and Cajun legend crafts the quintessential Louisiana soundtrack to a good time on his new solo album, LCHER PRISE. Joined by Sarah Quintana [vocals, guitar], Chad Viator [guitar], Chris...
In 2012 Ian Anderson released ‘Thick As A Brick 2', the follow-up to Jethro Tull's legendary concept album. The album was a critical and commercial success, charting around the world. In April 2014 he returned with the UK top 20 album ‘Homo Erraticus'. The original ‘Thick As A Brick album',...
Produced by longtime collaborator Dan Horne (Circles Around The Sun, Allah-Las), Mapache's new album, From Liberty Street, captures the Los Angeles duo at their finest, with Sam Blasucci and Clay Finch weaving airtight harmonies around stripped-down, organic arrangements that blur the lines between...
GRAMMY-Award winning bluegrass outfit Steep Canyon Rangers brought a special surprise to attendees of their performance at Merlefest 2019. To honor their home state, the Rangers performed a selection of songs from the artists of North Carolina. Featuring unsung Carolinian heroes like Ola Belle Reed...
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are Indigo Girls. Together they write, arrange, record and perform music which over the course of 40 years has become a vital part of the lives of their legion of devoted fans around the world. Their first new studio album in 5 years, Look Long, is a testament to their...