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Fresh from their performance at the GRAMMY® Museum earlier this month, multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal group The Manhattan Transfer celebrates its 50th anniversary, with a GRAMMY® nomination in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category for their new studio album, Fifty. Having previously been nominated for 15 GRAMMY awards—winning 10 collectively—this is the group’s first-ever nomination in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category. Their album Vocalese won in 1985 for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group.

Danny Elfman’s official soundtrack for the highly anticipated forthcoming film White Noise has been released. Featuring 21 tracks, Elfman’s score serves as an ambitious and eccentric musical compliment to Academy Award-nominated writer-director Noah Baumbach’s latest project.

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Montreal-based jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky releases lively and jazzy versions of Christmas classics “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and “Marshmallow World” via MNRK Music Group. With this release, Yanofsky gives new life to classics that have been loved for years and does so with history in mind.

Melody Trucks, singer and co-frontperson of Allman Brothers Band tribute Brother And Sister with brother Vaylor, and successful solo artist, is a Featured Guest Artist (as is Vaylor) on the celebrated Allman Family Revival Tour kicking off Saturday November 26 at Macon City Auditorium in Macon, GA.

Year of the Dark Horse, the new album from The White Buffalo, is out now on Snakefarm Records. The 10-track album was recorded at Neon Cross studio in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Brothers Osbourne, Fidlar), and has debuted to worldwide critical praise. Listen/share Year of the Dark Horse, (HERE).

Blur drummer DAVE ROWNTREE shares another new track from his forthcoming debut album, Radio Songs.
 
"HK" is streaming now and is lifted from the album out January 20, 2023 through Cooking Vinyl.
 
Dave Rowntree on HK:

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Earlier this summer, as they began rolling out music from their second full-length album, SunDub kicked things off by showcasing three diverse singles showing multiple facets of their musical approach on Spirits Eat Music. Starting with “Jump And Dance,” featuring Lutan Fyah, the Brooklyn-based five-piece delivered an irresistible feel good tune perfect for the warm summer months.

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The original version of Neuschwanstein’s “Alice in Wonderland” had narration in German but, for the first time, this has been replaced with English language parts read by Sonja Kristina of Curved Air.

Musically this 1976 album belongs among the great prog albums and sits between Rick Wakeman’s and Jeff Wayne’s iconic narrated rock albums. This edition has been re-mastered with a booklet that includes two separate sets of liner notes (with rare images) on the history of the band and Sonja Kristina’s 2022 vocal sessions.

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Today, UMe released Creatures Of The Night 40 in celebration of the 40th anniversary of KISS’s seminal 1982 release Creatures Of The Night, an album that crushed fans’ expectations with a huge, back-to-rock sound and has become a fan favorite and cult classic.

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Country music legend T.G. Sheppard and singer-songwriter Kelly Lang are excited to announce the release of their version of the holiday classic, “White Christmas.” Joined by Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame members, The Oak Ridge Boys, this fun and light-hearted rendition blends their unique vocal styles, creating an instant fan-favorite that will leave every listener begging for more.

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