Daughter of South-American legend Violeta Parra, Isabel Parra learned to sing and play at an early age. "Music was a language fluently spoken at home", she says. In 1965, with the help of brother Angel Parra, she founded the very renowned "Peña de los Parra" - artistic center and "Art Lab" where started musical movement "la Nueva Cancion Chilena" (New Chilean Song). Here, in the center of old Santiago, chilean icon Victor Jara (a young comedian and theatre director in those days !) took a guitar and started to sing traditional and original songs.

After nearly twenty years of activity, Solar Boats is Guess What's 6th album, and their (mostly) instrumental tunes still pop and whizz through the air like groovy flying objects, while taking sonic exploration and fun space-related concepts ever further.

Renowned for her avant-garde productions, Valérie Milot presents a new recital combining music and philosophical reflections inspired by space exploration. The harp stands as a witness to the evolution of mankind and its relationship with the universe. Nebulæ aims to forge a unique bond between the artist and music lovers.

For fans of Greg Kihn, Tyla Gang, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, The Rubinoos - Fantastic live recording from WDR Rockpalast, recorded on March 15, 1978, at the Audimax in Hamburg, includes Earth Quake hit singles "Friday On My Mind," a cover version of the 1966 hit by the Easybeats, and "Trainride" - liner notes by Earth Quake guitarist Robbie Dunbar.

Grammy® nominated Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and guitar legend Ace Frehley announces the release of his new studio album, 10,000 volts, due out on February 23, 2024. Produced by Ace and Steve Brown (Trixter), the 11 track 10,000 Volts sees Ace perform electrifying, hard hitting, riff heavy rock'n'roll.

An absolutely legendary album from Lebanon by Issam Hajali’s group Ferkat Al Ard, “Oghneya” stands out as one of the great musical gems of the Arab world. A groundbreaking release from 1978 that represents the meeting point of Arab, jazz, folk and Brazilian styles with the talent of Ziad Rahbani, who did the albums arrangements. Filled with a variety of sounds and genres, from Baroque Pop to Psych-Folk to flashes of Bossa Nova, Tropicalia and MPB, “Oghneya” is like if Arthur Verocai took a trip to Beirut in the 70’s to record an album.

While Fauré's Requiem is a monument of French sacred music, Gounod's Messe de Clovis is much less well known. It was composed from 1891 onwards as a tribute to Clovis who, like Joan of Arc, had become an iconic figure after the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.

Vivaldi and the violin concerto? Vivaldi is the violin concerto! One must get past the cliché (‘Vivaldi composed the same concerto 500 times’) to understand the extent to which composer, instrument and genre form an indissoluble whole; and that is what Théotime Langlois de Swarte and the musicians of Le Consort have set out to do. From his early youth in Venice to his last days in Vienna, the ‘red-haired priest’ pushed back technical and academic boundaries, constantly creating new narrative forms: the journey of a lifetime.

Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969) belongs to his country’s most prominent composers. His works are rich with delicate atmosphere possessing a particularly Northern feel combined with a romantic and Impressionistic touch. This new album by the award-winning Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and conductor Risto Joost is the final volume in a trilogy of works for choir and orchestra.

Beth Nielsen Chapman returns with her first full length LP since 2018's Hearts of Glass, and it's her first release on UK based indie label Cooking Vinyl. Twice Grammy nominated and a legend in the folk and singer / songwriter world, she's written for & with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, Willy Nelson and Faith Hill over her impressive 40 year career. It was produced by Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams) at the well known Room & Board studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov present a new recording of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphonies 7, 8 and 9, coupled with the composer’s concert overtures In Nature’s Realm, Carnival and Othello. The album is part of the 2024 Year of Czech Music. Dvořák’s final three symphonies show him at the peak of his compositional power and international fame, and exhibit an astonishing range of style and expression. The three concert overtures were initially conceived as the Nature, Life and Love trilogy, but eventually published separately. They share Dvořák’s audible love for nature and fascination for human life and passion. Presenting this core Czech repertoire allows the orchestra and maestro to once more demonstrate their congenial collaboration and full command of Dvořák’s abundant sound world.

Jana Mila crafts songs with powerful lyrics and surprising, catchy melodies—songs she delivers with compelling expression. Americans label her music as Indie Americana Pop. Last year, she took a substantial collection of self-written songs to Nashville and returned with a dream debut and a record deal in hand.

going deep into dub and experimental electronics as part of the On-U Sound house band, through the dirty rave haunts of London with Andrew Weatherall, through a huge pop smash with BRM, through his live drum’n’bass extravaganzas as James Hardway,on through the Californian bass and weird-beat scenes as OICHO, to the esoteric ambient soundscapes and percussion soundtracks he releases today.

After the haunting lead single Long Exposure heralded the release of Heart-Shaped Scars- Allison’s first album in 12 years and her most personal to date - Dot Allison unveils another new track, ‘Can You Hear Nature Sing?’.

The Award-winning contemporary jazz composer/conductor Jihye Lee explores her Korean ancestry, in this dynamic cycle of large-ensemble works fusing traditional Korean rhythms with dynamic orchestral jazz arranging. Co-produced by Darcy James Argue, this profound meditation on womanhood and humanity includes features by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and outstanding percussion Snarky Puppy’s Keita Ogawa.