New music! As always, I haven’t listened to these albums yet, so I can’t attest to their quality. But I am eager to check them out. I starred the ones I am most interested in listening to.
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- *iLe – Como Las Canto Yo (Boleros)
- * Mon Laferte – FEMME FATALE (Mexico-based Chilean alisonfeighan1@gmail.com singer/songwriter, jazz, soul, ranchera, and bolero)
- *Carl Perkins – Some Things Never Change (unreleased 1990 album by rockabilly pioneer)
- *Tony Joe White – The Real Thank (Re-release of lost 1980 album with bonus tracks by swamp rocker)
- *Macario Martínez – Si Mañana Ya No Estoy (Mexican acoustic guitarist and singer)
- Brandi Carlile – Returning to Myself (you know who Brandi Carlile is)
- DION, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Philosopher (new blues and heartland rock from early 1960s rocker)
- Cowboy Junkies – More Acoustic Junk (Re-release with bonus tracks)
- Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska 82: Expanded Edition
- Cautious Clay – The Hours: Night (R&B)
- Joshua Hedley – No Hat (Western Swing)
- Carlos Dafe, Adrian Younge – Carlos Dafe JID025 (Latin jazz)
- Bahamas, My Second Last Album (laid back singer guitarist
- Yazmin Lacey – Teal Dreams (R&B with Caribbean influences)
- Soyuz – Krok (jazz and MPB-influenced easy listening)
- Horace Silver – Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (jazz)
- Fergus McCreadie – The Shieling (post-bop jazz and Scottish folk)
- Antibalas – Hourglass (afrobeat)
- Amadou & Mariam – L’Amor à la Folie (sparse Afro-Funk)
- Gal Costa – As Melhores (Best-Of collection by legendary Brazilian singer)
Here are new songs not (yet) on albums I am eager to check out. Sort so the newest ones are first. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PzB7LYHLlnj9ZIY8DibaV?si=EKGoEfSPTJmVGNbSTwPvQg&pi=6asgzWQhSAKHz
Music spotlight:
I am reading a well-written and gripping biography of Frank Sinatra, titled Frank: The Voice, by James Kaplan. I recommend it. Like most of us, my favorite Sinatra period is his great Capitol recordings from the 1950s. But I wanted to listen to something different, so I made a playlist of some of his best Reprise recordings from the 1960s and onward. There is some great music here, even if Sinatra’s Reprise recordings are not as strong overall as his Capitol recordings. Take a listen: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7mIvJ6xeSFhu2jt9M51X5t?si=jcpsD4_fRwCalXYk4CCrrw&pi=VJSSR7uCTmOgr