In 1978, a sensation at the Warsaw Autumn Festival was caused by a woman composer’s sonically groundbreaking opus, which bore the soberly descriptive title "Music on Open Strings": music on empty, i. e. non-fingered, strings. At that time, being a woman made an eminent difference in one’s artistic career.

Limited to 1000 copies for RSD UK. The Flirtations are poised to release ‘Still Sounds Like the Flirtations’ – their first album of new material in 55 years. They are best known for their 1969 signature song, "Nothing But A Heartache”, off their debut album ‘Sounds Like the Flirtations’. That song spent 14 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100, and its success saw the group tour with Stevie Wonder, Tom Jones, The Four Tops and The Temptations. “Nothing But a Heartache” remains an undeniable Northern Soul classic; it has been streamed over 13 million times, and in 2022 was remixed by Tobtok and Oliver Nelson. On their forthcoming album, which was produced, engineered, mixed, and co-written by Ben Rice (Joan Osborne, Valerie June), Earnestine Pearce, Shirley Pearce, and Viola Billups aka Pearly Gates tell the stories of their lives. Drawing inspiration from the churn of personal, social, and political situations that they have lived through over the past five decades, they capture a timeless and well-earned perspective on love and life.

The Best Of The Carpenters (1980 UK mail-order only 54-track Four LP box set, with each part housed in its own picture sleeve, all housed in a superb gold embossed 12" box with guarantee slip.

In 2018, Roger McGuinn and I teamed up with @martystuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a 50th anniversary salute to Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Today, we announced the release of Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, With Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo set for Record Store Day 2024, April 20, as a limited edition 2 LP Translucent Gold Vinyl of 2,500 pressings, in a stunning gatefold cover. The album includes 24 tracks, selected from various stops on the 23-city, 27-show tour by Stuart’s audio engineer and the album’s producer, Mick Conley, and mastered for vinyl release by long time Byrds re-issue producer Joe Reagoso.

Artiste pluridisciplinaire, Nicole Croisille passe allègrement de la chanson au cinéma et de la comédie musicale au théâtre. L'iinterprète de l'immortel « Chabadabada » d'Un Homme et une femme (1966) a multiplié les succès au cours des années 1970 : « Une femme avec toi », « Téléphone moi », « Parlez-moi de lui (Il ne pense qu'à toi) » ou « Les Uns et les autres » ont marqué les esprits par sa voix chaude et puissante. En 2006, elle rend hommage à Claude Nougaro dans un spectacle et le disque Nougaro, le jazz et moi.

Artiste pluridisciplinaire, Nicole Croisille passe allègrement de la chanson au cinéma et de la comédie musicale au théâtre. L'iinterprète de l'immortel « Chabadabada » d'Un Homme et une femme (1966) a multiplié les succès au cours des années 1970 : « Une femme avec toi », « Téléphone moi », « Parlez-moi de lui (Il ne pense qu'à toi) » ou « Les Uns et les autres » ont marqué les esprits par sa voix chaude et puissante. En 2006, elle rend hommage à Claude Nougaro dans un spectacle et le disque Nougaro, le jazz et moi.

Light in the Attic Records (LITA) proudly announces The Power Of The Heart: A Tribute To Lou Reed. The star-studded album celebrates the pioneering singer-songwriter’s enduring influence—as well as the timeless appeal of his songs—through performances by Reed’s closest friends and biggest fans, including Keith Richards, Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Afghan Whigs, Bobby Rush, Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen, Mary Gauthier, and Automatic. Blending generation-defining hits (“I’m Waiting for the Man,” “Walk on the Wild Side,” “Perfect Day”) with lesser-known gems, the collection spans the artist’s five-decade-long career: from his earliest days with The Velvet Underground to his groundbreaking solo work.

Same Train, A Different Time (subtitled Merle Haggard Sings the Great Songs of Jimmie Rodgers) is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1969, featuring covers of songs by legendary country music songwriter Jimmie Rodgers. Same Train, Different Time is Merle Haggard's affectionate tribute to Jimmie Rodgers. Haggard provides narration between the songs, offering tales of Rodgers' life and music. While the album is rooted in the past, the key to its success is how Haggard updates these traditional songs without losing sight of their roots. There are contemporary folk, country and blues influences scattered throughout the record, adding depth to the music and proving that Rodgers' music is indeed timeless.

Raymond Burke (né Barrois; 6 June 1904 – 21 March 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist.

The Pontchartrain Shakers are a new Blues Band featuring Amedee "A5" Frederick and Jojjo Wight as the shredding leaders of the stage.

Skol is one of the great cooperative sessions among jazz recordings. Swinging and fellow feeling, not leadership or stardom, were the primary considerations when Norman Granz put together in concert Oscar Peterson, Stephane Grappelli, Joe Pass, Mickey Roker, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.

Ry Cooder summons fourth world trumpeter Jon Hassell, jazz star pianist Jacky Terrasson, and classical Indian flutist Ronu Majumdar, to a big resonant church in Santa Barbara and creates "tone-magic" – a bath in the sheer beauty of sound expressed in a kind of global, space-age Duke Ellington palette. Music without a price for an audience that can't be bought.

This is a tribute album with a difference. Vocalist Jen Chapin, daughter of Harry, has decided to take on the Stevie Wonder songbook with the minimalist accompaniment of bass and saxophone alone, played by Stephan Crump and Chris Cheek respectively. ReVISIONS is more of personal project, close to an all-original jazz set, similar in feeling and sound to Sheila Jordan's duos with the solo bassist Harvey Swartz. These boys and a lady create groove and feeling with only 2 instruments and natural jazzy voice!

The Great Twenty-Eight is a compilation album by American musician Chuck Berry, released in 1982 on Chess Records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 21 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list, the second-highest ranking compilation on the list after The Sun Sessions by Elvis Presley. It was ranked number 51 in the 2020 reboot of the list.

"Love And Rhythm is about my musical journey and my love for all types of rhythm and music. I've spent my life exploring the beauty of every genre of music there is.