Michael Mayo Expands Fly With a Deluxe Edition That Soars.

In 2021, vocalist Michael Mayo emerged as one of jazz’s freshest new voices with Bones, a debut album that combined inventiveness, rhythmic vitality and an easy charm. Its standout track, “You and You,” quickly ricocheted across the internet, introducing listeners to an artist equally at ease with tradition and innovation.

First released in 2000, Heartbreaker marked Ryan Adams’ debut as a solo artist. Heartbreaker is the 'stop-gap' album that came to define a career. Released 25 years ago in September, Adams himself described it as, “an amazing stroll down the back alley of my soul with some fine company.”

Big Thief's last two albums leaned into lead vocalist Adrianne Lenker and lead guitarist Buck Meek's folk-country roots. But Big Thief are, at their core, a rock band, and Double Infinity is a rock album—a return to the type of simmering songs, crackling with electric heat beneath their soft surfaces, that filled their first three records.

Jonas Kaufmann’s latest album brings together two of Schumann’s most profound song cycles—Dichterliebe and Kerner-Lieder—performed with exceptional sensitivity and vocal finesse. Accompanied by pianist and long-term collaborator Helmut Deutsch, Kaufmann explores the emotional and poetic nuances of these Romantic masterpieces. These works are complemented by “Doppelgänger”, a strikingly original stage adaptation of Schubert’s Schwanengesang (Swan Songs), directed by Claus Guth. This production reimagines the cycle through a contemporary theatrical lens, adding a powerful visual and narrative dimension to Schubert’s final songs.

Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of Arvo Pärt’s music over a quarter-century of close collaboration with the composer – a relationship that builds on the almost half a century long artistic partnership between Pärt and producer Manfred Eicher. Of the ensemble’s ECM New Series recording The Deer’s Cry, the BBC Music Magazine wrote that “the level of artistry necessary to achieve the kind of living, breathing performance given here by Vox Clamantis is a rarity … This grippingly authentic and superbly sung collection may now be the finest single-disc introduction to Pärt’s music.” And I heard a voice, recorded in Haapsalu Cathedral, Estonia, and released as Arvo Pärt turns 90, shows that the rapport between choir and composer, rooted in a shared feeling for both ancient plainchant and contemporary music, continues to deepen.

In a major new compositional statement, trumpeter Dave Douglas returns with Alloy, alongside two thrilling young trumpeters: UK native Alexandra Ridout, now living in New York, and Dave Adewumi, from New Hampshire and currently in the thick of the NYC contemporary improvised music scene. Far from a trumpet blowout session, this is a warm-hewed, lyrical release featuring original compositions that highlight the many rich shades of brass, plus a stellar band of improvisers convened for the first time here. Aiming to bring together musicians in community, the writing features everybody as an organic whole and speaks to our need to live and breathe together as a unit. To cohere and coexist.

Glenn Hughes is a true original. Vocalist, bass guitarist, and songwriter, Hughes has spent decades crafting a sound that uniquely blends hard rock, soul, and funk — all powered by his astonishing vocal range and style. Often referred to as a “singer’s singer,” he once earned the praise of Stevie Wonder, who called him his favorite white vocalist.

SLIPKNOT: 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION Deluxe Reissue will be released on September 5th featuring the Original Studio Album plus 46 bonus tracks (42 previously unreleased) including the Indigo Ranch Mixes, Demos/Alternate Mixes, and LIVE performances from 1999-2000.

Classic Britpop is strikingly relevant again in 2025, with Pulp touring off a revitalizing record, the echo of Blur's last one still ringing in the background, and Oasis-mania spreading like contagion. The fourth big tentpole group, Suede, may have never had the sweep of the others in America, but their fandom has a deep, deep devotion—and it's sure to be energized by the band's 10th album. Antidepressants arrives 32 years after their first and sounds brash and muscular.

Saxophonist, flautist and composer Chip Wickham casts a formidable shadow across the UK jazz landscape. Originally from Brighton, Chip Wickham first came to prominence in the UK breakbeat scene playing with the likes of Nightmares On Wax and Graham Massey. But at heart Chip has always been a jazz musician (he played on Matthew Halsall’s debut album 'Sending My Love' in 2008 beginning a relationship with Gondwana Records that now spans 17 years) and now dividing his time between the UK, Spain and the Middle-East, he has made a name for himself with a series of beautifully crafted solo albums that draw equally on hard swinging spiritual jazz, the classic sounds of 60s British jazz and the more contemporary sounds of artists such as Jazzanova, The Cinematic Orchestra, and Nicola Conte.

When you turn on a King of Foxes tune, it's a safe bet that the skies will open, alien aircraft will appear, the ark of the covenant will descend before ye, and all of your childhood pets will arise from the dead. Also, you'll hear an indie alternative artist whose undeniably catchy songs earned her a Rock Artist of the Year nomination at the Western Canadian Music Awards, a spot on the Edmonton Music Prize Top 3 shortlist, and a nod from Cups ‘n Cakes: “King of Foxes is the real deal.” File next to Sloan, Fountains of Wayne, or The Beaches. Fronted by singer-songwriter Olivia Street, King of Foxes has released three critically acclaimed albums. Twilight of the Empire—recorded in a basement with beige shag carpet on the walls and a Wurlitzer in the closet—quickly rose to #1 on the CKUA chart. Her music has also found its way onto some prestigious “best of” lists, including as #11 on CKUA’s Top 100 Albums of 2022, and among NPR radio’s George Graham’s Best of the Year list. A new album is scheduled for release in 2025, titled Hall of Shame, with JUNO-winning producer Zach Zanardo.

The Amelio Trio, which won the German Music Competition in 2024 and is currently taking the world’s stages by storm, has been chosen as one of the ECHO Rising Stars of the season 2026/27. In collaboration with Deutschlandfunk, the German Music Council, and GENUIN, the young piano trio now presents a seamlessly crafted album: The trios by Charles Ives, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ursula Mamlok, and Johannes Brahms flow into one another, forming a musical bridge that spans centuries and continents. Birke Bertelsmeier’s “vertrautes angezogensein” (familiar attire), composed especially for this album, recapitulates all the previous works and brings the journey full circle – chamber music at its highest level!

“A collection of musical compositions based on the spoken and written words of hobos and other characters—the result of my wanderings in the Western part of the United States from 1935 to 1941.”

On their fourth album Welcome to the Civilized World, Ghostwoman are sharper than ever. Hypnotic touches of psych-grunge, decaying Americana, and shredded blues instrumentals form the album’s intuitive tracklist; Evan Uschenko’s gritty guitars and growling, visceral vocals, along with Ille van Dessel’s abrasive drum beats, solidify the essence of the record. Recorded using vintage instruments and a tape machine, the album’s power and emotion are intense—reckless, illogical, and free.

The Bechstein association has been absent from Wigmore Street since 1916, but the 21st century seems to demand a new approach. With the restoration of this historic recital venue, complete with all mod cons, Wigmore Street acquires a little sister to its famous hall and restores at long last the historic link between this delectable location and the firm of Bechstein itself.