The 89-year-old Ghanaian music pioneer records in Los Angeles with his sidemen and women as well as the Jazz Is Dead studio band.
On his sophomore date for Nonesuch, the trumpeter through composes five sprawling post-genre works with a quintet and string quartet.
Seasoned Nashville session players and expert production from David Ferguson help this celebrated underground songwriter make a classic traditional country album.
A straightforward triple-disc anthology covering the Brooklyn funk band's ten albums, from 1975 to 1985.
The Scottish singer/songwriter offers an album of sweeping romantic grandeur made with craft and heart.
A riveting pro-Black synthesis of sound collage and spoken word from the Black Monument Ensemble leader.
The second album by the Australian group is gloriously hard rocking and guitar forward while also showing off a more subtle, poppy side.
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The power pop icon's second solo album -- issued with a wealth of bonus tracks -- is full of the sparkling magic of rock & roll.
The second album from this London-based foursome is a winning exercise in pure pop songwriting with noisy guitars for seasoning.
The multifaceted artist's kinetic third album thrives in the complexities of intimacy and identity.
The English singer/songwriter's late-career renaissance continues with a rangy and eclectic set of surprising vitality.
The Finnish piano trio stretch their boundaries on a wonderfully intimate, entirely improvised album.
With earned outrage cranked up high and apologies at near zero, the U.K. power duo take on misogyny, capitalism, and more on an irrepressible debut.
Full of intricate arrangements and heartfelt sentiments, the album tracks the artist's immense and continuing growth as a musician, songwriter, and vocalist.
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Ace's 2024 CD reissue of the singer/songwriter's 1971 album complements its wide-open, psychedelic love songs with bonus tracks.
The Beatles' leading country fan records a rootsy, down-home LP that's warm, wise, and thoroughly satisfying.
The fifth album from this space-aged country jam band continues the slow but steady evolution of their cosmic Americana sound.
The avant-folk doyen seamlessly mixes Appalachian balladry, Irish folk, Ornette Coleman, Yoko Ono, and more on his move to River Lea Recordings.
The Malian desert blues group explores its roots, primarily performing with traditional acoustic instruments.
Magical works by Tippett receive superb, knife's-edge live performances.
Timeless -- but not ageless -- indie pop from wiser, regret-stained perspectives marks the debut of a trio led by the Field Mice's Michael Hiscock.
On their seventh album, Tamara Lindeman and company document the messiness of human nature with eloquence, compassion, and thrilling physicality.
Queer synth pop, new wave, and Hi-NRG rarities compiled by the venerable San Francisco label Dark Entries.