Pee Wee Ellis gilt als „The Architect of the James Brown Sound“ (James McBride). Er hat nicht nur Funk Klassiker wie Cold Sweat, Say It Loud! I am Black and Proud und The Chicken komponiert und Meisterwerke von Van Morrison und Maceo Parker wesentlich mitgestaltet, er war bereits als Teenager von Sonny Rollins protegiert worden.

BIG STIR RECORDS presents a very special new album from power pop legends THE SPONGETONES, celebrating the band's illustrious past, their live onstage present, and the promise of future recordings yet to come: THE 40th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT… AND BEYOND.

From Anat Fort's "The Dreamworld of Paul Motian" (8-15-25) on Sunnyside Records.

Wishbone is the upcoming fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Conan Gray. It is scheduled to be released on August 15, 2025, through Republic Records.

SOMM Recordings celebrates the wealth of popular concert music produced in Vienna in the 19th and early 20th centuries with a release called Dancing in Vienna, an exhilarating collection of waltzes to set your feet tapping.

SOMM Recordings marks the 150th Anniversary of the great French-American conductor Pierre Monteux (1875-1964) with his live performances of Claude Debussy's Images pour orchestre and Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms.

This new reissue of the Pretenders' 1987 compilation features the 2018 remasters by Chris Thomas for tracks from the first three albums and brand-new remasters for the singles from GET CLOSE.

Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition and famous for his distinctive mix of "feline agility and lightness of touch" (New York Times), breaks new ground with the supposedly well known. Following his enormous success with WAVES, a tribute to French composers and nature themes, The Seasons now focuses on Tchaikovsky's and Liu's relationship with music. "For me, this is a moment to explore some personal emotion," the pianist says of his latest album, which envelops the Russian composer's intimate and profoundly poetic language with musical breathing space.

We continue our exploration of Carlo Maria Giulini's discographic legacy with a lesser-known aspect of his career, one that was nevertheless decisive in shaping his future as a conductor: opera. He recorded relatively few, apart from a few legendary recordings such as his Don Giovanni, and for a long time refused to conduct from the late 1960s onwards, tired of the constant ego clashes that undermined opera houses.

Kinetika Bloco is a performance group with an exuberant mix of young brass and woodwind players, drummers, steel pan and dynamic dancers all in costume creating a “unique new British Carnival sound with a decidedly London edge” (BBC Radio2).

Experience the ultimate OneRepublic compilation with The Collection - a selection of their biggest hits! Featuring global chart-toppers like “Counting Stars,” “Apologize,” and “I Ain’t Worried,” to anthems like “I Lived,” “Run,” and “Good Life.” Available on CD, OneRepublic: The Collection is a must-have.

Multi-award winner Jack Garratt makes his very welcomed return with the announcement of third album Pillars - out August 15th on Cooking Vinyl.

The seventh studio album from acclaimed musician Lindsey Stirling celebrates the delicate, yet beautiful, nature of duality - the inner battle of fearlessness and self-doubt we all experience.

'III - Candles & Beginnings' is a tapestry of emotions - each song a world of its own, touching on childhood memories, vivid life experiences, and even a nod to one of the group's most beloved places on Earth - The Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge, a historic spot nestled in the North York Moors and one of the most remote pubs you will ever find. Visually, the cover artwork by Pete Voutilainen, layout and watercolors by Mikko Pankasalo plus calligraphy by Johanna Kurkela provide wonderful illustrations perfectly capturing Auri's unique musical visions. With guest musicians like Frank Van Essen (strings), Jonas Pap (cello), Juho Kanervo (basses), and the incredible drumming and percussion courtesy of Nightwish's Kai Hahto, Auri III - Candles & Beginnings is as lush as it is atmospheric and provides astonishing dynamics.

Centered around the central work of this recording, the Peace Concerto for soprano and organ by the Dutch composer Daan Manneke (*1939), soprano Gudrun Sidonie Otto and cathedral organist Andreas Liebig have compiled an extremely diverse and particularly expressive program, including organ and vocal works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sofia Gubaidulina, Max Reger, and Julius Reubke. Manneke's Peace Concerto is part of his 2019 Basel Psalms, a commissioned composition for the millennium celebrations of the venerable Basel Minster.