On August 29, 2025, “Mack Avenue Records” label released “Without Further Ado, Vol. 1”, the 20th Christian McBride album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Blue Engine Studios”, “Sear Sound” and “The Power Station” in New York City, “Rocky Mountain Recorders” in Denver, and was produced by Christian McBride.
Personnel:
Christian McBride – acoustic and electric bass
Rodney Jones – guitar
Xavier Davis – piano, electric piano, clavinet
McClenty Hunter Jr. – drums
Andy Summers
Sting
Jeffrey Osborne
Samara Joy
José James
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Dianne Reeves
Antoinette Henry
Track listing:
Murder by Numbers – Andy Summers, Sting
Back in Love Again – Len Ron hanks, Zane Grey
Old Folks – Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robinso
Moanin – Bobby Timmons
All Through the Night – Cole Porter’
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Gerald Goffin, Carole King
Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
Op. 49 – Cold Chicken Suite 3rd Movement – Christian McBride
On August 29, 2025, “Nonesuch” label released “Ride into the Sun”, the 46th Brad Mehldau album. It was recorded in January 2025, and was produced by Brad Mehldau and Dan Coleman.
Personnel:
Brad Mehldau – piano
Daniel Rossen – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and resonator guitar
Chris Thile – lead and backing vocals, mandolin
Felix Moseholm – acoustic bass
John Davis – acoustic and electric bass, engineer, mixing
Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion, screams
Orchestra
Jessica Han, Alex Sopp – flute
Agnes Marchione – clarinet
Adrian Morejon – bassoon
Eric Reed – horn
Christina Courtin, Ellen DePasquale, Laura Frautschi, Joanna Maurer, Derek Ratzenboeck, Austin Wulliman – violin
Mario Gotoh, Dov Scheindlin, Nadia Sirota – viola
Michael Haas, Sophie Shao , Caitlin Sullivan – cello
On August 27, 2025, “Hans Unlimited” label released “True Blue” the 37th Casiopea album. It was recorded in 2025, and was produced by Issei Noro, Jun Abe, Yoshihiro Naruse and Yoshihiro Imai.
On August 22, 2025, “Merge” label released “Songs in the Key of Yikes”, the thirteenth Superchunk studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Sonark” in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Personnel:
Mac McCaughan – vocals, guitar, additional recording, inner album photography
Jim Wilbur – guitar
Laura Ballance – bass, shouting
Laura King – drums, percussion, backing vocals, shouting
On August 22, 2025, “Impulse!” label released “That Wasn’t a Dream”, album by Pino Palladino and Blake Mills. It was recorded in 2025 at “Sound City Studios” in Los Angeles.
Personnel:
Pino Palladino – bass
Blake Mills – guitar, mixing
Dory Bavarsky – piano, keyboards
Rocco Palladino – bass
Sam Gendel – saxophone
Abraham Rounds – drums
Chris Dave – drums
Steve Jordan – drums
Joseph Lorge – mixing
Patricia Sullivan – mastering
Daniel Krieger – lacquer cut
H. Hawkline – artwork, layout
Gabi Zecchetto – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Pino Palladino and Blake Mills, except where noted.
On August 15, 2025, “Life’s a Bish Records” label released “THIMK”, the twentieth and final Stephen Bishop album. It was recorded at “Man Cave Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Marcus Eaton.
Stephen Bishop – lead and backing vocals, guitar
Marcus Eaton – guitar, bass, backing vocals, string arrangements, sampling
Eric Clapton – slide guitar
Christopher Cross – guitar
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
Steve Porcaro – piano
Jimmy Webb – piano
John Jarvis – piano
David Benoit – piano
Michael McDonald – piano, backing vocals
Nathan East – bass
Leland Sklar – bass
Sean Hurley – bass
Mai Leisz – bass
Nic Collins – drums
Jake Reed – drums
Steve Gadd – drums
Jack Tempchin – harmonica
Graham Nash – vocals
Sting – backing vocals
Art Garfunkel – backing vocals
Kenny Loggins – backing vocals
David Pack – backing vocals
James Lee Stanley – backing vocals
Gerry Beckley – backing vocals
Dewey Bunnell – backing vocals
Marilyn Martin – backing vocals
Liz Lieber – backing vocals
Marcus Eaton – engineer, editor
Billy Centenaro – mixing
Bernie Grundman – mastering
Liz Kamlet – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Stephen Bishop, except where noted.
Now That I’ve Hit the Big Time
Only the Heart Within You
She’ll Always Be My Girl
In the Limelight (alternate version)
The Money Girl
Liz (So in Love with You)
Really Wanting You
One More Night
You Don’t Need My Love
It Might Be You – Stephen Bishop, Dave Grusin, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
On August 8, 2025, “Easy Eye Sound” and “Warner Bros” labels released “No Rain, No Flowers”, the thirteenth Black Keys (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Easy Eye Sound” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney and Rick Nowels.
Personnel:
Dan Auerbach – lead vocals, guitar; claps, bass; drum machine, drums; kazoo, bass synthesizer, bass drums, glockenspiel, shaker, tambourine
On July 18, 2025, “J&R Adventures” label released “Breakthrough”, the seventeenth Joe Bonamassa studio album. It was recorded at “Black Rock Studios” in Santorini, Greece, “Ocean Way Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.
Personnel:
Joe Bonamassa – lead vocals, guitar, slide guitar
Josh Smith – guitar
Reese Wynans – keyboards
Calvin Turner – bass
Stephen Mackey – bass
Greg Morrow – drums
Lemar Carter – drums, percussion
Jade MacRae – backing vocals
Danielle DeAndrea – backing vocals
Kevin “Caveman” Shirley – mixing, photography
Austin Atwood – engineer
Kostas Kalimeris – engineer
Nate Haessly – engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Brian Lee – mastering
Bob Jackson – mastering
Hugh Syme – art direction, design, illustrations
Roy Weisman – executive producer
Track listing:
Breakthrough – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
Trigger Dinger – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge
I’ll Take the Blame – Joe Bonamassa, Gary Nicholson
Drive by the Exit Sign – Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley, James House
Broken Record – Joe Bonamassa
Shake this Ground – Joe Bonamassa, James House
Still Walking with Me – Joe Bonamassa, Tom Hambridge