Midwest Tape April 2021 Music Catalog

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APRIL 2021 BUYER’S GUIDE

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“I’m thrilled to tell you that my new version of Fearless is done and will be with you soon. It’s called Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and it includes 26 songs.” – Taylor Swift

New Re-Recording from Taylor Swift!

Available April 9 Includes 6 unreleased tracks.

Republic Records 2 Discs 13960093 $18.99

Evermore

Folklore

Edited Version 13823386 $13.99 Guest Artists: Haim, The National, Bon Iver

Edited Version 13499497 $13.99

Universal Music Parental Advisory 13823352 $13.99

Republic Records Parental Advisory 13499496 $13.99

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Best of April Hot New Releases

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Top Music Picks

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BEST OF APRIL The in-demand titles patrons will be looking for.

Thomas Rhett

Justin Bieber

Country Again Side A

Justice

Def Jam Pop/Rock Parental Advisory 13995399 $13.99 Edited Version 13995400 $13.99 Justin Bieber’s highly anticipated sixth studio album, following the multi-Grammy Awardnominated 2020 album, Changes.

Valory Country Available April 30 14010754 $11.99 This album marks ACM Entertainer of the Year Thomas Rhett’s fifth studio album and features 11 songs, incuding his single What’s Your Country Song?

Kaleo

Greta Van Fleet

Surface Sounds

The Battle at Garden’s Gate

New Elektra Pop/Rock Available April 23 13333522 $11.99 Known for their electrifying live performances, Kaleo completely sold out their first US headline tour and was a standout at high-profile music festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo.

Republic Records Pop/Rock Available April 16 13957430 $13.99 After three years, one million concert tickets sold across five continents, four consecutive number-one singles, a Grammy Award, and performances on The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live, Greta Van Fleet releases its second album.

NF

Nick Jonas

NF Real Music Rap/Hip-Hop 13968425 $11.99 Building on the success of Perception and The Search, consecutive numberone Billboard Top 200 albums, NF is back with his first-ever mixtape. The project comes as a surprise for fans who are sure to enjoy NF’s signature blend of introspective lyrics and thematic elements.

Island Records Pop/Rock 13988516 $13.99 Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated singer-songwriter Nick Jonas returns with his third solo album. The album features the title track plus ten new songs and was largely written and recorded over Zoom with Greg Kurstin and Mozella during isolation.

Clouds The Mixtape

Spaceman

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HOT NEW RELEASES The in-demand titles patrons will be looking for.

The Offspring

Royal Blood Typhoons

Manchester Orchestra

Concord Records • Pop/Rock The legendary SoCal punk group returns with their tenth album (and first new offering since 2008), the blistering and triumphant Let the Bad Times Roll. The group describes the album as ‘the most cathartic thing we’ve done.’

Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock Kerr’s spiralling bass riff casts a hypnotic allure as it grows in intensity, while his vocals switch at will between a raw rock roar and a soulful falsetto. It’s underpinned

by Thatcher’s thundering beats, his taut rhythms infused with groove-laden hi-hats.

Available April 30 13967568 $11.99

Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock Atlanta indie-rock band releases their sixth studio album, featuring 11 tracks including their single Bead Head. Andy Hull, one of the band’s main songwriters, describes the album as ‘focusing on the highs and lows of life and exploring what could possibly come next.’

Dropkick Murphys

Escape the Fate

Mick Fleetwood

Dropkick Murphys Pop/Rock On Dropkick Murphys’ new album, the band boots in the front door of 2021 with a record that punches listeners square in the face and says, in the words of Ken Casey, ‘Get up, get out of those sweatpants you’ve been wearing for the last year, better times are ahead. LET‘S F-in’ GO!!’

Better Noise Music Pop/Rock Escape the Fate’s seventh full-length studio album on Better Noise Music includes tracks such as Walk On and Invincible (feat. Lindsey Stirling). Their upcoming release also features collaborative efforts with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.

Available April 16 Parental Advisory 13995384 $13.99

BMG Rights Management (UK) Guest Artists: Steven Tyler, David Gilmour In February 2020, Mick Fleetwood enlisted an all-star cast for a one-of-a-kind concert honoring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder, Peter Green.

