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Joan Baez
Whistle Down The Wind [ Proper / CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Whistle Down The Wind is Joan's first new studio album in a decade, since 2008's critically acclaimed, Grammy -nominated Day After Tomorrow, which was produced by Steve Earle. Its release ignited an extraordinary decade of achievement by Joan,... |
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams
Plastic Bouquet [ Caroline Australia / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] Every December, Christchurch enjoys the start of summer as Saskatoon begins to freeze over. For as far apart as these places may seem, you would never know it from Plastic Bouquet - the debut collaborative album between Saskatoon duo Kacy & Clayton... |
L.A.B
III [ LOOP Recordings Aot(ear)oa / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] 12 months after the release of their second album, L.A.B - the power house group from the legendary Kora brothers Brad and Stu plus the extraordinary talent of Joel Shadbolt on lead guitar and vocals, Ara Adams-Tamatea from the mighty Katchafire on... |
Leonard Cohen
Thanks For The Dance [ Columbia / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] In a posthumous new album, Leonard Cohen has robbed death of the last word. 'Thanks for the Dance' is not a commemorative collection of B sides and outtakes, but an unexpected harvest of new songs, exciting and vital, a continuation of the... |
Lorde
Melodrama [ Universal Music CD / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] "Writing Pure Heroine was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this record - well, this one is about what comes next. ...The party is about to start. I am about to show you the new... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love [ Caroline / Universal Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in... |
Mel Parsons
Drylands [ Cape Road Records / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] Equal parts lush and dark, 'Drylands' is Mel Parsons' stunning 3rd full length album, and was recorded at Lee Prebble's Surgery studio (The Phoenix Foundation, The Black Seeds), Wellington, in late 2014. Co-produced by Parsons and Irish-Kiwi Gerry... |
Mel Parsons
Glass Heart [ Cape Road Records / CD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] Mel Parsons' fourth album Glass Heart is a bold and beautifully crafted body of work, which sees her revealing a darker and fuller sound, while still retaining her trademark poignant storytelling. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with... |
Nadia Reid
Out Of My Province [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Out of My Province showcases Nadia's sharpest songwriting to date, atmospheric arrangements replete with strings and Rhodes, and of course that immense voice, alternately soothing and riveting. |
Norah Jones
Day Breaks (Deluxe) (Includes 4 live bonus tracks) [ Blue Note / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] This is Norah Jones' stunning sixth solo album which is a kindred spirit to the singer's breakout debut Come Away With Me and finds the 9-time Grammy winner returning to the piano and her roots. The album features jazz luminaries including her Blue... |
Phoenix Foundation
Give Up Your Dreams [ Universal / CD - released 7/Aug/2015 ] The Phoenix Foundation return with their new and sixth studio album Give Up Your Dreams. It's a shrewd and vibrant reminder that in The Phoenix Foundation's gloriously absurd world of Technicolour pop, it's the challenges you set yourself that reap... |
Ray LaMontagne
Monovision [ RCA / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] 'Monovision' is the 8th studio album from singer songwriter, Ray LaMontagne. The new 10 track album was produced, written, played and engineered by Ray LaMontagne. Ray handled all vocals and instruments including acoustic electric guitars, bass,... |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof (Deluxe CD) [ Warner UK / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
Tami Neilson
Chickaboom [ Neilson Records / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] No one forgets the first time they saw Tami Neilson. She can hush a room with an original song that channels the hurting spirit of Patsy Cline or the sensuality of Peggy Lee, or bring the audience to its feet on a rockabilly raver. |
Tami Neilson
Don't Be Afraid [ Neilson Records / CD - released 25/Sep/2015 ] Rewind to 1972 for the beginnings of this album. A young Ron Neilson recorded a demo "Lonely" outside a hotel room while on tour across Canada. Decades later, it was completed by his daughter Tami when she discovered that demo a week after he passed... |
Tami Neilson
Kingmaker [ Neilson Records / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] From being cradled as a baby in the arms of Roy Orbison, to performing a duet with Willie Nelson, you would think that Tami Neilson lived a country music fantasy life. However, in between these monumental occurrences, The Neilson Family Band, with... |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
The Other Side [ ECM / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "This is the chill-out as a state of grace, and it can go as deep as you like. Sublime," wrote the Independent on Sunday of the Gustavsen's trio's Being There, released in 2007. Over the last decade Tord has explored other ensemble forms and formats,... |
The Warratahs
Drivin' Wheel (30th Anniversary Collection) [ Southbound / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] For over 30 years The Warratahs have carved a niche into the New Zealand landscape - literally from North Cape to Bluff, becoming legendary for extensively touring both small towns and cities alike. This year New Zealand's greatest country music... |
Aldous Harding
Designer [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
Aretha Franklin with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A Brand New Me [ Warner Music / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) pairs classic vocals from some of the most iconic songs that the Queen of Soul recorded for Atlantic Records with new arrangements performed by The Royal Philharmonic... |