BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Randy Bachman has confirmed release plans for his new studio album, By George – By Bachman, a respectful and personal testimonial to the late George Harrison’s finest work. The album will be released digitally on March 2, 2018 and on CD on March 16, 2018 by UMe, and two […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Chicago has been a concert force for more than (yes!) 50 years, believe it or not. To celebrate such a storied live legacy, the Windy City-bred Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will release VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do), a 4CD/1DVD collection of previously unreleased concert […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 19, 2018
It’s been 50 years since the Steve Miller Band’s first two Capitol Records albums were released in 1968, and now Miller and Capitol/UMe have announced the May 18, 2018 release of the band’s first nine studio albums in a new 180-gram vinyl box set collection called Complete Albums Volume […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 16, 2018
On March 16, 2018, Interscope/UMe hails a pair of magical, key catalog releases from post-Britpop alt-rockers Keane (“Somewhere Only We Know,” “Everybody’s Changing”) with the 180-gram vinyl debuts of Perfect Symmetry and Under The Iron Sea.
Keane’s third studio album, October 2008’s Perfect Symmetry, was produced by Keane with contributions from Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, of Montreal) and Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys), and it immediately yielded […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Legacy Recordings is set to release Johnny Cash: Forever Words — a collaborative album consisting of songs created from Johnny Cash’s heretofore unknown poetry, lyrics, and letters set to music by an impressive array of contemporary artists — on April 6, 2018. Johnny Cash: Forever Words will be available via CD, […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 13, 2018
RCA/Legacy will release Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack) on Friday, April 6, 2018. The musical companion to the upcoming two-part HBO Original documentary directed by Emmy- and Grammy-award winner Thom Zimny, Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack) will be available in digital and physical configurations, including an 18-track definitive […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 12, 2018
The SoundBard is truly honored to premiere “2020,” an exciting new track from the up-and-coming five-man Hartford, Connecticut-bred prog collective known as Mile Marker Zero. “2020” comes from their sophomore full-length concept album The Fifth Row, which is set to be self-released on March 2, 2018. Consisting of 15 […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 10, 2018
Blue Élan Records has just released a new version of “Rose of Cimarron” from the seminal West Coast country-rock band Poco. This classic track was penned by Poco co-founder, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, and it became the hit title track to Poco’s 1976 studio album. This new recording […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 9. 2018
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be inducting The Cars into their hallowed pantheon in Cleveland this April, and to kick off the celebration a bit early, Rhino will release a pair of expanded editions for two of the band’s most iconic albums — 1981’s Shake It Up and […]
BY MIKE METTLER – FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Love’s Forever Changes is generally acknowledged today as the Los Angeles-bred psychedelic folk-rock pioneers’ finest achievement, though it was mostly overlooked when it was released in November 1967. However, four decades later, in 2008, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in 2012, The Library […]