Available April 30 2 Discs 13967566 $16.99

Let the Bad Times Roll

Available April 16 Parental Advisory 13960094 $14.99

Turn Up That Dial

Available April 30 Parental Advisory 14003145 $13.99

Gojira

Fortitude

Roadrunner Records Pop/Rock Gojira continues their career-long tradition of harnessing their music as a vehicle for environmental activism, with songs like Amazonia and The Chant not only surveying critical cases, but also catalyzing listeners to take action.

Available April 30 13967569 $11.99

Chemical Warfare

Bombay Bicycle Club

I Had the Blues but I Shook Them Loose Live at Brixton

Caroline International Pop/Rock Recorded during the English indie-rock band’s sold-out 2019 O2 Academy Brixton show that celebrated the tenth anniversary of their debut album.

Parental Advisory 13896099 $15.99

Rhiannon Giddens

They’re Calling Me Home Nonesuch • Country

Available April 9 13959289 $12.99 Guest Artist: Francesco Turrisi Rhiannon Giddens is a celebrated artist who excavates the past to reveal bold and candid truths about our present.

A MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant recipient, she has performed for the Obamas at the White House and acted in two seasons of the hit television series Nashville.

The Million Masks of God

Available April 30 13960095 $14.99

Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

Pet Shop Boys

Discovery Live in Rio

Rhino/Parlophone Pop/Rock Previously only available on VHS, this is the first time that fans will be able to experience this classic concert on CD. Pet Shop Boys decided to focus the two-hour set largely on uplifting songs with a party vibe.

Available April 30 2 Discs 13967565 $29.99

Imelda May

11 Past the Past

Verve • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Ronnie Wood, Gina Martin, Dr. Shola MosShogbamimu Irish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist’s sixth studio album is a record that brims with sensuality, emotional intelligence, spirituality, and intuition, marking a new chapter for Imelda and showcasing her at her most authentic. The album is an invigorating blast of rock n’ roll, with a purpose.

Available April 23 13936339 $13.99

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HOT NEW RELEASES Mat Kearney

January Flower

Tomorrow Music, Inc Pop/Rock With over a million albums already sold, Nashvillebased, Oregon-born singer-songwriter and producer Mat Kearney returns with his new album. The album sees Kearney in his rawest form, distilling the songwriting process and rediscovering the joy of making music.

FITZ, Fitz and the Tantrums Head Up High

New Elektra • Pop/Rock 13959288 $11.99

Available May 21 13938737 $11.99

In the middle of a twelve-year career earmarked by jubilant sold-out shows, multiplatinum success, and the beaming smiles of countless fans, FITZ, aka Michael Fitzpatrick, did something he’s actually never done before: the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Fitz and the Tantrums namesake and founder electrified his very first solo effort to life—at 50 years young.

St. Vincent

Willie Nelson

Luke Bryan

Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock The sixth album from St. Vincent is the latest facet of an ever-evolving artist regarded by many as the most consistently innovative and intriguing presence in modern music.

Sunset Blvd Records Country The breadth and scope of Willie Nelson’s career is staggering. He first established himself as part of a new generation of progressive country songwriters in the early ‘60s. Here are the obscure and rarely heard demo recordings he made prior to signing to Liberty and before RCA.

Capitol Nashville • Country The deluxe version of the album from country music superstar Luke Bryan features the charttopping hit Knockin’ Boots, as well as the single Whatever She Wants Tonight. It includes six new tracks in addition to the ten tracks from the standard version of the album.

Daddy’s Home

Available May 14 14007350 $14.99

Texas Willie

Available April 9

Born Here Live Here Die Here

2 Discs 13963348 $24.99

Available April 9 Deluxe Edition 13945639 $13.99

Nick Waterhouse

Voices 2

Nils Frahm

Innovative Leisure • R&B In Nick Waterhouse’s musical and lyrical world, blue is a refraction of his life and memories, shadowing a deep, spiritual San Francisco that fostered his musical vocabulary but has now been stamped out irrevocably, evoking the endless tours, marathon recording sessions, and highs and lows of success he’s experienced in his decade-long career.

Decca • Classical Composer Max Richter releases his second album inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Known for groundbreaking work as a composer, pianist, producer, and collaborator, Richter attended Edinburgh University, the Royal Academy of Music in London and completed his classical training with composer Luciano Berio in Florence.

