Tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Hillai Govreen will release her bold new recording Every Other Now on June 20, 2025 via Fresh Sound’s New Talent imprint. Written in close partnership with bassist-composer Ben Meigners, the nine-track album bottles the electricity of Govreen’s live sets while unveiling a fresh palette of original music shaped by two rhythm sections, twin pianists, and a cohort of revered New York improvisers.

Omnivore Recordings and Seeker Music will release an expanded edition of GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Christopher Cross’s iconic self-titled debut album on Digital, with the CD and double-Vinyl arriving June 20. The new edition features never-before-heard material for the first time ever, including previously unreleased demos and bonus tracks recorded during the album’s sessions.

Indie singer/songwriter Trevor Sensor teases his new album A Few Tears of Eros with the bluesy rocker “The Farm” out today on High Black Desert Records. The single and accompanying video premiered earlier this week on  Under The Radar: “...his reedy Dylan-esque croon… bar-burning guitar solo… draws out all of the ambient tension, fury and frustration churning away in the track, fully letting loose in a climatic storm of unbridled emotion.”

The winner of the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition (2022), 23-year-old singer Lucía releases her debut album on La Reserve Records on Friday, May 16, 2025 (PRE-SAVE ALBUM). Produced by Matt Pierson (Samara Joy, Brad Mehldau, Milton Nascimento), Lucía spotlights an exquisite versatility and superb technique as she covers American jazz classics and selections from the Latin American songbook.

Today, the Silverlake Conservatory Of Music proudly unveils Our Loving Tribute to the Pretenders—an EP featuring three iconic Pretenders covers performed by the SCM All-Stars, an ensemble of the Conservatory’s exceptional youth musicians. Executive produced by Flea, bassist and founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, alongside Merck Mercuriadis, founder of Hipgnosis Songs, the project showcases the passion and skill of the Conservatory’s talented students.

Riding the momentum of her breakout single “Marry Jane,” country darling and singer-songwriter Abbie Callahan returns with “Yo-Yo,” a twangy, emotionally tangled track that captures all the dizzying ups and downs of a fleeting romance.
 

When Taiwanese-born pianist Jo-Yu Chen moved to New York to study at Juilliard, she had every intention of continuing on the classical career path she’d followed as a student of both piano and oboe. It wasn’t long, however, before she detoured into the world of jazz, continuing her studies at the New School and falling under the influence of adventurous pianists like Jason Moran, Sam Yahel and Kevin Hays.

“We didn’t go in to record a bluegrass meets 90’s country record,” says Deanie Richardson, award-winning fiddler and a founding member of twice GRAMMY-nominated Sister Sadie. “However, as the record progressed, it quickly turned into my most favorite record I’ve ever done. Each song is personal to us all.”

Acclaimed indie-pop band Lucius’ highly anticipated new self-titled album is out now via Fantasy Records. Stream/purchase HERE. In celebration of the release, the official music video for album track, “Final Days,” is also debuting today. Watch the video, directed by Aaron Caleb Eisenberg and produced by Sound + Vision Co., HERE.

“I always remember that enthusiasm of, ‘Music’s a fun part of life that lifts us up and should be celebrated,’” says Jake Keegan, vocalist and dobro player of rising Kansas City Americana outfit, MoonShroom. Keegan, along with his partner and bandmate, Lily B Moonflower, grew up surrounded by living, breathing creativity and artistry, whether it be at a young age in church or late night at a festival jamming under the stars.