Ambrose Akinmusire

‘The Omnichord Real Book,’ Meshell’s first album since 2018 and Blue Note Records debut, is due June 16 and features contributions from Jeff Parker, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joan As Police Woman, and more

Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Dinosaur Jr., Guided by Voices, LCD Soundsystem, The Hold Steady, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Open Mike Eagle, Combo Chimbita, Kiki & Herb, Midtown, and more.

Friday’s NYC-area shows include LCD Soundsystem, The Hold Steady, Archers of Loaf, Boy Harsher, Hammered Hulls, Midtown, The Sadies, and more.

Though jazz never went away, the past few years have seen a serious jazz renaissance that continues to grow and intersect with hip hop, electronic music, and more. Here are 15 of this year’s jazz albums that we strongly recommend…

NPR’s Top 50 Albums includes some of the ones we’ve been seeing on many of these end-of-year lists, but NPR always has its own flavor.

As we’re a little more than halfway through 2020, here are five great albums from the first half of the year that we think deserve some more attention…

Thursday shows include: Sloan (playing ‘Navy Blues’ in full), Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Chief Keef, Telefon Tel Aviv, Bill Frisell and more.

As usual, the list spans tons of genres, including indie rock, folk, pop, hip hop, classical, jazz, punk, metal, reggaeton, country, and more.

NPR Music’s list includes tracks from Cardi B, Big Thief, King Krule, Drake, Harry Styles, Father John Misty, and more.

The indoor, ticketed lineup for the 38th Montreal International Jazz Festival also includes Buddy Guy, Joey Bada$$, Robert Glasper, Tanya Tagaq, Xenia Rubinos, and many more.