Erased Tapes Records Pop/Rock Tripping with Nils Frahm is an illustration of Nils’s lauded ability as a composer and passionate live artist as well as the enchanting atmosphere of his captivating and already legendary Funkhaus shows, an extraordinary musical trip, rare and exclusive, close and intimate, bringing a unique concert experience to the screen.

Promenade Blue

Available April 9 13963347 $14.99

Cheap Trick

In Another World

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Pop/Rock Cheap Trick, one of the most influential classic rock groups of the past fifty years, returns with their nineteenth studio album.

Includes the single Light Up the Fire.

Available April 9 13936402 $13.99

Max Richter

Available April 9 13963361 $19.99

Tripping with Nils Frahm

Available April 9 13921423 $16.99

Giveon

When It’s All Said and Done...Take Time Epic • R&B 14009367 $11.99

Guest Artist: Snoh Aalegra Recently featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, Giveon’s soulful new album includes the singles Stuck on You; Heartbreak Anniversary; and Still Your Best.

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TOP MUSIC PICKS Titles people are talking about.

Lana Del Rey

Chemtrails Over the Country Club

Interscope • Pop/Rock Following the success of her 2019 Grammynominated album, NFR!, Lana Del Rey releases her highly anticipated seventh album. Her latest features eleven songs, including the singles Let Me Love You Like a Woman and the title track.

13910840 $13.99

Zara Larsson

The Weeknd

Epic • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Young Thug In the three years since the release of her debut album So Good, Zara Larsson’s star has continued to rise in the pop music world. Her new album includes the single Talk About Love.

13921420 $12.99

Xo Records • R&B The Weeknd releases a career-spanning album, a collection featuring some of his biggest hits from the last ten years. Includes the hits Blinding Lights; Can’t Feel My Face; and Starboy.

Parental Advisory 13928909 $13.99

Poster Girl

The Highlights

Edited Version 13928910 $13.99

Selena Gomez

Madison Beer

Jon Batiste

Interscope • Pop/Rock Selena Gomez releases her first Spanish-language EP, which includes the single Baila Conmigo.

13937006 $13.99

Sony Music • Pop/Rock Madison Beer is a rising pop star who has already amassed millions of followers on social media prior to the release of her debut album.

Verve • R&B Guest Artists: Trombone Shorty, PJ Morton, Hot 8 Brass Band A career-changing album from musician and activist Jon Batiste celebrates Black American culture and music while exploring themes of lineage, authenticity, excellence, and evolution.

13928841 $13.99

Revelacion EP

Life Support

Parental Advisory 13923430 $11.99

R+R=Now

Jane Monheit

Blue Note • Jazz Guest Artist: Omari Hardwick Robert Glasper settled into NYC’s Blue Note Club for a 2018 residency, featuring a new dream team collective.

A thrilling live recording with standout tracks like Change of Tone and a cover of Kendrick Lamar’s How Much a Dollar Cost.

Club 44 • Jazz Celebrating twenty years as a jazz vocalist, Jane Monheit chose songs that are honest and mature, showing that she has grown beyond the ingénue with whom people fell in love.

13921421 $12.99

R+R=Now Live

Come What May

Parental Advisory 13903012 $13.99

Coming 2 America Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists

Def Jam • Soundtracks Artists: YG, Bobby Sessions, Megan Thee Stallion The soundtrack creates a new era for Coming to America fans with three new tracks from YG feat. Big Sean, Bobby Sessions feat. Megan Thee Stallion, and John Legend and Burna Boy feat. Nile Rodgers.

13938664 $13.99

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Rhythms of Zamunda Music Inspired by Coming 2 America Various Artists

Def Jam • Soundtracks Artists: Nasty C, Ari Lennox, Tekno A blend of sixteen original tracks embodying the opulent countries and cultures of Pan-Africa.

Boasting a wide range of superstars from across the continent, the album features South African superstars Nasty C, Tekno, and many more.

Parental Advisory 13938665 $13.99

We Are

Valerie June

The Moon and Stars Prescriptions for Dreamers

Fantasy • R&B With her spellbinding vocals and infectious sense of wonder, Valerie June gently eases the listener into a far more charmed state of mind, one that quickly restores a powerful feeling of joyful possibility.

