Man's Best Friend is the latest album from multi-hyphenate global popstar Sabrina Carpenter. Coming off her GRAMMY-winning project, Short n' Sweet, and numerous multi-platinum singles added to her resume, the latest from Carpenter is bursting with high energy pop and criss-crossing genres in only a way that she can.

Just when I thought that I wouldn't be recording any more of my music, the powers that be opened up a door and pushed me through it. I ended up in the studio with 8 songs, (6 of which I wrote), arrangements and a dream come true cast of players. Both John Beasley/rhodes and Bob Sheppard/sax, flute, have been my friends and peers for 36 years. Gary Novak/drums, 35! It's magical when you're working with your "family".

The John Daversa Big Band is a trailblazing ensemble blending a deep respect for big band tradition with modern, cutting-edge inspirations. Led by the trumpeter, composer, and arranger John Daversa, the band is renowned for its dynamic performances, seamlessly fusing intricate arrangements with spontaneous creativity. The legendary shows at The Baked Potato, an iconic jazz club in Los Angeles, have become must-see events, drawing jazz enthusiasts from all over to experience the energy and musical mastery that defines John’s band. These gigs are not just concerts; they are immersive experiences where each musician's virtuosity shines within the collective sound, creating an atmosphere of both precision and freewheeling spontaneity.

"Ephemeral Memory" is the debut album by hip-hop producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Braths, aka Thomas Horeczko, for Sony Music. The musician, known for his collaborations with hip-hop stars such as Apache 207, reezy, Nimo and Olexesh, Chapo102, and Ezhel, presents his own instrumental compositions. He combines miniatures for solo piano with layered string sounds and melancholic orchestral arrangements to create his own atmospheric soundscape. Braths played many of the instruments himself, and Esther Abrami and the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra appear on the album as special guests.

Michel Legrand has spent most of his life as a composer in the studios and for films, but this release is a jazz classic. Legrand took 11 famous jazz compositions and arranged them for three different groups. Tenor great Ben Webster, flutist Herbie Mann, four trombonists, and a rhythm section perform pieces by Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Django Reinhardt ("Nuages"), and the Count Basie-associated "Blue and Sentimental." A big band with trumpeters Art Farmer and Donald Byrd and altoist Phil Woods plays "Stompin' at the Savoy," "A Night in Tunisia," and Bix Beiderbecke's "In a Mist." The most famous session has Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Phil Woods, Herbie Mann, pianist Bill Evans, harp, vibes, baritone, and a rhythm section performing music by Thelonious Monk, John Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton ("Wild Man Blues"), and Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz."

Berlin’s own Delfonic kicks off a very special series of Roy Ayers reworks with this four-track EP on BBE Music. Originally sparked by a spontaneous edit of “What’s the T?”, which Delfonic shared with BBE’s Pete Adarkwah, the project quickly gained momentum. With listeners asking for a vinyl version, this initial idea soon grew into an official release – and the beginning of a larger tribute.

Fresh from the success of Tutti per uno – Viaggio nel Tempo – which saw Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble star in three special concerts featuring numerous guest artists at Palazzo Te in Mantua, broadcast on Canale 5 – Il Volo continues to showcase the beauty of Italy through their music.

The Philadelphia Orchestra and their Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin are embarking on another project of Rachmaninoff’s works, presenting his three Symphonies and other orchestral works. When Rachmaninoff’s 1st Symphony was premiered in 1897 by a badly prepared orchestra the performance turned out to be a disaster which obviously hurt the young composer deeply, not even 24 years old. Yet, later decades proved this early work to be absolutely worth a listen when performed by a first-class orchestra and conductor.

Patty Smyth, an Oscar and Grammy nominated singer and songwriter, burst onto the scene with the band Scandal in 1982 and its self-titled debut that turned out to be the best-selling EP in Columbia Records history. The album featured the hit single, “Goodbye to You,” a song Smyth co-wrote, and the hits “Love’s Got a Line on You” and “Win Some, Lose Some.” In 1984, the group’s first full-length album, The Warrior, climbed into the Top 20 on the sales chart, eventually earning RIAA-certified platinum status, with more than a million in sales. Smyth’s 1992 solo album featured her biggest hit ever, “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough,” a song she wrote that featured a performance by Don Henley. The song reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and stayed there for six consecutive weeks, going No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart. The album and the single each earned platinum status. The album also produced the hits “No Mistakes,” “I Should be Laughing” and “Shine.”

Max Mutzke is the debut studio album by German recording artist Max Mutzke. It was released by Rare Records and Warner Music Group on 7 January 2005 in German-speaking Europe after he had won both the talent contest SSDSGPS on the ProSieben late-night talk show TV total and Germany 12 Points!, Germany's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

Ron is one of Canada’s most accomplished singer-songwriters. He has collaborated with Daniel Lanois, Mitchell Froom, Ane Brun, Tchad Blake, and Bob Rock. His songwriting appears on albums from Rod Stewart, Michael Bublé, k.d. lang, Emmylou Harris and Feist.

The jury is still out, 20 years after Chuck Berry’s pianist Johnnie Johnson’s passing, concerning what he contributed to the writing of some of the rock and roller’s biggest hits. It has never been in question how immensely gifted Johnson was, nor the influence of his playing on Berry’s early work.

While passionately seeking the creative breakthrough that fueled the old school R&B vision behind his upcoming fourth Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm album Blue Magic, multi-talented keyboardist, composer and producer Nicholas Cole kept up his wildly prolific ways collaborating with fellow genre greats, hitting #1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay chart with Marcus Anderson, and labelmate Ryan La Valette and the Top Ten with Anderson and Brian Culbertson.

The Beaches have spend the past decade building something unstoppable. Their third album ‘No Hard Feelings’ finds the band blaming themselves (rather than their exes), embracing their partying ways and accepting the occasional semi-self destructive thoughts and actions. The LP includes the last-call anthem “Last Girls At The Party”, fan favorite “Jocelyn†and self-reflective “Takes One to Know One.”

August 27, 2025 / MusicWire/- Prince of southern soul Mike Clark Jr. returns today with the release of his highly anticipated deluxe project, Keep On Steppin: Bigger Stepper Edition, available now on all streaming platforms.