Willie Nelson

Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)

Legacy / Sony Music / Sony Music Entertainment

Country, Pop/Rock

A joyous, star-studded celebration of Willie Nelson held at the Hollywood Bowl on his 90th birthday.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Black Crowes

The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion [Deluxe Edition]

American Recordings

Pop/Rock

The band's second album is a heavy, dramatic, and very assured slice of truly classic classic rock, presented here with live tracks and worthwhile rarities.

— Tim Sendra

Rosanne Cash

The Wheel [Deluxe Edition]

Rumblestrip Music

Country, Pop/Rock, Folk

The expanded 30th anniversary reissue of a masterful meditation on change from the great singer and songwriter.

— Mark Deming

Mac DeMarco

Some Other Ones [Canary Yellow Vinyl]

Captured Tracks

Pop/Rock

This collection of light and summery instrumentals originally made available as a download in 2015 finally sees wide-scale release.

— Fred Thomas

Ambrose Akinmusire

Owl Song

Nonesuch / Warner Bros.

Avant-Garde, Jazz

The trumpeter leads a deeply meditative yet still celebratory trio collaboration with the veteran jazz masters.

— Matt Collar

L'Orange / Joell Ortiz

Signature

Mello Music Group

Rap

Remixes of tracks from the Brooklyn rapper's autobiographical 2021 effort, improving on the material by setting it to an abstract noir canvas.

— Paul Simpson

Eels

Eels So Good: Essential Eels, Vol. 2 (2007-2020)

E Works / PIAS

Pop/Rock

Twenty tracks of pure (noisy) pop for neurotic people from the files of Mark Oliver Everett.

— Mark Deming

Therion

Leviathan III

Napalm Records

Pop/Rock

The band's vaunted trilogy comes to an end with its most stylistically diverse and musically dramatic volume.

— Thom Jurek

Thin Lizzy

Vagabonds of the Western World [Deluxe Edition]

Decca / Universal

Pop/Rock

A Dolby Atmos mix plus bonus tracks, radio sessions, live performances and a slew of demos and outtakes.

Ancient Infinity Orchestra

River of Light

Gondwana

Jazz

The debut album of warm, sonically layered spiritual jazz from the British ensemble.

— Matt Collar

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tõnu Kaljuste / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Veljo Tormis: Reminiscentiae

ECM New Series

Classical

Pristine orchestral and choral music from Estonia combines folk and minimalist influences.

— James Manheim

Lea Desandre / Thomas Dunford

Idylle

Erato

Classical

A bold mezzo-soprano program, equally brilliant in conception and execution.

— James Manheim

Angela Hewitt

Mozart: Piano Sonatas K310-K311, K330-K333

Hyperion

Classical

Mozart cycle continues with excellent performances that capture the composer's exploration of the new sonorities offered by the piano.

— James Manheim

Cappella Romana / Alexander Lingas

Arvo Pärt: Odes of Repentance

A Cappella / Cappella Romana

Classical

Pärt and the Cappella Romana are a much-awaited match made in heaven.

— James Manheim

John Storgårds / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Weinberg: Dawn; Symphony No. 12

Chandos

Classical

Fine Weinberg works certainly influenced by Shostakovich but not shadowed by him.

— James Manheim

Domingo Hindoyan / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Verismo: Preludi e Intermezzi

Onyx Classics

Classical

Instrumental excerpts from verismo operas: innovative, entertaining, and beautifully played.

— James Manheim

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