13923476 $14.99

Ashnikko Demidevil

Parlophone • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Princess Nokia, Kelis, Grimes After the coronavirus lockdown hit, Ashnikko threw her energy into compiling her best project yet: a collection of songs that celebrate female sexuality and noughties pop, featuring Grimes, Kelis, and countless vicious one-liners.

Parental Advisory 13910289 $10.99

TOP MUSIC PICKS Eric Church

Carrie Underwood My Savior

Capitol Nashville • Country Months after releasing her first Christmas album, Carrie Underwood returns with her first-ever inspirational album.

It features the Grammy Award-winning singer performing traditional gospel hymns.

13923324 $11.99

Sturgill Simpson

Cuttin’ Grass Volume 2 Cowboy Arms

High Top Mountain Records Country Released digitally in December, Sturgill Simpson’s second bluegrass album includes new versions of songs from his acclaimed release, 2016’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth.

Reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Eric Church is giving fans not one but two new albums in 2020. The country star created all of these songs during a 28-day retreat in the mountains of North Carolina.

Heart

Soul

Available April 16 13928842 $11.99

Available April 23 13928843 $11.99

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

NOW That’s What I Call Music!

Outlaw Country

EMI Nashville • Country

All the Good Times

Available April 2 13903013 $11.99

Acony Records • Folk The first Welch/Rawlings collaboration to feature both of their names on the cover received a 2021 Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album.

This physical release has revised art and packaging, including some new photos.

13928845 $13.99

Kings of Leon

Chris Cornell

RCA Records • Pop/Rock Five years after releasing the album Walls, Kings of Leon return with a new album. It includes the single The Bandit.

13909718 $12.99

Interscope • Pop/Rock A handpicked collection of cover songs by the late Chris Cornell, which he personally selected and sequenced to celebrate the artists and songs that inspired him, including John Lennon, Janis Joplin, and Prince.

13937007 $13.99

When You See Yourself

Paul Stanley’s Soul Station Now and Then

UMe • Pop/Rock With this new project, Kiss lead singer Paul Stanley pays homage to the influences of his youth.

He has called upon a seasoned set of musicians to record a set of classic Motown covers and five original songs.

13923473 $13.99

No One Sings Like You Anymore

EMI Nashville • Country

Various Artists

NOW • Country Artists: Chris Stapleton, Jamey Johnson, Steve Earle The first installment of the special Outlaw Country brand under the popular NOW series. Country music fans can hear these eighteen tracks from favorite artists, including Chris Stapleton, Johnny Cash, and Miranda Lambert.

13937008 $18.99

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Way Down in the Rust Bucket

Reprise • Pop/Rock Neil Young continues to release more music from the archives with this live album. Recorded in 1990, this show features some of the first live performances of songs from the album Ragged Glory.

2 Discs 13917269 $16.99

Weezer

Chevelle

Atlantic • Pop/Rock When the pandemic delayed the release of Weezer’s Van Weezer, the band found themselves back in the studio, creating what would become their fourteenth studio album.

13923536 $12.99

Epic • Pop/Rock Chevelle’s ninth studio album stands out as the band’s most pummeling and provocative record yet.

They have pieced together an intriguing and inimitable body of work, featuring the lead single Self Destructor.

OK Human

Niratias

Parental Advisory 13921422 $12.99

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JUSTIN BIEBER New album includes the singles Lonely and Anyone.

Justice

Def Jam Pop/Rock Parental Advisory 13995399 $13.99 Edited Version 13995400 $13.99 Guest Artists: Chance the Rapper, Benny Blanco Justin Bieber’s highly anticipated sixth studio album, following the multi-Grammy Award-nominated 2020 album, Changes.

The Voice judge returns with his third solo album.

Spaceman Island Records Pop/Rock 13988516 $13.99

Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated singersongwriter Nick Jonas returns with his third solo album.

The album features the title track plus ten new songs.

He has found a new sonic landscape that felt both fresh and like a nod to the records he loves from the ‘80s.

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ROCK Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum

The Offspring

Morpho Music Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum is a new alternative band, with influences from David Bowie to Black Sabbath to Donna Summer, all with a unique and modern spin. It features Dexter actor Michael C. Hall on lead vocals.

