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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... |
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The Beths
Future Me Hates Me [ Carpark / CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] **Repress due to hit NZ early - mid 2023.** The Beths occupy a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics. Their debut album Future Me Hates Me, forthcoming on Carpark Records, delivers an... |
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The Eastern
Hope and Wire [ Rough Peel Records / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] A string band that roars like a punk band, swings like a gospel band, drinks like a country band, works like a bar band, opes like folk singers, sings love songs like union songs, and writes union songs like love songs... |
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Emily Fairlight
Mother Of Gloom [ Emily Fairlight / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] Taking its title from a line by Martha Wainwright and with song titles like Body Below, Drag The Night In, Private Apocalypse, Sinking Ship and Loneliest Race you'd expect a fairly dark ride on the second album by this Wellington-based alt.folk... |
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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... |
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Various Artists
The Offering [ Thom Productions / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Thom Productions presents The Offering - a charity album to support The Salvation Army! At its heart, the Offering project is best described as 'the artists of our time presenting the music of all time'. This compilation sets out to present... |
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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... |
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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... |
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Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways [ Columbia / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Rough And Rowdy Ways, the first album of original songs from Bob Dylan in eight years. The album follows the recent release of two other songs from the forthcoming Rough And Rowdy Ways: The album's lead-off track, "I Contain Multitudes," and the... |
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David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights
Bobbie's A Girl [ Merge / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] David Kilgour's 11th solo album, Bobbie's a girl is a quieter affair than fans may associate with the pioneer of New Zealand indie rock. "I tended to shy away from too much guitar playing for a point of difference and to mix things up for myself a... |
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David Rawlings
Poor David's Almanack [ Acony Records / CD - released 11/Aug/2017 ] Guitar man David Rawlings leaves the Machine moniker behind for his third album, Poor David's Almanack, a wry mixture of acoustic and electric performances rich in ageless American vernacular. Gloriously captured on analog tape by studio wizards Ken... |
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Delaney Davidson
Lucky Guy [ Rough Diamond Inc / CD - released 4/Sep/2015 ] "Lucky Guy" is a compact set of 12 songs recorded in The Lab, Auckland and mixed in New York with Matt Verta Ray (Heavy Trash). Used to the unavoidable sprawl of time and the ramble of his tours, Davidson avoids the technique of collation, curation... |
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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,... |
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Lorde
Melodrama [ Universal Music / 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... |
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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... |
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Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
Love Is Here To Stay [ Verve / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] Tony Bennett and Diana Krall celebrate their shared love of the music of George and Ira Gershwin on their new collaborative album. |
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Trio-Da Kali and Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] You take a trio of the finest traditional griot musicians from Mali and put them in the studio with a renowned and revolutionary Western string quartet - and the resulting album is one of the most richly rewarding musical collaborations you are... |
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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... |
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Adele
25 [ XL Recordings / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Out Now! "My last record was a break up record and if I had to label this one I would call it a make up record. I'm making up with myself. making up for lost time. making up for everything I ever did and never did." |
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Alabama Shakes
Sound & Color [ Rough Trade / CD - released 17/Apr/2015 ] 'Sound & Color' demonstrates the tremendous strides made by a group of young musicians who had only been playing together for a few months when they recorded their first album,... |