Bandleader Simon Jeffes composed the leadoff track "Music for a Found Harmonium" on a harmonium he found abandoned on a Tokyo street, which offers an inkling of the musical inspiration that sprang from this remarkable Englishman. As usual, he gathers a loose aggregation of musicians who create stunning, free-flowing acoustic sounds that defy categorization.

Keyboardist Will Boulware and company strike again with another dose of to-die-for contemporary jazz. His first Eighty-Eight's label effort, "Over Crystal Green", won Swing Journal's Golden Disk award and helped to launch a label that has now received extensive acclaim from jazz and audiophile press. Boulware pulls out some heavy artillery on "Harmony", including a very special appearance by Phoebe Snow, who sings on three tracks. Will & Rainbow is rounded out by Peter Bernstein on guitar, Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone, Philippe Saisse on synthesizers, Steve Gadd on drums, and Anthony Jackson on bass.

On 2005's "Guero", Beck reunited with the Dust Brothers, the production team behind his benchmark 1996 release Odelay. The magic repeated itself, yielding Beck's highest charting US album, a debut at number two.

"Odelay" proved Beck was no flash in the pan following the success of his major label debut "Mellow Gold" and the single "Loser". The album became one of the most acclaimed and respected releases of the decade, selling more than three million copies, winning two Grammy Awards and earning a nomination for Album of the Year.

"X&Y" is the third studio album by the British alternative rock band Coldplay. The album, which features influences of electronic music, was produced by the band and British record producer Danton Supple. "X&Y" was released after a considerable amount of hype and was a significant commercial success, reaching the top spot of many charts worldwide, including the United Kingdom and United States, the latter being their first. With accumulated sales of 8.3 million units in 2005 alone, "X&Y" was the best-selling album released in 2005 worldwide. By 2011, the album had sold over 13 million copies worldwide.

"A Rush of Blood to the Head" is the second studio album by British alternative rock band Coldplay. The album was made available in August 2002, two months after its original planned release date. The album debuted and continued their huge commercial legacy, an ongoing pattern that began with "Parachutes" which made Coldplay one of the best-selling bands worldwide. The album has been critically acclaimed, and the band won the 2003 Grammy for Best Alternative Album for the second year in a row, and the 2004 Grammy for Record of the Year for the song "Clocks". In 2012 it was ranked number 466 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It was also voted the best album of all time by the listeners of BBC Radio 2 in a poll conducted in 2013.

This project - a tribute to an obscure Glaswegian indie band by an equally obscure Edinburgh jazz musician - is an oddly satisfying exercise in wilful Caledonian obscurity. The Pearlfishers, led by David Scott of the BMX Bandits, have been recording dreamy, elegant, adult-oriented pop since the early 90s, pitched somewhere between Brian Wilson, Steely Dan and Prefab Sprout.

Norby was a founding member of the band Street Beat in 1982. For two years, she was a member of the jazz-rock band Frontline. From 1985 to 1993, she worked with singer Nina Forsberg in the rock band One-Two.

This MarchVivo recording presents remastered excerpts from two recitals given by guitarist Ricardo Gallen at the Fundacion Juan March in 2014 and 2017.

Dream Catcher and The Big Gang Theory embark on an exciting musical journey through their 25 years of musical repertoire. In 2023, to celebrate their 25th anniversary, Dream Catcher released a double live album “Live - Under a blood red ground” and embarked on a “Best of Summer Tour”, supporting Robbie Williams and playing a series of festivals, some backed up by the HMD Big Band.

Adrian's exciting new studio album "Blood Sweat & Years" features new co-writes with top songwriter Charlie Midnight. The album features beautifully crafted songs throughout. We hear a thoughtful, reflective Adrian Gurvitz delivering songs from the heart and soul. Adrian's moving performances on every song is simply stunning. The Album also features the new classic "Blood Sweat and Years" the first single off the album. A heartfelt song of all the troubles in life, at times we all have, but still get there in the end.

Acoustic Disc has announced the release of Doc Watson & David Grisman, Doc & Dawg Live at Town Hall in download format only. On October 22, 1998, Arthel "Doc" Watson and David "Dawg" Grisman played two sets to a sold-out house at New York's legendary Town Hall. Fortunately, the music was well recorded by Dawg sound engineer Larry Cumings and released here for the first time. As guitarist Jack Lawrence, who also played in the concert, put it, "This recording from Town Hall is a prime example of the Doc & Dawg experience. In a setting as comfortable as our own homes we delivered two sets of honest, organic music. Here we have three friends enjoying each other’s company and playing music for the sheer joy of it. We never thought to approach it any other way."

Ten years after its original release, after having sold thousands of copies and collected millions of plays all over the world, “Canzoni” is finally available on vinyl, in a deluxe edition – double vinyl with gatefold sleeve – the album that revealed Chiara Civello’s talent as an interpreter, attesting her artistic depth on international stages.

A young violinist, paired with one of the most renowned Lisztians of our day, make an illuminating and harmonious partnership in an exquisite body of modern classics for the duo.

Hot Tuna is an American blues rock band formed in 1969 by former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen (guitarist/vocals) and Jack Casady (bassist). Although it has always been a fluid aggregation, with musicians coming and going over the years, the band's center has always been Kaukonen and Casady's ongoing collaboration.