On July 18, 2025, “Fiction” label released “Dog Eared”, the fifth Billie Marten studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Sugar Mountain” in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, and was produced by Philip Weinrobe.
Personnel:
Billie Marten – vocals, guitar
Shahzad Ismaily – guitar
Sam Owens – vocals, guitar
Maia Friedman – vocals
Núria Graham – vocals, guitar, piano, bongos
Adam Brisbin – pedal steel guitar, guitar, bass
Michael Haldeman – guitar, drum machine
Michael Coleman – vocals, synthesizer, electric piano, electric guitar
On July 11, 2025, “Brownswood Recordings” label released “Tuff Times Never Last”, the second Kokoroko album. It was recorded in 2025, and was produced by Miles Clinton James.
On July 4, 2025, “Blue Arrow” label released “Only Frozen Sky Anyway”, the 18th Jonathan Richman album. It was recorded in 2024, at “The Mountain Studio” in Marin County, California, and was produced by Jonatham Richman, Nicole Montalbano and Jerry Harrison.
Personnel:
Jonathan Richman – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Tommy Dunbar – acoustic guitar
David Alvarez – acoustic guitar
Tommy Larkins – drums
Don Spindt – drums
Nicole Montalbano – strings
Jake Sprecher – backing vocals
Marty Parker – backing vocals
Kenny Parker – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Jonathan Richman, except where noted.
I Was Just a Piece of Frozen Sky Anyway
But We Might Try Weird Stuff
Night Fever – Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb
On June 27, 2025, “Sun” label released “Preacher Kids”, the fifth Robert Randolph album. It was recorded in 2025, and was produced by Shooter Jennings. “Preacher Kids” won a “Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album”.
Personnel:
Robert Randolph – vocals, pedal steel guitar
Tash Neal – guitar
Jay White – bass
Willie Barthell – drums
Margo Price – vocal
Judith Hill – vocal
David Spreng – mixing
Pete Lyman – mastering
Daniel Bacigalupi – assistant
Julian Gross – design, photography
Track listing:
Big Women – Robert Randolph, Judith Hill
7 Generations – Robert Randolph, Stephen Kellogg
Gravity – Robert Randolph
I’d Like to Love You Baby – JJ Cale
Choir Woman – Robert Randolph, Judith Hill
Sinner – Robert Randolph, Aaron Raitiere
King Karma – Robert Randolph, JT Nero
When Will the Love Rain Down – Robert Randolph, Judith Hill
On June 13, 2025, “Exile Productions” and “Virgin” labels released “Remembering Now”, the 47th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Van Morrison.
Personnel:
Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, saxophone
Dave Keary – acoustic and electric guitar, lap steel guitar, bouzouki, backing vocals
Richard Dunn – Hammond organ, Rhodes, backing vocals
On June 13, 2025, “Mack Avenue” label released “Elemental”, studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap. It was recorded in February 2025, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Dee Dee Bridgewater and Tulani Bridgewater-Kowalski.
Personnel:
Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
Bill Charlap – piano
Timothy J. Zick – recording, mixing
Track listing:
Beginning to See the Light – Lou Reed
Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
Honeysuckle Rose – Thomas “Fats” Waller, Andy Razaf
Here’s That Rainy Day – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
On June 13, 2025, “Nonesuch” label released “About Ghosts”, the fourteenth Mary Halvorson studio album. It was recorded in 2025, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, “Masterdisk” in New York, and was produced by John Dieterich.
On June 6, 2025, “Rough Trade” label released “More”, the eighth Pulp studio. It was recorded in 2024, at “Orbb” in London, and was produced by James Ford.
Personnel:
Jarvis Cocker – vocals, Dobro, acoustic and classical guitar, guitar, Wurlitzer piano, Korg Trident, original landscape and studio shot photography, cover concept
Brian Eno, Cecily Eno, Darla Eno, Irial Eno, Lotti Eno – vocals
Richard Hawley – acoustic guitar
Chilly Gonzales – piano
Animesh Raval – piano, Wurlitzer
Serafina Steer – keyboard
Emma Smith – violin, 12 string Vox guitar, choir and backing vocals, string arrangements,
Rich Jones – conductor, string arrangements, viola, piano, keyboards
Jennymay Logan – violin, choir vocals
Paloma Deike, Phil Granell, Rosie Tompsett – violin
Mandhira de Saram, Patrick Dawkins, Ros Stephen – violin
Freya Goldmark – violin
Chihiro Ono – violin
Flora Curzon – violin, choir vocals
Shelley Britton, Zami Jalil – viola, choir vocals
Charlotte Stock – viola, choir vocals
Jordan Bergmans – viola
Laura Moody – cello, choir vocals, vocal arrangements
Sergio de Serra – cello
David Kadumukasa – cello, choir vocals
Val Welbanks – cello
Sam Becker – double bass
Andrew McKinney – bass
Jason Buckle – electronics, guitar
Adem Ilhan, Leo Chadburn, Mara Carlyle, Matthew Kerr – choir vocals
Adam Betts – Synare, percussion
Animesh Raval – engineer, mixing
Matt Colton – mastering
Julian House – design, image creation
Rankin – cover band cut-outs
Tom Jackson – LP back cover band and book back cover portrait
Ashley Bayston – studio painting
Track listing:
All lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, music by Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Mark Webber, Jason Buckle, Andrew McKinney, and Emma Smith, with additional composers noted.
Spike Island – additional composer Adam Betts
Tina – additional composer Adam Betts
Grown Ups – additional composer Steve Mackey
Slow Jam – additional composer Serafina Steer
Farmers Market
My Sex – additional composer Adam Betts
Git to Have Love – additional composer Adam Betts, Nick Ingman, Steve Mackey
Background Noise
Partial Eclipse – Serafina Steer
The Hymn of the North – Adam Betts
A Sunset – lyrics with The Earth, additional composer Richard Hawley
On June 6, 2025, “Verve” label released “Luminal”, album by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno.
On June 6, 2025, “Verve” label released “Lateral”, album by Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe. It was recorded in 2025, and was produced by Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe.
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