"Hummingbird Highway," the title track of Dar Williams' 13th album, was inspired by a romantically-named road that runs along the Maya Mountains of Belize—and a partly imagined story about a child whose parent brings gifts back from work trips as an attempt to make up for lost time. "Sometimes you go away in a car. Sometimes you go away with your door closed," Williams has said. "I've been the child and the parent." She sings with rich detail about what the kid sees: "You're laying out the treasures you brought for me/ Cinnamon bark from a cinnamon tree/ And a stone that you saw/ Clear at the bottom of the sea." This is joyous Americana, its fleet rhythm like the flap of a hummingbird's wings, but with an emotional tug as the young narrator also recognizes their parent's guilt for needing to be in two places at the same time. "You say it's the older you feel, it's the older I get," she sings. "Your highest of highs and your deepest regret."

Chart-topping Matt Bianco is back with album #17 “Masquerader”. Front-man Mark Reilly’s smooth vocals set the tone, the beats blend organic Lounge and Club sounds with the Caribbean and South America. Matt Bianco, the chart-topping group that ignited the British Jazz-Pop fires in the 1980s with Top 10-hits like “Yeh Yeh”, “Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed”, or Half A Minute”, is back with their seventeenth album. “Masquerader” dives deep into the band’s roots of Latin, jazz, and pop — with a fresh intent and a modern production edge on singles like Latin-Club-track “Playing With Dynamite”, the restless “Wanderlust”, Samba-soulful “Deep Space” and the dancehall tango-inspired groove of the title track. Front-gentleman Mark Reilly’s smooth vocals set the tone, while the beats blend influences from across the Caribbean and South America with organic Lounge and Club sounds. The album features a lineup of stellar talent, a.o. Brazilian guitar virtuoso, and Verve-recording artist Ricardo Silveira, as well as Venezuelan singer Lino G Rocha bring authentic Latin flair, while London’s vocal Soul-Queen Betty Black (Keb Darge, Snowboy, Bluey) and renowned saxophonist Dave O’Higgins contribute their own distinctive styles. Reilly wrapped up the production and mixing in his own home studio, ensuring every track resonates with the unmistakable Matt Bianco sound — now reimagined for a new era.

Recorded in Ghana in 1981, Mick Fleetwood's solo debut reveals more diversity and depth of feeling than any of Fleetwood Mac's multi-platinum monsters. Six of the tracks are not overt attempts at worldbeat, instead using a variety of West African musicians as sidemen, sidewomen, and, in the case of drum ensemble Ebaali Gbiko, sidechildren. Of these six tracks, several stand out. "Walk a Thin Line," written by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, is an infectious pop song blending Adjo Group's enchanting backing vocals with guest George Harrison's lush 12-string and slide guitars. Another Fleetwood Mac veteran, Peter Greenbaum (aka Peter Green), accompanies a multinational percussion section for a remake of his "Rattlesnake Shake," originally found on Then Play On. Even the Buddy Holly classic "Not Fade Away" gets supercharged with a percussion ensemble made up of Fleetwood on drums and Lord Tiki and Adjo Group on hand drums and percussion. The West African tracks that make up the remainder of the album are pure pleasure.

“Romance: Classical Moods” is a lush and evocative collection that brings together some of the most tender and expressive works from Claude Debussy and other romantic-era composers. Released by Warner Classics, this 49-track album spans nearly four hours of music, offering a rich tapestry of emotional depth, lyrical beauty, and timeless elegance.

The album “Dreams: Classical Moods” offers a graceful gateway into the enchanting world of composer Claude Debussy. This selection highlights Debussy’s dreamlike harmonies and impressionistic touches, inviting listeners on a serene and emotionally rich musical journey.

This album is a unique offering from the inimitable Kishori Amonkar. To survive is an animal instinct. To conquer is a base human desire. Samarpan or to surrender is the first act of being truly human, the first footstep towards attaining the divine. Surrender is not supplication. Surrender is the act of freeing oneself from the trap of the human design. To surrender is to let go of the belief that I am on my own, and I am my only protector. To surrender is to dive into the ocean of conviction that life is a divine design, and I can play in that pool of divine love like a child.

