"Radio Free Europe" is the debut single by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1981 on the short-lived independent record label Hib-Tone. The song features "what were to become the trademark unintelligible lyrics which have distinguished R.E.M.'s work ever since." The single received critical acclaim, and its success earned the band a record deal with I.R.S. Records. R.E.M. re-recorded the song for their 1983 debut album Murmur. The re-recording for I.R.S. became the group's first charting single, peaking at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is ranked number 174 in Rolling Stone's 2024 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2009, it was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry for setting "the pattern for later indie rock releases by breaking through on college radio in the face of mainstream radio's general indifference."

Christopher Cross' 1979 Self-Titled Debut Album on 2LP. This Expanded Edition Includes 11 Rare & Previously Unissued Tracks. Mastered & Restored by Bernie Grundman & Michael Graves. In the late 1970s, disco and hard rock ruled the charts and there was seemingly no room for a fresh unique sound. Enter Christopher Cross and his now classic self-titled first album. Originally from San Antonio, TX, and known as an exceptional guitar player besides being a tremendous songwriting talent, Christopher Cross was released in the last month of the 1970s and its first single "Ride Like the Wind," with the ubiquitous Michael McDonald on backing vocals, began a five-plus month run on the Billboard Hot 100 in February, peaking at #2 in April of 1980.

Pianist Frank Kimbrough's untimely passing—on December 30, 2020—left a void in the world. Nothing can or ever will fill it, but his work and influence sound eternal, resonating and rippling across space and time.

Norwegian musician, artist and novelist Jenny Hval announces her new album, Iris Silver Mist, out on 2 May, the lead single/video ‘To be a rose’, and a UK/EU tour. I

Maddie & Tae will be releasing their 3rd studio album with 16 brand new songs. Together as longtime friends and music collaborators, Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr previously drew praise for their 1-2 punch project Through The Madness Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, and their No. 1 debuting The Way It Feels album.

“After paying dues for over a decade, The Fifth are putting the pedal down in an all-out push for higher ground with their debut full-length album from RFK Media “We Are One,” releasing May 2nd, 2025, on CD and all digital platforms worldwide.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Modern Talking, the singer surprises with new recordings of the first six Modern Talking albums and is thus the first German artist ever to reinterpret his entire early work!

The programme here covers a century of music (the earliest is Holbrooke from 1906), much of it little known, including several first commercial recordings.

Who Will Look After The Dogs?, PUP’s pummeling and cathartic fifth LP, is their most immediate, no-frills, and hard-hitting full-length yet.

John Carroll Kirby has created the official soundtrack album for feature film The Luckiest Man in America.

Golden Wolf is the seventh studio album by Australian musician Angus Stone, and his fifth under the name Dope Lemon.

Songs for Stephen represents a nearly three-decade collaboration between esteemed composer Elena Ruehr and celebrated baritone Stephen Salter's.

The art of composition for Czech composer Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006) was about teasing out the technique he needed to express a piece through the process of writing that piece.

The CREMATORY hit factory opens its doors for the 17th time with its new studio album “Destination” and reaches a new, even higher level than before!

An enigmatic figure, Jean Adam Guilain has left posterity a collection of suites imbued with grave majesty and subtle melancholy.