This double disc set features mostly live selections from the early 1970s to the 1980s along with some alternate takes. CD 1 opens with Die Sinfonie, a long track from their eponymous debut album, here you can enjoy a 1973 live version featuring that distinctive Grobschnitt progrock sound: fiery, rock based guitar, the strong, often English vocals, the excellent, very inventive drumwork and the wonderful vintage keyboard sound. The next track is Nickelodeon (in a 1973 rehearsals version, originally on the 2-LP Ballermann from 1974) featuring top notch rock guitar, what a compelling soli! The final composition on CD-1 is the famous epic Solar Music (also from Ballerman) in a 53 minutes version.
CD 2 contains 10 tracks like Ernie's Reise and Rockpommels Land Finale from the known concept album Rockpommel's Land, both from 1981 and we can enjoy a fine blend of acoustic guitar and varied keyboards…

On his sixth studio release Roulette, the prolific producer, songwriter, pianist and MC Alfa Mist has created his own sci-fi universe - a vast dystopia where themes of revenge, forgiveness and redemption loom large.

2025 marks 25 years of Starsailor, and what better way to kick off a year of celebration, than releasing their first-ever official live album! 'Starsailor with Strings – Live from Liverpool' is a career-spanning, string-accompanied live 'best of', full to the brim with their biggest hits. At the show - which included the full original line up and extra live guitarist (Tony Foster of Spiritualized) - the band were accompanied by a stunning string ensemble conducted by Joe Duddell (New Order, Elbow, James, Richard Hawley, BBC Northern Soul Prom), adding new depth and emotion to their most beloved songs.

Full of independent spirit, Nicki Bluhm's Rancho Deluxe is a homemade gem of a record. The record features 10 songs that are some of Nicki's strongest songs to date, rooted in resilience, relaxation, and the relationships she's built with like-minded musicians. "This is a harvest record," Bluhm says proudly. "It's a collection of the fruits of my labor. I've taken all these life lessons and experiences, and I've learned from them. She couldn't be any less interested in the rat race of the music industry these days. Instead, she's doubling down on what - and who - she really loves.

Quand l’électro cinématographique de CORBAAL (Lola Bastard & Michael Stroudinsky) rencontre la trompette sensible et mythique d’Erik Truffaz, cela donne naissance à un trio atypique où voix, synthés modulaires et instrument acoustique dialoguent à parts égales. Après une première collaboration remarquée sur l’EP LUNAR en 2022, les trois artistes forment aujourd’hui un véritable groupe, porté par une alchimie libre et instinctive.

A star is born with Cherry Valley, country ingénue Carter Faith's much-anticipated debut album, even if the picture is still not completely in focus. She's a little bit Tammy and a little bit Lana (Del Rey, that is), and beaming with so much promise. The 25-year-old North Carolina native's voice is full of contradictions. She's able to bellow while staying as crystal clear as a stream, yet can also sound soft and pillowy—with a hint of hard-edged mountain twang. Written with the wonderful Ashley Monroe, the title track plays out as a neo-noir epic: melodramatic, soap operatic, heavy with fever-pitch strings, and featuring Faith unleashing a long, high note like she's summoning a storm. "Sex, Drugs, & Country Music" flirts like Nancy Sinatra and delivers laugh-out-loud shocks as Faith sings about discovering Adderall in a bathroom stall, shamelessly wanting to get high, and her holy trinity: "Little green, satin sheets and Waylon/ Heals the soul of a heart that's breakin'."

When dodie was just about done writing her remarkable sophomore album, Not For Lack Of Trying, she still found herself searching for answers. She’d spent the last three years turning inwards to pen what would become the “sibling’” to her acclaimed 2021 debut Build A Problem (which landed at #3 on the UK official album chart), packaging her reflections on everything from falling in love and breaking up to comparison culture and struggles with depression. But she couldn’t quite find the thread that tied all of these intimate portraits of her life together; that was until she finally landed on a title that gave her the clarity she was seeking. “Not For Lack Of Trying is so simple, so sad and it really painted this picture of all these songs, of me trying to figure it out,” she explains.

