Recent Passion Releases

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  J Balvin
  JOSE
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  In contrast to 2020's concise and isolated Colores, the Colombian superstar's sixth LP embraces a bright smattering of styles across a lengthy, collaborative track list.

  - David Crone
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  Rufus Wainwright
  Unfollow the Rules: The Paramour Ses …
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  A superb if abbreviated live set culled from a June 2020 album-release stream featuring minimal accompaniment and two previously unreleased songs.

  - Marcy Donelson
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  Terence Blanchard
  Absence
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  The trumpeter pairs his fusion E-Collective with Turtle Island Quartet for this expansive, endlessly mutative homage to Wayne Shorter.

  - Matt Collar
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  The Joy Formidable
  Into the Blue
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  The Welsh indie rock trio's fifth album and second since relocating to Utah is a work of muscular, transcendent beauty.

  - Matt Collar
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  Ben Platt
  Reverie
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  The Broadway star's second pop album ventures into indie electronica while adhering to the intimate, longing character of his debut.

  - Marcy Donelson
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  Madi Diaz
  History of a Feeling
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  Residing between spare, country-inflected acoustic song and visceral indie rock, a notably personal and forthright fifth album fueled by a breakup.

  - Marcy Donelson
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  Jazzmeia Horn
  Dear Love
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  A transcendent big band album from the Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger.

  - Matt Collar
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  GA-20
  Try It... You Might Like It! GA-20 D …
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  The Massachusetts trio deliver a riotously raw tribute to the great Chicago bluesman.

  - Thom Jurek
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  Indigo De Souza
  Any Shape You Take
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  The Asheville-based songwriter's hooky and thematically unbalanced second album doubles down on the debut's raw, candid ethos.

  - Marcy Donelson