In his memoir, one of America’s most enduring singer-songwriters explores the joyful highs and dark lows of a storied five-decade career. With laugh-out-loud humor and poignant insight, Wainwright goes through the family history his lyrics have referenced and his major influences: boarding school, the music business, swimming, macrobiotics, sex, incarceration and something he calls Sir Walter Raleigh Syndrome.
Contact: Spencer Roth-Rose
The new album by one of electronic music’s most celebrated acts hones in on a more mature sound through weighted atmospheres, shimmering synth lines and familiar feelings of nostalgia, optimism and hope. This eclectic record features diverse guests including Leon Bridges, Regina Spektor and RY X.
Contact: Allen Nguyen
For her new work, the GRAMMY-winning composer, vocalist and bassist will create a new album in just 77 hours, with every second of the process livestreamed for a global audience via Facebook Live. This unprecedented experiment will give the audience a chance to see what it takes to create an album entirely composed on the spot.
Contact: Spencer Roth-Rose
The polymath “art rap” MC, lyricist, comedian and TV and film writer revisits Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes, the massive public housing complex torn down a decade ago following public vote. This LP is a vivid, comic book-style reimagining of the Homes that serves as a larger commentary on the current political climate and race relations.
Contact: Spencer Roth-Rose
One of the most influential singer-songwriters of all time celebrates his 50-year career with a joyous new LP. Reunited with guitarist Alun Davies and producer Paul Samwell-Smith, Yusuf presents new originals and covers from his earliest years, reworked to sound as he’s always intended and to capture the reflective insights of a spiritual seeker.
Contact: Greg Jakubik
Campbell and Williams, “The First Couple of Americana” (MOJO), tackle betrayal, addiction and acceptance on the Campbell-produced follow-up to their critically lauded 2015 debut. Special guests on the album include Little Feat’s Bill Payne and The Lumineers’ Byron Isaacs, and Levon Helm makes one of his final recorded appearances on a version of Carl Perkins’ “Turn Around.”
Contact: Spencer Foster
The two icons celebrate 50 years of musical friendship with their first-ever album together. The loving, playful and emotional record includes refreshed versions of songs that tie together their whimsical history, a new song penned by Collins for this album and refined takes on classics by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Traveling Wilburys and more.
Contact: Spencer Roth-Rose
The GRAMMY-winning and internationally acclaimed trumpeter from Ferguson, MO ponders the fears and frustrations of a divided country while yearning for justice and peace. The new album features all-star collaborators Gary Clark Jr., Bilal, Big K.R.I.T. and Pharoahe Monch, all taking cues from jazz, hip-hop, blues, rock, reggae and rap.
Contact: Jael Goldfine
In advance of brother Dan Brown’s forthcoming novel, Origin, the award-winning composer re-releases his acclaimed 2011 piece featured in the novel with a special edition deluxe package and remastered audio. The composition is structured like a liturgical Mass, with Brown painstakingly translating DNA sequences and markers into musical phrases set to texts by Charles Darwin, simultaneously commemorating the scientist’s genius while interrogating the relationship between faith and reason.
Contact: Spencer Roth-Rose
The nine-time GRAMMY winner celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with his first holiday album in five decades. Alpert enlists a 45-piece orchestra and 32-member choir to back his iconic trumpet sound on favorites like “Santa Baby” and “Merry Christmas Darling,” which features an appearance by the song’s composer, Richard Carpenter. The legendary Paul Williams penned lyrics for the title track, a new Alpert original.
Contact: Max Lefkowitz
