New Music CDs for Adults
Hundreds of CDs are added to the Library's collection each month. Here are the most recent Music CDs for adults.
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BACK TO MOON BEACH (CD)
An EP by no one's definition but Kurt Vile's. For Kurt, this collection is an expression of just how deep his well of non-album material runs. This includes six tracks culled from various sessions over the last four years and represents a wide swath of the inspirational musical community Kurt surrounds himself with.
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SIT DOWN FOR DINNER (CD)
Blonde Redhead return with their first album in nine years and debut. This immersive, meticulously crafted album appropriately serves an expression of persistent togetherness, a testament to the unique internal logic Blonde Redhead have refined over their three-decade existence. Formed in the 1993 New York indie underground, Blonde Redhead quickly found a place on Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley's label that traced an arc from angular indie-rock to cosmopolitan art pop. The trio might have been a quintessential '90s band, if not for the fact that they continuously kept going, growing, never confined to any era but the present. This album lands as perhaps the strongest record in a 30-year catalog that's already as illustrious as it is varied. Understated yet visceral melodies charge each song, creating a foil to lyrics about the inescapable struggles of adulthood: communication breakdown in enduring relationships, wondering which way to turn, holding onto your dreams.
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ZACH BRYAN (CD)
The new self-titled album from singer-songwriter-producer Zach Bryan is an expansive yet intimate 16-track set that explores the Grammy-nominated artist's Oklahoma roots as well as his vast and varied confluence of musical and literary influences.
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DIRT ON MY DIAMONDS VOLUME 1 (CD)
Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed 2022 reissue, Trouble ls...25, Shepherd returns with a new project that builds upon his already legendary repertoire. Three decades since the release of his debut album, 1995's Ledbetter Heights, this Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum bandleader still sounds like the future of the blues. If you approach this album expecting autopilot 12 bars, then you'll be thrown a volley of curveballs in the best way possible. With material this strong, no polish was needed. As on any KWS album, songs are the currency, and the seven originals from demand to be heard, lifting listeners above their circumstances at a time when life often feels bleak and bone raw.
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TENORLEE (CD)
As the title suggests, the recording Tenorlee finds Lee Konitz, the great American saxophonist, playing exclusively on tenor. It was a spontaneous decision, and a tribute to his dear friend, Lighthouse All-Star saxophonist Richie Kamuca, who had passed away just days before Konitz entered the studio for these sessions. Konitz classically trained on the clarinet but switched to jazz saxophone after being enamored by Lester Young. By 1945 the 18-year-old Konitz was performing professionally. He made a staggering 150 albums as a band leader throughout his long and storied career. He played and recorded with everyone from Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Ornette Colman, Elvin Jones, and Gerry Mulligan, to Elvis Costello, Brad Mehldau, and Charlie Haden. Between 1948 and 1950, he was a member of Miles Davis' group and participated in the recordings that would eventually be collected and released as Birth of The Cool.
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THINK LATER (CD)
Hit-making singer-songwriter Tate McRae returns with the follow-up to her successful debut album. Her latest includes the single Greedy.
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SHINE: THE DARKER THE NIGHT, THE BRIGHTER THE LIGHT (CD)
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A LOVESOME THING (CD)
This one-and-only recorded collaboration between jazz greats Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel took place live at the famed Philharmonie de Paris in 2012 the two play as if with one mind. Geri often spoke of her desire to do a studio recording to document the 'flow and freedom" she experienced playing with Kurt that night in Paris. Unfortunately, we lost her before that date never materialized, and fortunately, that concert was recorded.
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MAZZOLI: DARK WITH EXCESSIVE BRIGHT (CD)
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