Wet Wet Wet are thrilled with their new 2025 album, Strings Attached. This new collection showcases the band's catalogue in a reimagined way that's never been heard before. The album includes reworked versions of phenomenal Number 1 hits Love Is All Around and Goodnight Girl, as well as chart toppers Angel Eyes, Temptation, Sweet Little Mystery and more. The release also showcases Wet Wet Wet's version of The Chain by Fleetwood Mac for the first time on record.

Slim cut this session in May 1968 in Chicago (with Mike Vernon producing) as a member of the Chicago Blues All Stars, an ad hoc touring group that consisted of Willie Dixon, Johnny Shines, Walter Horton, and Clifton James. With all that to recommend it, it's still a pretty workmanlike set - no real sparks of any kind, just competently played blues by five old veterans who could knock this stuff out in their sleep, and probably did.

George Shearing's solo piano CD Favorite Things doesn't hide his early background in the study of classical music, but at times it celebrates it. The only truly arranged piece on the album, "My Favorite Things," incorporates a portion of a Scarlatti sonata, while "Not You Again" hints at Tchaikovsky. "Taking a Chance on Love" was inspired by Brahms' E major Intermezzo, while Artie Shaw's "Moonray" has the character of a Baroque fugue. Many of the other tracks have an impressionistic flavor, especially the dreamy take of Dave Brubeck's "Summer Song" and the haunting treatment of Matt Dennis' "Angel Eyes." The pianist adds a warm, friendly vocal to the finale, "It Amazes Me." George Shearing was clearly enjoying himself during the two days of studio sessions which produced this CD; fans of solo jazz piano are invited to do the same.

Nuées Ardentes, le nouvel album de Birds on a Wire attendu le 3 octobre 2025, explore avec délicatesse et intensité le thème de l’adolescence — ses élans, ses vertiges, sa mélancolie et ses fulgurances. Porté par la voix magnétique de Rosemary Standley et le violoncelle vibrant de Dom La Nena, ce répertoire singulier tisse des liens entre les époques et les styles : des chansons de Bronski Beat, The Cure et The Doors dialoguent avec un air de Stefano Landi, une chanson de Barbara et des chants traditionnels anglais. La Maîtrise de Radio France, dirigée par Sofi Jeannin, apporte une lumière chorale à cet ensemble profondément émouvant. Avec Nuées Ardentes, Birds on a Wire signe un disque à la fois intime et incandescent.

Zaho de Sagazan and the fifty musicians of the Orchestre National de Lyon have joined forces to create a unique masterpiece, La symphonie des éclairs (Orchestral Odyssey). A symphonic album in four movements and sixteen songs, opening the door to a whole new horizon. A haunting voice that shifts from cries to whispers, a transcendent score, an unprecedented whirlwind of emotions… From the intimate to the grandiose, such is the promise of the journey.

Remy returns to these virtual pages with an offering thematically connected to his recent Disconnected, in title at least. The music is similarly influenced by Klaus Schulze, circa 1975-78 and fans of Schulze's recordings of that era are almost sure to enjoy this one. Remy composes very ably in this style, and while the stylistic innovations may be few, he is able to use and twist the style to respond to his personal expressions.

The first ever EP from Sparks, MADDER! is a 4-track companion piece to their 28th studio album MAD! credits. releases October 3, 2025. All tracks written and produced by Ron Mael and Russell Mael, engineered by Russell Mael.

Swiss pianist and composer Sylvie Courvoisier has been a defining figure on the contemporary jazz scene for 20 years and is at the epicentre of the New York music scene. Having just been awarded the prestigious Swiss Grand Prize for Music 2025, she now presents her duo album with the legendary Wadada Leo Smith. This follows the recent acclaimed release of her solo album To Be Other-Wise and the atmospherically multi-layered sextet album Chimaera. An exceptional musician, Smith is always at the pulse of the times, celebrating musical diversity and creativity and speaks out against any labelling of his work. He has helped shape the development of music in various contexts over the last 50 years. Angel Falls exudes the magic of musical freedom, possesses an astonishing immediacy, and has a captivating sense of dazzling sound architecture. “They both sound great. They complement each other without resorting to obvious moves. There is no ‘comping’, no showmanship, just a constant feeling of continuous calibration, quirky elements that are somehow perfectly balanced. How do they do it?” writes John Sharpe in the liner notes.
A musical experience!