Available April 16

Thanks for Coming

Let the Bad Times Roll Concord Records

13960094 $14.99 The Offspring return with their tenth album, and first new offering since 2008. The blistering and triumphant release includes the single Let the Bad Times Roll.

Available May 7 13944989 $16.99

Gojira

Fortitude

Roadrunner Records Gojira continues their career-long tradition of harnessing their music as a vehicle for environmental activism with songs like Amazonia and The Chant not only surveying critical cases, but also catalyzing listeners to take action.

Available April 30 13967569 $11.99

Manchester Orchestra

The Million Masks of God

Loma Vista Recordings Manchester Orchestra’s latest release showcases their strength and boundary-pushing invention and is a testament to the kinship of its songwriting duo.

Available April 30 13960095 $14.99

Mick Fleetwood

Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

BMG Rights Management (UK) Guest Artists: Steven Tyler, David Gilmour In February 2020, Mick Fleetwood enlisted an all-star cast for a one-of-a-kind concert honoring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder, Peter Green.

Available April 30 2 Discs 13967566 $16.99

David Gray

Cheap Trick

Imelda May

Laugh a Minute Records A communal soundscape with the atmospheric songs centering themselves around six-part vocals with David Gray trading his signature gravel for a softer tone.

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Cheap Trick, one of the most influential classic rock groups of the past fifty years, returns with their nineteenth studio album.

Includes the single Light Up the Fire.

Verve Guest Artists: Ronnie Wood, Noel Gallaghter On her sixth album, Imelda May continues to deliver a modern take on classic rock styles. The album’s first single, Just One Kiss, features Noel Gallagher and Ronnie Wood.

Skellig

Available May 14 13959558 $13.99

In Another World

Available April 9 13936402 $13.99

Royal Blood Typhoons Warner Bros.

Available April 30 13967568 $11.99 The third full-length album from rock duo Royal Blood is one of the most anticipated rock releases of 2021. It takes a similar back-to-basics approach to what made their self-titled debut album so thrilling, visceral, and original.

11 Past the Hour

Available April 23 13936339 $13.99

Mat Kearney

January Flower

Tomorrow Music, Inc With over a million albums already sold, singersongwriter and producer Mat Kearney returns with his new album. The album sees him in his rawest form, distilling the songwriting process and rediscovering the joy of making music.

Available May 21 13938737 $11.99

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LIVE ALBUMS

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Pet Shop Boys

Mick Fleetwood

Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

Discovery Live in Rio

Rhino/Parlophone • Pop/Rock

Available April 30 2 Discs 13967565 $29.99

Previously only available on VHS, this is the first time that fans will be able to experience this classic concert on CD. Pet Shop Boys decided to focus the two-hour set largely on uplifting songs with a party vibe.

Hillsong United The People Tour Live at Madison Square Garden

Hillsong • Religious Guest Artists: Amanda Lindsey Cook, Mack Brock Recorded live from their sold-out show at Madison Square Garden on July 2, 2019, Hillsong UNITED invites the viewer into the room with them by capturing the powerful and captivating night from their successful tour.

2 Discs 13888623 $16.99

The Fall

The Fall Take It to the Wire

Butch Walker

American Love Story Live and Quarantined

Ruby Red Records, LLC Pop/Rock In a one-man show, singersongwriter Butch Walker delivers a live and acoustic version of his latest album.

13896145 $10.99

BMG Rights Management (UK) Guest Artists: Steven Tyler, David Gilmour In February 2020, Mick Fleetwood enlisted an all-star cast for a oneof-a-kind concert honoring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder, Peter Green.

Available April 30 2 Discs 13967566 $16.99

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Way Down in the Rust Bucket

Reprise • Pop/Rock Neil Young continues to release more music from the archives with this live album. Recorded in 1990, this show features some of the first live performances of songs from the album Ragged Glory.

2 Discs 13917269 $16.99

Bombay Bicycle Club

Tower of Power

Caroline International Pop/Rock Recorded on November 8, 2019, Bombay Bicycle Club’s sold-out show at Brixton Academy was a celebration of the tenth anniversary of their debut album.

Artistry • R&B Tower of Power has been a funk institution since 1968.

