Альбом записан в Санта-Барбаре и Нью-Йорке; как и предыдущая пластинка Playing the Angel (2005), Sounds of the Universe спродюсирован Беном Хиллером. В записи использовано большое количество аналоговых синтезаторов, многие из которых приобретались Мартином Гором на eBay. Некоторые представляют собой настоящие раритеты. Во время студийных сессий группа регулярно публиковала на своём официальном сайте краткие видео-отчёты о проделанной работе, снятые Эндрю Флетчером.

The Storyteller is a heavy/power metal band from Sweden. The music is often described as melodic heavy metal, or power metal, with an own touch of medieveal- and folk music. The Storyteller released their debut album in the year of 2000, and have made 5 more releases.
The band has toured extensively and made shows at Sweden Rock Festival, Gates of Metal, 2000 Decibel etc. They have been support act for bands such as Helloween, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Stratovarius, Hammerfall to name a few.

Only Purple Pyramid Records - home to progressive rock legends Nektar, Hawkwind founder Nik Turner, Amon Düül II, Tangerine Dream and others - could produce this massive 4CD set of cutting edge prog suitable for both die hard fans and newbies! This extraordinary package features over 5 hours of music including tracks by Yes, Hawkwind, Curved Air, an unreleased Billy Sherwood mix of Queensrÿche, and Tangerine Dream PLUS performances by a whole pantheon of virtuosos including Rick Wakeman, Steve Hillage, Steve Morse, Chris Squire, Steve Stevens, Huw Lloyd-Langton, Peter Banks and more!

“City of Broken Dreams” is the ECM leader debut of the prodigiously gifted Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi. Much of the considerable charm of City of Broken Dreams is evidenced by the mastery of musical suggestion this trio commands. They make use of many different forms of music in their approach to jazz, if merely to use their colors, dynamics, and intonations to create something other. This a piano trio album that has plenty and gracefully relies on subtlety to express it.

While it may be tempting to simply call Dialectics a straight-ahead session, Kevin Sun's liner notes set the record straight: According to Sun, "neo-hard bop" is a more accurate term for this music. What's most important to note, however, is that the music is pretty irresistible, regardless of what you call it. Nowosad, Greene, Gardner, Bonness, and bassist Steve Kirby have a good thing going here. These men have real musical chemistry, not the fabricated camaraderie that comes with so many jazz releases today. While it will likely be difficult for Nowosad to keep this group going, here's to hoping that he does.

The Welsh-born singer Donna Lewis is one of those rare artists whose immense success on the pop radio charts disguises an exceptional and serious musicianship and breadth of repertoire. Lewis’ new album,Brand New Day, reveals the range of her artistry, and may surprise listeners who know her only for herpop hits “I Love You Always Forever,”“At The Beginning,” “I Could Be The One” and “Love Him.” Produced and arranged by Lewis’ longtime friend DavidTorn, the genre-busting composer and producer, Brand New Day is an intoxicating set of jazz-inflected covers and Lewis originals in which she is joined by the eminent progressive jazz musicians Ethan Iverson (piano), Reid Anderson (bass) and Dave King (drums).

Gloria Estefan's first U.S. Spanish-language album, Mi Tierra is one of her most satisfying, and a step above her English-language pop albums. Her voice is extremely well suited for the material, and the result is a breezy, sunny album with moments of melancholy and longing - in short, one of her most consistent albums to date. Additionally, some of the best-known and most well-respected Latin musicians were employed to further embellish the album.

Совместная работа американской джазовой певицы Эллы Фицджеральд, пианиста Андре Превина и контрабасиста Нильс-Хеннинг Эрстед Педерсена. Альбом стал пятьдесят вторым в творчестве певицы и последним посвящением творчеству братьев Джорджа и Айры Гершвинов.

Diana Ariadne Panton - канадская джазовая вокалистка, выпустила новый альбом "Red", который стал победителем Juno Award.

Французский пианист Николя Хорват, лауреат конкурса имени Скрябина, представил первый том проекта Glassworlds - полного собрания сольной фортепианной музыки Филипа Гласса.

The Giovanni Guidi Trio plays jazz of uncommon originality and reflective depth. On their second ECM album, they continue the work begun on the recording 'City of Broken Dreams', with pensive, abstract ballads which shimmer with inner tension. Each of the players - Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi, US bassist Thomas Morgan, and Portuguese drummer João Lobo - has a strong sense for the dialectics of sound and silence. The repertoire is mostly from Guidi's pen, but also includes the standard 'I'm Through with Love', Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farrés' 'Quizás, quizás, quizás' (familiar to jazz listeners through, above all, Nat King Cole's version), and 'Baiiia' by João Lobo.

Petra Magoni и Ferruccio Spinetti 31 марта 2015 года выпустили свой новый альбом, в котором основные инструменты - контрабас и вокал. В альбом вошли интересные кавера на Bob Marley, Paolo Conte и Edith Piaf.

Live at the Olympia '96 is a live double album by British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded at the Olympia in Paris on 17 June 1996 during the Purpendicular tour and released in 1997.