Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, better known as Adele, will release her much anticipated sophomore effort, which was co-produced by Rick Rubin and Florence and the Machine helmsmen Paul Epworth, and preceded by the single "Rolling in the Deep," in late February 2011.
Artist Adele
Personnel: Duchess Nell Catchpole (violin, viola); Christopher Allan (cello); Nick Etwell (trumpet, flugelhorn); Pete Beachill (trombone).Audio Mixer: Ruadhri Cushnan.Recording information: Eastcote Studios, London.Photographer: Max Knight .Arranger: Mumford & Sons.English folk outfit Mumford…
Artist Mumford & Sons
Following up her 2008 Nonesuch release Watershed, iconoclastic country singer k.d. lang returns with her third Nonesuch effort, 2011's Sing It Loud.
Artist k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang
Released in the wake of Japan's earthquake/tsunami disaster in early 2011, this compilation features songs from more than 30 superstars, including U2, Justin Bieber, Keith Urban, Cee Lo Green, and Lady Antebellum. Proceeds go toward the Japanese Red Cross Society to support its disaster relief…
Artist Various Artists
Produced by longtime collaborator Phil Ramone, Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What features guitarist Vincent Nguini, percussionist Steve Shehan, backing vocals from Simon's wife, Edie Brickell, and his daughter, Lulu, and a generous helping of the bluegrass group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver.
Artist Paul Simon
Personnel: Adele (10-string bass).British singer-songwriter Adele received a lot of attention for singles that appeared in 2007, and for her fresh yet seductively familiar blend of soul, blues, jazz, folk, and pop. 19, the artist's full-length debut, makes good on the hype by providing 12 lush…
Sam Roberts' fifth album Collider finds the Canadian rocker doing what he does best: cranking out thoughtful, melodic, midtempo rockers that hit the sweet spot between radio-friendly slickness and singer/songwriter intelligence and deliver almost an hour of classic rock-inspired goodness. While…
Artist Sam Roberts Band/Sam Roberts
One of Canada's best loved voices brings her talents to the younger set with this endearing collection of songs for children. From traditional children's tunes to kid-friendly jazz and pop standards, Anne Murray puts her heart into every track on this rambunctious collection.
Artist Anne Murray
Personnel: Rob Moose, Nadia Sirota, Clarice Jensen, Ben Russell, Yuki Numata, Marika Shaw, Richard Reed Parry, Owen Pallett, Caleb Burhans, Sarah Neufeld (strings).Audio Mixers: Craig Silvey; Arcade Fire.Recording information: Magic Shop, New York; Montr‚al; Petite glise, Farnham; Public Hi-Fi…
Artist Arcade Fire
Tributee: Bob Marley.
Artist Rockabye Baby!
Personnel: Onitsha Shaw, Missi Hale, David Loucks, Jane Lynch, Drew Ryan Scott, ReVaughn Brown, Tim Davis , Kamari Copeland, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Storm Lee, Dianna Agron, Amber Riley, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Jenna Ushkowitz, Heather Morris, Alex Anders, Chris Mann, Jayma Mays, Chord…
Artist Glee
In Your Dreams finds Stevie Nicks weaving her signature vocals through a mix of Bob Dylan-inspired folk songs, Italian love ballads, and rock anthems. Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell co-wrote two tracks, while Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard shared production duties. Nicks' first solo album in…
Artist Stevie Nicks
Beloved and award-winning children’s troubadour Raffi has captivated the young and young-at-heart alike since this very first album release in 1976. Singable Songs For the Very Young features loads of toe-tapping, sing-along favourites like "Down By the Bay," "Spider On the Floor" and "Five Little…
Artist Raffi
Audio Mixers: Seth Waldmann; Bryan Smith; Robert L. Smith; Ed Boyer.Photographer: Miranda Penn Turin.Arranger: Ed Boyer.Darren Criss was the best thing to happen to Glee's second season. After making a big splash with "Teenage Dream" -- his first solo for the show, not to mention the first…
Track Listing: 1. If It Wasn’t For Bad 2. Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes 3. Hey Ahab 4. Gone To Shiloh 5. Jimmie Rodgers’ Dream 6. There’s No Tomorrow 7. Monkey Suit 8. The Best Part Of The Day 9. A Dream Come True 10. When Love Is Dying 11. I Should Have Sent…
Artist Elton John/Leon Russell
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is Steve Earle's first recording of original material since 2007's Washington Square Serenade. The 11-track set was produced by T-Bone Burnett and follows Earle's 2009 Grammy-winning Townes, his tribute to late mentor and friend Townes Van Zandt. Earle and…
Artist Steve Earle
Baby Einstein: Anik Oulianine (cello); Aaron Drake (flute); Dan Willis (English horn, oboe); Tom Nazziola (piano, keyboards); Bill Weisbach (keyboards, percussion, chapman stick); Clive Smith (keyboards).