This release captures their storied career with no-holds-barred victory lap concerts in Oakland, CA, performing their full spectrum of life-affirming funk.

I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose Live at Brixton

50 Years of Funk & Soul Live at the Fox Theater - Oakland, CA - June 2018

Parental Advisory 13896099 $15.99

3 Discs 13961197 $27.99

Jose James

CeCe Winans

Belle and Sebastian

Rainbow Blonde Records Jazz Throughout a decade-long career, Jose James built a reputation for electric live shows. Despite the pandemic, he found a way to connect with audiences with this live performance.

13910831 $15.99

Fair Trade/Columbia Religious CeCe Winans releases her first ever live album, which includes the anthem Never Lost.

This contains several of her top hits and several new worship songs done as only CeCe can do with her powerful yet soothing signature style.

13945638 $12.99

Matador • Pop/Rock Belle and Sebastian present 22 live performances featuring songs from across their 25-year career. The recordings showcase the Scottish septet at the height of their power during their 2019 tour.

Ozit/Dandelion • Pop/Rock Great live recording from a radio broadcast of the Fall live on Sunday, June 16, 1985, at Clitheroe Castle, Lancashire.

It was a free open-air concert. The set was broadcast on Steve Barker’s On the Wire, BBC Radio Lancashire.

13957434 $14.99

José James New York 2020 Live

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Believe For It

What to Look for in Summer

2 Discs 13761326 $18.99

CLASSICAL Winterreise

Liszt

Voices 2

Erato Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and conductorpianist Yannick NézetSéguin join forces to take on one of the most brilliant song cycles ever written.

Decca Hot on the heels of his 2020 Diapason d’Or and Gramophone Award triumphs, British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor presents his next album.

The album signifies Grosvenor’s most substantial solo recording to date.

Decca Max Richter creates the sequel to the acclaimed Voices album. It builds upon on the themes and ideas that the first album brought up, including the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Joyce DiDonato & Yannick Nezet-Seguin

Benjamin Grosvenor

Available April 23 13943536 $18.99

Available April 9 13963360 $16.99

Max Richter

Available April 9 13963361 $19.99

Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

Playground in a Lake

LSO Live For this recording, the Orchestra’s Music Director Sir Simon Rattle conducted from memory, performing the uncut version of this symphonic treasure.

13945636 $14.99

Deutsche Grammophon Clark delivers a full concept work that touches and intertwines themes of climate change and lost innocence. Using boundary-pushing elements, this recording tears through the fabric of traditional composing.

13950045 $13.99

Deutsche Grammophon The brand new reworks project from acclaimed pianist Víkingur Ólafsson.

Features unreleased originals such as Debussy’s Pour le Piano, as well as reinterpretations by artists such as Hania Rani, Balmorhea, Hugar, and Helgi Jonsson.

13923478 $13.99

Uneasy

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Veronica Swift

ECM Vijay Iyer presents a powerful new trio, in which he is joined by two key figures in creative music, Tyshawn Sorey and Linda May Han Oh.

Blue Note Guest Artist: Iggy Pop On this night the good doctor took the stage with an expanded lineup featuring Jonathan Kreisberg, Johnathan Blake, John Ellis, Jason Marshall, Sean Jones, and Robin Eubanks.

There is also a collaboartion with Iggy Pop. 13950043 $13.99

Mack Avenue Records Veronica’s Swift crafts an ingenious song cycle that tackles sexism, domestic abuse, environmental issues, racism, xenophobia, and the dangers of fake news.

13961174 $17.99

London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle

Clark

Reflections

Vikingur Olafsson

JAZZ Various Artists

Available April 9 13963359 $18.99

Breathe

This Bitter Earth

Uma Elmo

Dopolarians

Nubiyan Twist

ECM With his fifth album, Jakob Bro presents a new trio featuring Arve Henriksen and Jorge Rossy.

Astonishingly, given the trio’s musical synergy, the first time these three musicians ever performed together was for the album’s sessions 13950041 $18.99

Mahakala Music Dopolarians’ signature sound of accessible, beautiful, freely improvised music is on full display. From the most delicate balladry to roaring, Alice Coltraneinspired screaming vamps, this record is a masterclass in soulful, lyrical free improvisation.

