June 14th 2025 marks the twentieth anniversary of Carlo Maria Giulini’s passing (which we celebrated with a comprehensive CD-boxset, released June 6th).

Berlin-based double bassist and composer Haggai Cohen-Milo returns with Gravitations, a new album that pushes classical repertoire into uncharted territory.

Out Of Sight is Chapter founder Guy Blackman’s first solo album in nearly 20 years, a belated follow-up to his well-loved 2008 album Adult Baby.

Jazmine Mary releases her third studio album "I Want To Rock And Roll". Spanning the dark to the light, the brilliant new emotive release, from award winning, indie-folk visionary, Jazmine Mary.

This sixth volume of the collected original compositions of David “Dawg” Grisman is comprised of works written between 2006 and 2018, compiled chronologically in the order in which they were written. These performances were selected by the composer and include seven previously unissued tracks featuring David with Danny Barnes, Sam Grisman, Tommy Emmanuel, Del McCoury, Martin Taylor, Frank Vignola, and many others. All the tracks have been re-mastered in the high-definition (24 bit, 96 khz) format, affording listeners the unique opportunity to enjoy this music in a sonically superior format.

This fifth volume of the collected original compositions of David “Dawg” Grisman is comprised of works written between 2000 and 2006, compiled chronologically in the order in which they were written. These performances were selected by the composer (including six previously unissued tracks) featuring David with Danny Barnes, Sam Bush, Vassar Clements, Enrique Coria, Joe Craven, Matt Eakle, Tommy Emmanuel, Sam Grisman, Frank Vignola and many others. All the tracks have been re-mastered in the high-definition (24 bit, 96 khz) format, affording listeners the unique opportunity to enjoy this music in a sonically superior format.

This fourth volume of the collected original compositions of David “Dawg” Grisman is comprised of works written between 1991 and 1999, compiled chronologically in the order in which they were written. These performances were selected by the composer and include 10 previously unissued tracks featuring David with Jerry Garcia, John Hartford, Edgar Meyer, Tony Rice and many others. All the tracks have been re-mastered in the high-definition (24 bit, 96 khz) format, affording listeners the unique opportunity to enjoy this music in a sonically superior format.

This third volume of the collected original compositions of David “Dawg” Grisman is comprised of works written between 1982 and 1991, compiled chronologically in the order in which they were written. These performances were selected by the composer and include 10 previously unissued tracks featuring David with Svend Asmussen, Hal Blaine, Jerry Douglas, Stephane Grappelli, Tony Rice, Martin Taylor, Frank Vignola, Denny Zeitlin, and many others. All the tracks have been re-mastered in the high-definition (24 bit, 96 khz) format, affording listeners the unique opportunity to enjoy this music in a sonically superior format.

This second volume of the collected original compositions of David “Dawg” Grisman is comprised of works written between 1963 and 1975, compiled chronologically in the order in which they were written. These performances were selected by the composer and include 10 previously unissued tracks featuring David with Hal Blaine, Ray Brown, Jethro Burns, Tommy Emmanuel, Stephane Grappelli, Tony Rice, John Sebastian, Martin Taylor, Frank Vignola, Denny Zeitlin, and many others.

This first volume of the collected original compositions of David “Dawg” Grisman is comprised of works written between 1963 and 1975, compiled chronologically in the order in which they were written. These performances were selected by the composer and include eight previously unissued tracks featuring David with Vassar Clements, Jerry Garcia, Bill Keith, Tony Rice, Frank Vignola, Clarence White and many others. In a March 1996 concert review, a Chicago Tribune critic described Grisman's "dawg" music as being among "the most important innovations in American music. By blending the exuberant spirit of bluegrass, the inspired melodies of classic American pop, the improvisatory techniques of instrumental jazz and even the plaintive gestures of turn of the century Klezmer, David Grisman has created a distinctive form of American music and lifted it to the level of high art."

On the surface, The Great Apocalypse is exactly what you’d expect from Insania,1 Sweden’s long-running Europower mongers.

Joe Armon-Jones is best known as the electric heart of Ezra Collective, the Mercury Prize–winning band that has stretched the shape of British jazz with dub, hip-hop, grime, Afrobeat and a sense of ecstatic possibility.

Set in the pressure cooker of fresh adulthood, Jahnah Camille’s defiant new EP My sunny oath! is a guitar-based grab at self-acceptance.

When Ella Hanshaw (1934-2020) first picked up the guitar as a 12-year-old girl in Procious, West Virginia, she dreamed of being a country star.

Metallica is continuing to release remasters of their catalog, with the latest being the 5x-platinum Load, available everywhere on June 13th. Produced by Bob Rock, Load is the follow-up to Metallica, the best-selling album of the Soundscan era. Load contains fan favorites including “Until It Sleeps,” “Hero of the Day,” “King Nothing,” and, for the first time ever, the original extended version of “The Outlaw Torn,” which was originally edited due to manufacturing limits.