In 2018, Roger McGuinn and I teamed up with @martystuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a 50th anniversary salute to Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Today, we announced the release of Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, With Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo set for Record Store Day 2024, April 20, as a limited edition 2 LP Translucent Gold Vinyl of 2,500 pressings, in a stunning gatefold cover. The album includes 24 tracks, selected from various stops on the 23-city, 27-show tour by Stuart’s audio engineer and the album’s producer, Mick Conley, and mastered for vinyl release by long time Byrds re-issue producer Joe Reagoso.

By the time of his fifth album, Havana Daydreamin', Jimmy Buffett seemed to have established a pattern for what a collection of his songs would be. The best one-word description for the musical style still would have to be "country," but Buffett, and probably his record label, had given up on trying to sell him to the conventional country audience, and instead aimed at a slice of the pop market. That was fair enough, since he had evolved a persona as a Gulf Coast ne'er-do-well in compositions full of sentimentally viewed oddball characters ("Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street," co-written with Steve Goodman, a re-recording of "The Captain and the Kid" from his first album, Down to Earth), self-deprecating self-portraits ("My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Don't Love Jesus"), and humorous depictions of life on the road for the working musician ("Big Rig," written by Gregory "Fingers" Taylor, harmonica player in Buffett's Coral Reefer Band, "Kick It in Second Wind," co-written with girlfriend Jane Slagsvol), with plenty of references to alcohol and recreational drugs thrown in. It was perhaps unfortunate that the two best-written songs on the album, each of which ended one side of the LP, were written by others, Jesse Winchester's touching, whimsical "Defying Gravity" and Steve Goodman's road song "This Hotel Room." But that suggested that Buffett was looking for good songs to sing, whether he wrote them himself or not. © William Ruhlmann

The Joni Mitchell Record That Forever Changed the Music and Cultural Landscapes: Blue Is Widely Considered One of the 10 Greatest Albums of All Time. 1971 Landmark Plays with Reference-Grade Detail, Intimacy, and Directness on Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD.

32-song set. Tour premieres of “Boom Boom” (written by John Lee Hooker), “Tougher Than the Rest,” “Fire,” and “Jolé Blon” (traditional, popularized by the Breaux Brothers, Joan Baez, Gary U.S. Bonds, et al.). “Fire” is performed acoustically with Patti Scialfa. “Trapped” returns to the set. Four songs from 2020’s Letter To You: “Ghosts,” “Letter to You,” “Last Man Standing” and “I’ll See You In My Dreams.” “Last Man Standing” features a new arrangement. “I’ll See You In My Dreams” is performed solo acoustic to end the show. One song from 2022’s Only the Strong Survive: “Nightshift” (written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange, popularized by The Commodores). Concert stalwarts like “Because The Night,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” are performed in tighter, shorter versions. “Thunder Road” is the main-set closer.

31-song set. Tour premieres of “Open All Night” (its first performance since 2014), “American Skin (41 Shots),” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” “Fire” is performed acoustically with Patti Scialfa. Tom Morello (electric guitar, lead and background vocals) guests on “American Skin (41 Shots)” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” “Sherry Darling” returns to the set. Four songs from 2020’s Letter To You: “Ghosts,” “Letter to You,” “Last Man Standing” and “I’ll See You In My Dreams.” “Last Man Standing” features a new arrangement. “I’ll See You In My Dreams” is performed solo acoustic to end the show. One song from 2022’s Only the Strong Survive: “Nightshift” (written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange, popularized by The Commodores). Concert stalwarts like “Because The Night,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” are performed in tighter, shorter versions. “Thunder Road” is the main-set closer.

"A life-changer – recorded at a moment in time when Willie & company happened to be the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world!" – Steve Simels, PowerPop

Per la prima volta nella sua carriera CHECCO ZALONE abbandona i panni dell’attore e si propone come musicista puro per accompagnare al pianoforte la voce di FRANCESCO DE GREGORI in un disco sorprendente: “PASTICHE” (Columbia Records /Sony Music), in uscita il 12 aprile. La tracklist,15 tracce per un doppio album, è una generosa incursione nella migliore musica italiana, dove le canzoni di De Gregori si alternano con quelle di autori come Paolo Conte, Pino Daniele, Antonello Venditti, dello stesso Zalone.

Mark Knopfler’s tenth solo studio album, One Deep River, features 12 unhurriedly elegant new songs, with his warm Geordie vocal tone, poetic storytelling lyrics and deft, richly melodic guitar playing all present and dazzling as ever. One Deep River offers an unstoppable flow of future Knopfler classics, with their customarily learned lyrics and refined guitar textures. They draw on a lifetime of genre-crossing ingredients and influences in blues, folk, rock and beyond.

29-song set. “Land of Hope and Dreams” returns to the set. Four songs from 2020’s Letter To You: “Ghosts,” “Letter to You,” “Last Man Standing” and “I’ll See You In My Dreams.” “Last Man Standing” features a new arrangement. “I’ll See You In My Dreams” is performed solo acoustic to end the show. One song from 2022’s Only the Strong Survive: “Nightshift” (written by Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert and Walter Orange, popularized by The Commodores). Concert stalwarts like “Because The Night,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” are performed in tighter, shorter versions. “Thunder Road” is the main-set closer.

First 2,000 copies are numbered and pressed at Quality Record Pressing. Mastered directly from the original master tape by Bernie Grundman. Runouts are etched.

Amiram (full name Amiram Eini) is one of the most prominent singer-songwriters on the Israeli indie/folk rock music scene. After years of leading the band Amiram Inc.

Amiram (full name Amiram Eini) is one of the most prominent singer-songwriters on the Israeli indie/folk rock music scene. After years of leading the band Amiram Inc.

The enduring charm, contemporary relevance, and harmonic convergence of Crosby, Stills & Nash's fabled self-titled debut owe not only to impeccably played songs and resonant lyrics, but to career-defining performances by music's first genuine supergroup. Crosby, Stills & Nash lingers as an example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Factor in phenomenal studio production and acoustic-based architecture that served as guideposts for myriad albums that followed, and popular music would never be the same.

Record Store Day 2019 RSD Exclusive Release, quantity 7,500. Housed in a rough cardstock sleeve with punch-hole, title/tracklist stickers on both sides, with additional die-cut plain paper inner sleeve. Record Store Day-branded hype sticker on the shrinkwrap (catalog number 19075931221S3) with Columbia "Walking Eye" logo reads: "The original New York version of Blood on the Tracks Replica of the 1974 test pressing Featuring unique mixesAvailable for the first time ever".

After an impressive 2010s run of albums that earned him a devoted fanbase, accolades from outlets like The New York Times, Fresh Air, and Pitchfork, and a place in the upper echelon of modern Americana singer-songwriters, John Moreland has already taken two unexpected turns this decade, both of which highlight his fierce artistic independence. First, he released a brilliant and sonically layered folk-electronica meditation on modern alienation, 2022’s Birds In The Ceiling, that took some of his fans by surprise.