Shel Silverstein's most durable legacy has been his work as a children's book author, but between 1959 and 1980, he released a variety of albums, dabbling in multiple genres: jazz, folk, country, rock, and penning several memorable tunes, including the title track, famously covered by Johnny Cash. This rich collection from Water Music gathers all his country hits sung, with a smile and a wink, in an unmistakable basso profundo.

The French duo will release a new acoustic album titled Brothers In Ideals - We the people of the Soil Unplugged. It was produced and mixed by American producer Vance Powell (winner of 6 Grammy Awards), captured live like a Chris Stapleton with strings (violin and cello) and recorded in just 4 days in Nashville. With 'We the people of the soil' (produced by Vance Powell), their 6th LP released in May 2018, The Inspector Cluzo celebrated its 10-year career with dignity: more than 110 dates worldwide in one year, an almost French tour “Sold out” notably at La Cigale (Paris) and more than 25,000 sales. A good result for the famous Gascon farmers.

Her lush voice over her often dreamy arrangements make her my go-to visionary for love. She makes romance feel like cake, while singing to how unsweet it can turn. Thus, her acoustic renditions of her favorite and most beloved songs, in new album Sides, are still magical but feel more rooted in her lyrical wonders over love. I often laud King’s voice for its instant distinctiveness and clarity. She makes her emotional purpose and presence so clear in its desire: to make feelings felt. EVERY SONG is emotional in this world because, as human beings, we can’t stop talking about our feelings. Even numbness is, technically, the feeling of not feeling. Yet, Sides adds weight to feelings; connecting them to the choices and dreamed opportunities we hope to gain with loving someone else. In some ways, having a partner in life is not just about having a companion for your life’s path but also having a new path, and King captures that with Sides.

On January 17th, the synth-pop project Laumė (rhymes with Pflaum, FKA as MADEIRA) will deliver the aptly-titled new LP, Waterbirth, by way of Carpark Records, finally sharing her most lyrically complex and musically infectious body of work to date. The New Zealand-born songwriter and former Yumi Zouma frontwoman and co-founder, Kim Pflaum, worked with French producer Rude Jude to craft a 13-track LP that broadens the scope of Laumė. The irresistibly vibrant and funky sounds of each instrumental are inspired by visionary pop artists like Sade, Kate Bush, and Grimes, but sit in stark contrast with the ideas explored in Pflaum’s writing.

Your Perfect Matador adorns the colossal battles between love and art with a poets sense of right and wrong. Through orchestrated layers reminiscent of the plushest art galleries, Jay Aymar (pronounced Ay-Mar), consummate songwriter and poet, rises from shadowed concrete beds to bring us a cinematic view of the colossal battles between love and art, bred through the transience and demands of touring. Your Perfect Matador celebrates the juxtaposition and necessity to do a little wrong, to make things right, illustrated by visual artists Banksy, Vincent van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci.

After releasing one furious, political album and an introspective, existential one, Torgeir Waldemar concluded that the world hadn’t improved too much. In turbulent times, where walls are erected and hate and xenophobia seems widespread, what should be the main message for the new record? The answer was simple, almost banal – the most important thing we have is one another – love. Following the success of his two previous albums, the melancholy Torgeir Waldemar (2014) and the loud, fuzz-drenched No Offending Borders (2017) Waldemar has established himself at the very forefront of Norwegian rock and roll troubadours. For the mini-album Jamais Vu (2018), he combined the two personas, stripping down the rock songs from the second album, while rocking up the acoustic songs from the debut. There’s a common thread running through Waldemar’s music, where the new album Love is the obvious continuation – rocking, but not as rough, loud but with more focus.

Kaleidoskop the new album by Stefan Straubinger is a foray through various musical styles with his band Spui´maNovas. As when looking through a kaleidoscope, a wide variety of musical facets can be heard side by side. The Bavarian roots of the music of Spui´maNovas shine through in every piece of music. Music is played with a variety of old and modern instruments from Jew's harp to bandoneon, bagpipe, hurdy-gurdy, saxophone, double bass and drums. In addition to the family combo consisting of Eva, Stefan, Fridolin and Dominik Straubinger, the guest musicians Niko Schabel and Georg Karger.

Four life-long friends, Ricky Nunn (vocals), Mitch Ayling (drums) Luke Ayling (bass) and Dan Le Gresley (guitar) formed their first band when they were still at school in Essex, playing countless working mens clubs, and finally becoming The Milk. The Milk prove that sometimes it takes a few bumps to find the right direction. Often it involves experience, guts and self-belief to trust yourself and venture from one to find another. The Milk are a band that believe with utter conviction that theyve now found their way. Everything seems to agree with them from releasing the critically acclaimed album "Favourite Worry" (Wah Wah 45s), selling out London's Union Chapel and touring with Fun Lovin' Criminals at the beginning of 2017, to their sell-out UK tour climaxing at London's KOKO in Camden town. The Milks third studio album is scheduled for release in early 2020.

Kevin and Christina make out in a car at the airport, flipping off the police officer that tells them to keep moving. Kevin and Christina discuss taking ecstasy as couple’s therapy. Kevin and Christina break down and then reconnect. The new love we heard about on the last of Montreal record, White is Relic/Irrealis Mood, is settling. If that was the falling-in-love record, then this is the staying-in-love record. That was the easy part; this is the interesting part, the challenging part, the next chapter of Barnes’ autobiographical album streak, UR FUN.

Without any announcement or promotion, 47-year-old Eminem released his 11th solo album, cheerfully starting 2020. “Music To Be Murdered By” is a kind of horror film for competing rappers, named after the eponymous record of the cult horror director Alfred Hitchcock. He even appears in a tracklist with two hermitages. Throughout the album, Em touches on literally everything: from critics who do not accept his current work, and rappers who provoke a nervous tick in Marshall himself, to memories of parties in the prime of his own popularity and toxic romantic relationships.

More. Again. Forever strikes a mature balance. It’s escapist in its sound but humane in its approach to the world. It’s experimental but familiar, and tests what the band are capable of while proving to be their more focussed work to date. Band who insist on exploring, learning and get closer to the truth about life and human existence, and there is just no way that this can ever, ever, be a bad thing.

A little more than a year ago Elefant released a very special album from a new project called THE LAST DETAIL, a super group, formed by FUGU and A GIRL CALLED EDDY. Or in other words, Mehdi Zannad and Erin Moran. Just over a year later, here they are releasing an album that many people didn't ever think would ever come, the second A GIRL CALLED EDDY album. While her debut came out in 2004 to much critical acclaim and was produced by Richard Hawley, it has been a while to say the least.

Toronto native Richard Whiteman is an extremely versatile player, fluent in styles ranging from the stride masters of the twenties, through Bud Powell and Bill Evans, to modern giants like Keith Jarrett and Herbie Hancock. As a leader, he has released five CDs (with a sixth on the way), and has received raves from as far away as Japan, where his “GROOVEYARD” disc was rated one of the Top 500 Jazz Piano Trio records of all time.

Rachel Sutton's album is a creation of beautifully crafted original compositions and covers which is by turns achingly tender, yet sassy and seductive. Lovers meet and they part. The rejected drink and forget. And loved ones are lost forever. The rich tapestry of life runs through this album in seven captivating songs that are both haunting and uplifting. Rachel Sutton - vocals with Roland Perrin piano / Michael Curtis Ruiz bass / Paul Robinson drums and trumpeter Stuart Brooks.