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
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.