Strut Guest Artists: Ria Moran, Cherise Twist returns with their brand new album on Strut, the follow-up to the acclaimed Jungle Run from spring 2019.

13921427 $13.99

Various Artists

The Bond

Freedom Fables

Available April 2 13950031 $13.99

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CHRISTIAN CeCe Winans

The Gaither Vocal Band

Believe for It

That’s Gospel, Brother

Fair Trade/Columbia 13945638 $12.99 Gospel music icon CeCe Winans releases her first ever live album, which includes the anthem Never Lost.

This contains several of her top hits and several new worship songs in her powerful yet soothing signature style.

Gaither Music Group The Gaither Vocal Band continues to raise the standard of benchmark harmonies with this uplifting recording. Features innovative renditions of classic favorites as well as signature versions of new songs.

13938735 $13.99

For King & Country

Pat Barrett

Merry Clayton

Word Entertainment Guest Artist: Lecrae For King & Country release a deluxe edition of their hit album, complete with collaborations with Dolly Parton, Timbaland, Tori Kelly, Kirk Franklin, and more.

Deluxe Edition: Remixes & Collaborations 13936403 $11.99

Bowyer & Bow Guest Artists: Chris Tomlin, Harolddd Known for his popular songs such as Build My Life and The Way (New Horizon), artist, worship leader, and songwriter Pat Barrett returns with his second studio album.

13910832 $11.99

Burn the Ships

Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly

Beautiful Scars

Motown Gospel Merry Clayton is a living legend of unparalleled solar-powered vocal majesty, boldly bringing the Black American church experience across musical genres and styles.

Available April 9 13963358 $11.99

R&B Robin Thicke

On Earth, and in Heaven

Lucky Music Marking his first full-length album in six years, fivetime Grammy Award nominee and diamondselling performer, actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Robin Thicke makes a return in 2021 with this long-awaited new album.

Parental Advisory 13944987 $12.99

Nick Waterhouse Promenade Blue

Innovative Leisure In Nick Waterhouse’s musical and lyrical world, this album is one that is vivid and magnetic, buoyed by both light and density due to Waterhouse’s newfound collaboration with producer Paul Butler.

Available April 9 13963347 $14.99

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Steve Arrington

Down to the Lowest Terms The Soul Sessions

Stones Throw Records After a seven-year hiatus, funk legend Steve Arrington returns with his uplifting and soulful new album.

Available April 9 13963352 $9.99

John Morales

John Morales Presents Teena Marie Love Songs & Funky Beats - Remixed with Loving Devotion

BBE Music Producer extraordinaire John Morales celebrates the life and work of R&B/soul legend Teena Marie with a double album full of brand new remixes, lovingly crafted from the original studio tapes.

2 Discs 13961193 $27.99

United State of Mind

Various Artists

Manhaton Records Livingstone Brown, Maxi Priest, and Robin Trowe, three artists with distinctive, trademark sounds and styles that dovetail and fuse together, create an excellent whole that’s full of atmosphere, allure, and a whole lotta soul.

Available April 16 13970078 $14.99

Menahan Street Band

The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band

Daptone Records Menahan Street Band, a veritable supergroup of some of today’s most prolific songwriters, arrangers, and producers, returns with this beat-forward, cinematic masterpiece.

13901737 $13.99

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CHILDREN’S Under the Pepper Tree

Putumayo Kids Presents Yoga Dreamland

Sara Watkins

New West Records 13957445 $13.99

Various Artists

Guest Artists: Nickel Creek, I’m with Her With the nostalgic and gentle album, Sara Watkins offers a comforting record for those moments as daily rhythms fade into nightly rituals and when a child’s imagination comes to life.

Body Builders Character Building Kids Songs for the Body of Christ The Kathy Ulrich Singers

Self Produced These songs are all about building character qualities. Every song is a different style, from rock to jazz, calypso to gospel, country to ballad, blues to folk. They’re lively and fun to sing.

13801644 $16.99

The Yellow Album Tiny Tones

Self Produced Original and traditional songs for children and families to enjoy and sing along.

13801659 $11.99

Let’s Go, Pistachio!

Kelli Welli

CD Baby Kelli Welli’s new album combines hints of country with plenty of good humor.