For their expanded 2002 reissue of Randy Newman's classic Sail Away album, Rhino/Reprise unearthed five previously unissued gems. Of these, arguably the most notable is the studio version of "Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong," originally released on the stop-gap Randy Newman Live album; it was left off the album because Newman and his producers felt that he didn't capture the song but, decades later, this sounds every bit as good, if not better, than the issued live version. Of the remaining four bonus tracks, only "Let It Shine" isn't an alternate version or demo, and while it's not quite up to the high standards of the other songs on Sail Away, it's still quite strong. If the early version of "Dayton, Ohio – 1903" isn't radically different, the early version of "Sail Away" is – bouncy and bluesy, its humor more apparent. Finally, the demo of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" is a little rawer than the album version and wholly welcome. Though these five bonus tracks are the main attraction for Randy Newman fans, the remastered sound, the liner notes by David Wild, introduction by Randy, and rare photos make this another wonderful reissue in Rhino's line of Newman expanded editions.

Renowned International / Canadian Holly Cole is set to release her 13th studio album, Dark Moon, on January 24th. Teaming up with her long-time live performance partners, along with additional musicians to create rich harmonies and layers, this album is a true ensemble project that highlights her signature style. The ensemble that Holly has brought together to help create and perform on Dark Moon includes long time live performance / recording mates, Aaron Davis (piano), George Koller (bass), Davide Direnzo (drums) and John Johnson (saxophone). Add to that the brilliance of sometime accompanist’s including guitar master and provocateur Kevin Breit and on harmonica two-time Grammy winner and original member of Bella Fleck and the Flecktones, Howard Levy and finally the wonderful three-part 1950’s Nashville style harmonies of the Good Lovelies. Together they define the absolute best in “ensemble playing”!

All tracks featured have been carefully restored from the original masters. The band these Brummie boys were fated to become were always an exceptional group, even in their early years as Earth, when as teenagers they formed a blues band. Neatly timed in the mid-1960s, as the blues boom was in decline. Nevertheless, they persevered, widening their repertoire, until, name-change they became the most important and most-copied of all Heavy Metal bands. They single-handedly invented the style that influenced and inspired not only so many bands, but also those dozens of sub-metal styles that now abound - Black Metal, Death Metal, Gothic Metal, Nu Metal and so many more. The band's subsequent worldwide success over the last fifty odd years has, unsurprisingly, drawn attention away from just how fine a band they were at the outset. This release will most certainly address that position. These early recordings were made by the band, still known as Earth, who had already built an enviable reputation and a veritable army of fans with their high-powered, blues-rooted, red hot and rocking performances. These recordings accurately chart their development of their repertoire as they edged their way towards those heavy metal anthems that were soon to captivate the world of Rock. All tracks featured have been carefully restored from the original masters, untouched for over 50 years, and presented here for the very first time in all their glory

Pandemonic Incantations is the third studio album by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. The album was recorded during August and September 1997, at Selani Studio and was mixed in October 1997. The album was then released in 1998 by Solistitium Records, whilst Behemoth were still in their period of transition from black metal to blackened death metal. A remastered digipak version was released by Metal Mind Records with six bonus tracks, including five live tracks recorded during the European tour in Toulouse, France, on 27 February 1999 and a studio version of With Spell of Inferno (Mefisto). It is known that on the original version of the album, the eighth track is followed by 57 tracks of silence. The outro is on track number 66.

You're Under Arrest, Gainsbourg's final album, was another collaboration with American Billy Rush in New Jersey.

Tous les garçons et les filles is the debut studio album by French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy, released in November 1962 on Disques Vogue. Like many of her following records, it was originally released without a title and to be referred to, later on, by the name of its most popular song. Released when Hardy was 18 years old, the album was a commercial success and "went on to top charts". It was originally released in the United States under the title The "Yeh-Yeh" Girl From Paris! in 1965 on "proto-world music label" Four Corners.

Mon amie la rose is a studio album by the French popular singer Françoise Hardy, released in France in November 1964 on LP Disques Vogue (FH 2). Published without a title except for her name on the cover this album has colloquially become known by the title of its most successful song, "Mon amie la rose" ("My friend The Rose").

Le Premier Bonheur du jour is the second album, released in France and abroad, by singer Françoise Hardy. The original edition was released in France in October 1963. Without a distinctive title at its release, this album was identified by that of its main hit from its reissue on compact disc in November 2009.

L'amitié is the fifth studio album by French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy, released in November 1965 on Disques Vogue. Like many of her previous records, it was originally released without a title and came to be referred to, later on, by the name of its most popular song. The album includes several French adaptations of English-language songs, along with Hardy's own compositions.