The 8-Bit Big Band’s fifth studio release expands its “Great Video Game Songbook” with a widescreen, 70-minute voyage through large-ensemble jazz. Conductor/arranger Charlie Rosen marshals a New York-based 30-piece orchestra—plus special guests Matthew Whitaker, Martina DaSilva, Michael Rodriguez and others—to transform twelve iconic game themes (from Wii Sports, Metroid, Super Mario, Persona 5, Sonic 2, Undertale and more) into horn-driven extravaganzas. Earth, Wind & Fire-style funk fanfares, Afro-Cuban grooves, bossa-nova balladry, hard-swinging big-band charts, gospel praise breaks and even Rage-Against-the-Machine–tinged brass rock all collide in a jubilant affirmation that game music belongs on the same pedestal as the American jazz canon.

It’s Alice, Dennis, Neal and Michael…The original Alice Cooper.

Ablaze Records is proud to announce the upcoming release (JULY 18, 2025) of Symon Clarke’s Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, subtitled Tupaia’s Map, featuring the renowned cello soloist Alexander Baillie and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. This thrilling work weaves together brilliant textures and an expressive intensity, bringing Clarke's vivid sonic landscape to life.

El Ensamble de la Abadesa is a vocal group dedicated to the performance of medieval and Renaissance repertoire, with a special focus on polyphony and liturgical music. Its goal is to recover and artistically reinterpret these repertoires, with a special focus not only on the great masters and sources, but also on lesser-known music and historical formats. The work of El Ensamble de la Abadesa is mainly informed by the musicological research of its director, Ángel Chirinos.

Moving seamlessly between TV and film studios and the recording studio, John Leyton cut a series of masterful pop singles during the early 1960s, often tied in to his on-screen work.

Moving seamlessly between TV and film studios and the recording studio, John Leyton cut a series of masterful pop singles during the early 1960s, often tied in to his on-screen work.

Four-time Grammy-nominee Joe Bonamassa releases his 17th studio album, Breakthrough, produced by longtime partner Kevin Shirley. The album has 10 brand-new, original tracks written by Joe and co-writers like James House, Tom Hambridge, etc. Looking to "Breakthrough" the genre boxes and limitations put on him, Joe is ready to take his craft to the next level. Available on 180g crystal water colored vinyl with printed inner sleeve and download card included.

This electrifying live recording captures mridangam maestro Karaikudi R. Mani and his Sruthi Laya Ensemble in front of an enthusiastic Stockholm audience. Featuring top Indian classical musicians – B.S. Purushotham (khanjira), V. Suresh (ghatam), Srirangam Kannan (morsing), B.V. Balasai (venu), and A. Durgaprasad (gottuvadhyam) – the performance blends rhythmic brilliance with melodic depth. Released in tribute to Mani’s 80th birth anniversary on September 11 2025, this album honors his legacy following his passing in 2023. A celebration of rhythm, innovation, and a true musical visionary.

The 24 Caprices for Solo Violin were written in groups (seven, five and twelve) by Niccolò Paganini between 1802 and 1817. They are also designated as M.S. 25 in Maria Rosa Moretti's and Anna Sorrento's Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganini which was published in 1982. The Caprices are in the form of études, with each number exploring different skills (double stopped trills, extremely fast switching of positions and strings, etc.)

Two metaphors intertwine in the Roseti del mare (Rose gardens of the sea). The rose garden is the shared place, the multifaceted, multicoloured, thorny and delicate project that well embodies the evolutionary drive of the young performers of Polimnia. The enigmatic vastness of the sea provides the setting in the consolidated repertoire of many great composers. It's presence is manifest in Robert Schumann's Romanzen fur Frauenstimmen (Meerfey, Der Wassermann, In Meeres Mitten), and it recurs in the choices of numerous French composers (for example, in C. Debussy's La Mer), a trait that clearly re-sonates in the fluid and elegant writing of Gabriel Faure featured here.

Disiniblud, the thrilling new collaborative album project from the composers/producers/multi-instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith.

"I recorded Open Space with in a single continuous take: my cello, an amp, and a distortion pedal. I was watching a film that was a static shot across a very large canyon, the light slowly shifting. I hope it offers the listener room to breathe and dream."

Following the release of her debut album, Stay Alive (2020) and its follow-up Hole In My Head (2024), Emmy-nominated artist, author, musician, activist and Against Me! founder/songwriter, Laura Jane Grace, returns with her fourth full-length album, Laura Jane Grace in the Trauma Tropes - Adventure Club - a powerful new statement featuring some of her most intense and thought-provoking work to date. Adventure Club was recorded in Athens, Greece and made possible by a grant through the Onassis Air Program, "an artistic research, residency, and fellowship program that fosters artistic process and experimentation by bringing together creative practitioners from a variety of geographies and practices", which Grace was awarded a fellowship through.

Blue Canoe Records proudly announces the highly anticipated return of the Dave Pope Trio with their new album “Skyline,” available July 18, 2025. This release reunites drummer Dave Pope, pianist and bassist Mike Pope, and world-renowned bassist John Patitucci in a soulful, spontaneous, and deeply expressive collection of originals and jazz standards.

North Waves is an album of world-premiere recordings, showcasing repertoire that testifies to the multiplicity and diversity of the currents flowing through the Gdansk school of composition. Featuring chamber music by nine composers, the album celebrates the musical melting-pot of the Academy of Music in Gdansk.