It includes the track Kickin’ It with My Chicken.

13978805 $14.99

Sing Along Songs for Kids 5 and 2

Self Produced A variety of sing-along children’s songs that are playful, peaceful, beautiful, and creative.

13801646 $7.99

For the Moon and the Sun

The Mister Chris and Friends Band

Self Produced Heartfelt original music inspired by and written for children and families.

13801639 $11.99

Putumayo World Music Artists: Nitin Sawhney, Aiko Shimada Tranquil music from around the world for yoga, relaxation, and bedtime. Includes music from Lodoe, Peter Kater, Michael Brant DeMaria, Marta Gomez, and more.

13967561 $14.99

Awesome!

Jesse Jukebox

Self Produced Jesse Jukebox turns ADHD childhood memories into a collection of songs for kids of all ages.

13801655 $13.99

AlphaBits AlphaBits

Jangletown AlphaBits combine classic rock songs, childhood favorites, and original songs to create an album that gets young listeners singing, dancing, and hopping around.

13801634 $11.99

The Wiggles We’re All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles’ Greatest Hits The Wiggles

ABC (Australian) 13988586 $12.99 It is the sixth ‘Best Of’ album set to be released.

The Wiggles announced this album on January 27, 2021. But unlike the others, this time some of the songs were picked by public vote via Spotify and Apple Music.

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CHILDREN’S TOP PICKS KIDZ BOP All-Time Greatest Hits KIDZ BOP Kids

KIDZ BOP KIDZ BOP’s family-friendly new album compiles the biggest hits of this millennium, hits sung by kids for kids. Featuring kid-friendly versions of songs such as I Gotta Feeling; Call Me Maybe; Happy; and Old Town Road.

13936338 $10.99

Gershwin’s Magic Key

Classical Kids

Children’s Group The first new release in 20 years from the awardwinning Classical Kids Series, most famous for Beethoven Lives Upstairs. The songs here tell of a story of one boy’s chance encoutner with George Gershwin.

13923322 $16.99

Songs Across the Pond Brady Rymer & David Gibb

Bumblin’ Bee Records Four-time Grammy nominee Brady Rymer and UK BBC Folk Award nominee David Gibb present a collaborative album about making new friends, sharing unexpected discoveries, and creating joyful music together!

13559506 $12.99

Let’s Go!

The Laurie Berkner Band Concord Music Group Inc. 13921431 $10.99

Laurie Berkner’s fourteenth album showers her ever-growing list of fans with an inspiring array of original, interactive songs in her signature style, famous for its clarity, warmth, and wisdom.

Una Idea Tengo Yo

Happy Heart!

Salsana Records Guest Artist: Son de Barro Latin Grammy Awardwinning duo 123 Andres presents a collection of eleven upbeat Spanishlanguage songs that help spark curiosity on all things science.

13730493 $16.99

Aurora Elephant Music Sweet, tender, happy, singalong good time songs for the whole family is what the eighteenth Caspar Babypants album is all about. Some of the themes on this new album include counting five ducks and talking to monkeys.

13644866 $12.99

123 Andres

Small But Mighty Songs for Growing People Andy Cohen

Earwig Music Troubadour Andy Cohen, a stellar finger-picker on acoustic guitar and a fine piano player, mixes his own songs for children with tasty versions of classic blues, folk songs, and tunes from Tin Pan Alley.

13769709 $15.99

A Mind of Your Own

Caspar Babypants

Cats Sit on You

The Story Pirates

Face Cake Records The third album from the Story Pirates features hilarious, fan-favorite songs that originally appeared on the Story Pirates podcast, winner of the 2020 Webby Award for Best Kids and Family Podcast.

13588197 $12.99

Best of GoNoodle GoNoodle

The Bright Siders Smithsonian Folkways 13786351 $14.99

Guest Artists: The War and Treaty, Kristin Andreassen Debut release from the duo of songwriter Kristin Andreassen and child psychiatrist Kari Groff, MD. Brimming with uplifting and empowering songs, this invites listeners to think deeply on the emotions that come with growing up.

Verve Music Group For the first time in one place, enjoy 14 of the most popular songs from GoNoodle bands like Blazer Fresh and Moose Tube, beloved by kids and their grownups.

13660041 $13.99

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