Aretha Franklin, the incomparable “Queen of Soul,” will release her highly anticipated brand new studio LP ARETHA FRANKLIN SINGS THE GREAT DIVA CLASSICS on October 21st, featuring the . album s lead single, Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep (The Aretha Version).” Aretha’s unsurpassed vocal styling permeates on popular diva classics ranging from Barbra Streisand’s “People,” and Gladys Knight’s …
Fourteen-time Grammy®-winning singer, songwriter and producer, Alicia Keys, will release her highly anticipated fifth studio album, Girl On Fire, on November 27th on RCA Records. “‘Girl On Fire’ is about finding your voice, about being unleashed and about trusting your instincts and trusting yourself,” says Keys. “I can’t wait to share it with the world.”Girl On Fire features …
Vinyl LP pressing. 2013 debut from the Harlem born and raised rapper. The album feature the buzz worthy “Goldie” and the Noah 40 Shebib produced hit, “F*#kin’ Problems” featuring Hip Hop elites Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar. Executive produced by A$AP Rocky and A$AP Yams, the album also features guest appearances by ScHoolboy Q, Santigold, Joey Bada$$, …
Produced by Butch Vig and mixed by Alan Moulder, Wasting Light was recorded entirely on analog tape in the garage of Grohl’s home in California’s San Fernando Valley. The no computers/no software back to basics approach has resulted in arguably the strongest and most cohesive effort of the band s 15-year-plus career: From first single Rope to the …
Tell Me I’m Pretty was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys & The Arcs. “With this record, we wanted to be more transparent,” said lead singer Matt Shultz. We wanted to capture the sentiment of each song, and whatever emotional response it provoked, to be really honest to that.” The results are the band’s most forceful …
Vinyl LP pressing. 2013 release, the eagerly anticipated third full-length album from the Alt-Rock band. Melophobia was recorded in Nashville, TN and reunites the band with producer Jay Joyce who produced the group s prior two releases. The album is the follow up to 2011’s acclaimed sophomore album Thank You Happy Birthday, which debuted at #2 on the …
On September 30th Justin Timberlake will continue the journey of his critically acclaimed and worldwide best-selling album of the year, The 20/20 Experience with the release of The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 on RCA Records. The soulful first single, “Take Back The Night” picks up right where he left off and The 20/20 Experience continues. …
The preferred collection for opera aficionados the world over! As a noteworthy pioneer in the field of recorded music, the tremendously influential Italian tenor lent his rich vocal timbre to some of the earliest pressings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company which, a century later, have found their way out of RCA’s vaults and are now safely …
Box sets are an unlikely way to begin collecting an artist, but there’s an addictive pull to Fats Waller’s work. He was a larger-than-life personality who could leap from earnest sentimentality to outright mockery in the next breath, or take a lightweight novelty tune and make it far more novel with a few verbal and musical touches. While …
The 45 tracks on these two CDs come from a nine-month period that saw Fats Waller reaching the height of his popularity, emphasizing his talents as a singer of light popular songs. While many of the tunes heard here haven’t endured, Waller’s treatment of them certainly does. They bubble with infectious good humor, a matchless charm, a superb …