Melody Gardot

 

Artist:  Melody Gardot
Born:  February 2, 1985.  New Jersey
Origin:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Blues, Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Bossa Nova
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Instruments:  Vocals, Piano, Guitar

Melody Gardot is a Grammy nominated American Singer, Songwriter and Musician from Philadelphia.  She has been influenced by Judy Garland, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone as well as Latin Music.

Title:  Worrisome Heart (Limited Edition) (2026) 

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Blues, Contemporary Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Bossa Nova

Label:  UCJ

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Worrisome Heart (4:21)

 2.  All That I Need Is Love (2:36)

 3.  Gone (2:50)W

 4.  Sweet Memory (3:21)

 5.  Some Lessons (5:23)

Side B:

 1.  Quiet Fire (4:13)

 2.  One Day (2:02)

 3.  Love Me Like A River Does (4:06)

 4.  Goodnite (3:04)

 5.  Twilight (1:01)

Personnel:

Melody Gardot:  Vocals, Guitar, Pian, Vox Organ

Joel Bryant:  Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Wurlitzer

Ron Kerber:  Clarinet. Tenor Saxophone

Matt Cappy:  Trumpet

Patrick Hughes:  Trumpet

Jet Lee Johnson:  Guitar

Barney McKenna:  Guitar

Mike Brenner:  Lap Steel Guitar

Kurt Johnston". Dobro

David Mowry:  Dobro

Paul Klinefelter:  Bass

Ken Pendergast". Bass

Diane Monroe:  Violin

Charlie Patierno:  Drums, Percussion

Worrisome Heart  is the debut studio album by Melody Gardot, originally released on February 26, 2008 by Verve, remastered and reissued on April 18, 2026 by UCJ.  Limited Edition Pink Vinyl.

Robin Trower

 

Artist:  Robin Trower
Birth Name:  Robin Leonard Trower
Born:  March 9, 1945.  Catford, South East London, England.
Genre:  Rock, Blues, Blues Rock
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar

Robin Trower is an English Blues Rock Guitarist and Vocalist who achieved success with The Paramounts, Procol Harum, Robin Trower Band, and B.T.L. (Jack Bruce on Bass, Robin Trower on Guitar and Bill Lordan on Drums).

Title:  Robin Trower Live! (50th Anniversary Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Rock, Blues, Blues Rock

Label:  Chrysalis Records

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Day Of The Eagle (3:48)

 2.  Bridge Of Sighs (7:02)

 3.  Gonna Be More Suspicious (3:20)

Side B:

 1.  Find Day (3:51)

 2.  Lady Love (3:25)

 3.  Daydream (9:07)

 4.  Too Rolling Stoned (7:12)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  I Can't Wait Much Longer (7:28)

  2.  Alethea (5:17)

 3.  Little Bit Of Sympathy (7:15)

Side D:

 1.  Confessin' Midnight (6:39)

 2.  Rock Me Baby (6:22)  

Personnel:

Robin Trower:  Guitar

James Dewar:  Bass, Vocals

Bill Lordan:  Drums

Robin Trower Live! is a live album by Robin Trower, originally released on March, 1976 by Chrysalis Records, remastered and reissue on April 3, 2026 by Chrysalis Records, recorded live at Stockholm Concert Hall on February 3, 1975 for Swedish Broadcasting. 50th Anniversary Edition, newly mixed in 2026 in 2LP.

The Alan Parsons Project

 

Artist:  The Alan Parsons Project
Origin:  UK
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock

Original line-up:

Alan Parsons:  Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Flute, Engineering, Production
Eric Woolfson:  Keyboards, Vocals, Executive Production

The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive Rock Band, between 1975 and 1990, consisting of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and surrounded by a number of session musicians.  Alan Parsons had acted as assistant engineer on The Bestles' Albums:  Abbey Road and Let It Be, and engineered Pink Floyd's Album The Dark Side Of The Moon,  his career as a Producer and Engineer including Pilot, Steve Harley, Al Stewart, The Hollies, Ambrosia, John Miles and Steve Harley.  In 1982 the band's album Eye In The Sky was their greatest success and in UK chart in Top Ten on the Pop charts and went to Platinum.

Title:  Eye In The Sky (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock

Label:  Cooking Vinyl

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Sirius (1:54)

 2.  Eye In The Sky (4:36)

 3.  Children Of The Moon (4:51)

 4.  Gemini (2:11)

 5.  Silence And I (7:19)

Side Two:

 1.  You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned (4:22)

 2.  Psychobabble (4:51)

 3.  Mammagamma (Instrumental) (3:34)

 4.  Step By Step (3:54)

 5.  Old And Wise (4:55)

Personnel:

Alan Parsons:  Keyboards, Fairlight, Programming, Linn Drum Machine, Backing Vocals on Track 2/4

Eric Woolfson:  Wurlitzer, Keyboards, Piano, Organ, Vocals on Tracks:  1/2, 5, Backing Vocals

David Paton:  Bass, Vocals on Track 1/3

Ian Bairnson:  Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar

Stuart Elliot:  Drums, Percussion

John Wallace:  Piccolo Trumpet on Track 1/3

Mel Collins:  Saxophone on Track 2/5

Chris Rainbow:  Vocals on Track 1/4

Lenny Zakatek:  Vocals, Vocal FX on Tracks:  2/1, 4, Backing Vocals on Track 2/1

Colin Blunstone:  Vocals on Track 2/5

Dave Terry:  Vocals on Track 2/2

Andrew Powell:  Additional Piano on Track 1/5, Brass Band & Orchestra Arrangements, Conductor

Bob Howes:  Chorus Master of The English Chorale

Eye In The Sky is the sixth studio album by The Alan Parsons Project, originally released on May 14, 1982 by Arista, remastered and reissued on March 27, 2026 by Cooking Vinyl.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Heavyweight Clear Vinyl.

Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders & Tom Fogerty

 

Artist:  Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders & Tom Fogerty

Origin:   Bay Area, San Francisco, USA

Genre:  Rock, Soul, Jazz, Blues, R&B

Original line-up:

Jerry Garcia:  Guitar, Vocals

Merl Saunders:  Keyboards

Tom Fogerty:  Rhythm Guitar

Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders & Tom Fogerty collaborated in the early 1970s as part of The Jerry Garcia (Guitar from The Grateful Dead) & Merl Saunders Band, following departure from Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Fogerty (Guitar Ex CCR).

Title:  Live In San Francisco 1972 (2026)

Genre:  Rock, Soul, Jazz, Blues, R&B

Label:  Rockin' Bear Records/Blue-Line

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD 

Tracks:

 1.  It Ain't No Use (9:03)

 2.  Expressway (To My Heart) (11:25)

 3.  One Kind Favor (7:52)

 4.  Biloxi (6:13)

 5.  That's All Right Mama (9:54)

 6.  The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (5:51)

 7.  It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (8:05)

 8.  Money Honey (7:08)

 9.  Jam (6:51)

Personnel:

Jerry Garcia:  Guitar, Vocals

Merl Saunders:  Keyboards

Tom Fogerty:  Rhythm Guitar

John Kahn:  Bass

Bill Vitt:  Drums

Live In San Francisco 1972 is a live album. by Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders & Tom Fogerty, released on January 30, 2026 by Rockin' Bear Records/Blue-Line, recorded live in San Francisco 1972.

Hank Williams

 

Artist:  Hank Williams
Born:  September 17, 1923.  Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama, USA
Died:  January 1, 1953 (Aged 29).  Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA
Genre:  Country, Western, Honky Tonk, Proto-Rockabilly, Folk Blues, Gospel, Traditional Country
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Fiddle

Hank Williams was an American Singer and Songwriter from Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama.  He is one of the most significant and influential American Singers and Songwriters of the 20 Century.  He recorded 35 singles that reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers Chart, including 11 that ranked No. 1. such as "Your Cheatin' Heart", "Kaw-Liga","Take These Chains From My Heart", "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)", "Hey Good Lookin'", "Cold Cold Heart", "Moanin' The Blues", "Long Gone Lonesome Blues", 'Lovesick Blues", "Why Don't You Love Me", "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry".  Many artists covered songs of Hank Williams wrote and recorded, he influenced Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Dylan, George Jones, Charley Pride and The Rolling Stones.  He was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame (1961), The Songwriters Hall Of Fame (1970), and The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (1987).

Title:  Classic Hits (Limited Edition) (2026)

Genre:  Country, Western, Honky Tonk, Proto-Rockabilly, Folk Blues, Gospel, Traditional Country

Label:  New Continent

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Ramblin' Man (3:01)

 2.  I Saw The Light (2:44)

 3.  Hey, Good Lookin' (2:54)

 4.  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (2:46)

 5.  Cold, Cold Heart (2:43)

 6.  Lovesick Blues (2:43)

 7.  (I Heard That) LonesomeWhistle (2:26)

 8.  Your Cheatin' Heart (2:42)

 9.  My Heart Would Know (2:25)

10. Lost Highway (2:41)

11. I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (2:26)

Side B:

 1.  Honky Tonkin' (2:43)

 2.  You Win Again (2:35)

 3.  Kaw-Liga (2:33)

 4.  I'm A Long Gone Daddy (2:49)

 5.  Move It On Over (2:43)

 6.  Take These Chains From My Heart (2:36)

 7.  Mansion On The Hill (2:34)

 8.  There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (2:48)

 9.  Mind Your Own Business (2:55)

10.  Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (2:52)

11. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (2:24)

Classic Hits is the collection album by Hank Williams, released on March 20, 2026 by New Continent.  Limited Edition 22 Classic Hits!, 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl Special Gatefold Edition.

Gregg Allman

 

Artist:  Gregg Allman
Birth Name:  Gregory LeNoir Allman
Born:  December 8, 1947.  Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre:  Rock, Blues Rock, Southern Rock, Boogie Rock, Hard Rock
Occupations:   Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Actor
Instruments:  Vocals, Organ, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano

Greg Allman is an American Rock and Blues Singer, Songwriter, Keyboards, Guitarist and a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band.  He was inducted with the band into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995, also was inducted into The Georgia Music Hall Of Fame on September 16, 2006.  He was on the list of the "100 Greatest Singers Of All Time".

Artist:  The Gregg Allman Band

Title:  Uncle Sam's (2024)

Genre:  Rock, Blues Rock, Southern Rock, Boogie Rock, Hard Rock

Label:  Sawrite Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Midnight Rider (4:47)

 2.  Dreams (7:40)

 3.  Sweet Feelin' (5:17)

 4.  Hot Lanta (5:02)

 5.  Queen Of Hearts (7 :07)

 6.  Trouble No More (3:27)

 7.  Don't Keep Me Wonderin' (6:07)

 8.  Melissa (5:24)

 9.  Statesboro Blues (6:43)

Personnel:

Gregg Allman:  Lead Vocals, Hammond B3 Organ, Acoustic Guitar

Dan Toler:  Lead Guitar

Frankie Toler:  Drums

Greg Voorhess:  Bass

Bruce Waibel:  Guitar

Chaz Trippy:  Percussion

Donn Finney:  Saxophone, Flute

Larry Finney:  Trumpet

Uncle Sam's is a live album by The Gregg Allman Band, released on September 20, 2024 by Sawrite Records.  Great Band and Great Performance.