Featured New Releases for
December 17, 2021

A wide-ranging double album featuring some of the singer/songwriter and pianist's most moving performances and productions.

— Andy Kellman

Live album culled from the regular performances Chuck Berry gave at the St. Louis bar Blueberry Hill during the last 20 years of his life.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

With a bevy of esteemed guests, the multifaceted musician's second solo LP devises a spacious alt-pop that still makes room for off-balance textures.

— Marcy Donelson

The roots of riot grrrl can be traced back, in part, to this Australian punk band's sole 1989 album.

— Fred Thomas

Everything and more from the icons of psychedelic garage rock and unwitting precursors of religious rock opera.

— Mark Deming

Solo piano pieces recorded between 2009 and 2021, covering a considerable range of moods and textures.

— Paul Simpson

The fifth in John Dwyer's series of home-recorded group improvisations, and perhaps the best one yet.

— Paul Simpson

The second essential, joyous volume in Gilles Peterson's and Stuart Baker's Cuba series extends the reach of its predecessor.

— Thom Jurek

A pandemic-shadowed, palindromic work draws inspiration from both the passacaglia form and the Tibetan mandala.

— James Manheim

This album offers a fascinating deep dive into Vaughan Williams' arrangements in the Oxford Book of Carols.

— James Manheim

Virtually unknown and hugely enjoyable Baroque music from Naples, much of it rooted in popular forms.

— James Manheim

Performances of concertos by Vivaldi and his followers that preserve and brilliantly realize the virtuoso nature of his music.

— James Manheim

A return to the Chapel of King's College brings some normalcy to Christmastime.

— Keith Finke

Impressive sibling dynamics are on display in this album of works by Barber and Rachmaninov.

— James Manheim