Jennifer Lopez began work on her seventh album in 2007, while she was pregnant with twins. A handful of leaked songs, a poorly received single ("Louboutins"), and a change of label later, she finally returns properly with Love?, a deeply personal album she hails as her best yet. The set, released…
Artist Jennifer Lopez
Personnel: Andre Kelman, Mike D .Audio Mixers: Beastie Boys; Zdar.Recording information: Oscilloscope Laboratories.Once Adam Yauch discovered he had cancer in 2009, the Beastie Boys shelved their forthcoming The Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 and its companion volume, gradually reviving and revising…
Artist Beastie Boys
Produced by Jay Joyce, Emmylou Harris' 21st studio album features the striking Harris originals "Darlin' Kate" (written for Kate McGarrigle) and "The Road" (written for Gram Parsons).
Artist Emmylou Harris
Amazingly enough, AC/DC songs actually do make very pretty lullabies when done up on Mellotron and bells with all the rough edges soothed away, but there's something decidedly sinister about sending one's child to sleep listening to "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" or "Highway to Hell," no matter how…
Arranger: Michael Armstrong.
Audio Mixer: Ryan Freeland.Recording information: The Big Room At Apple Hill (03/15/2010-03/28/2010).Photographers: Tobias Lamontagne; Sarah Sousa; Jay Bellerose.It's ironic that the first Ray LaMontagne album to list a band's name on the cover is also his first solo flight. God Willin' & the Creek…
Artist Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs
Recording information: Warner Brothers Eastwood Scoring Stage.Editor: Earl Ghaffari.The soundtrack for the Walt Disney movie Tangled, which offers up a quirky, comedic take on the Rapunzel story, features songs and music from Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken and Grammy nominee Glenn…
Artist Glenn Slater/Alan Menken
Since their 2001 inception in a Winnipeg guitar shop, the Wailin' Jennys have been quietly and consistently crafting some of North America's best modern roots music. Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody, and Heather Masse, the latter of whom took over for Annabelle Chvostek in 2007, sing like siblings and play…
Artist The Wailin' Jennys
Personnel: Jessie J (vocals).Recording information: Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA; GCR Audio, Buffalo, NY; Grove Studios, London; Herminator Studios, London; Quad Studios, New York NY; RAK Studios, London; Santisound Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Stadium Red Studios, New York, NY; Strawberry Bee…
Artist JESSIE J
Track listing: 1 O Holy Night 2 Instrument Of Peace 3 Silent Night 4 The Prayer 5 Wintersong 6 Huron Carol 7 The Perfect Gift 8 Ave Maria 9 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 10 O Viens Emmanuel ( O Come Emmanuel) 11 What Child Is This? (Carol Of The Bells) 12 Hallelujah
Artist The Canadian Tenors
Tributee: Bon Jovi.Arranger: Andrew Bissell.
After becoming the highest-selling artist of 2008 and 2009, Taylor Swift returns in 2010 with her third album, having written all the material without outside help. Speak Now finds her sticking close to the country-pop hybrids that made her famous, although a full orchestra is also used on several…
Artist Taylor Swift
FROM THE LABEL: Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian cultural icon. On this package, the master of popular song showcases 20 of his classics, all digitally remastered. Includes the #1 hits, Sundown, If You Could Read My Mind, andThe Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Artist Gordon Lightfoot
Personnel: Ryan Guldemond (vocals, guitar); Jasmin Parkin (vocals, keyboards); Molly Guldemond (vocals, synthesizer); Jesse Zubot (violin); Peggy Lee (cello); Ali Siadat (drums, background vocals); Shawn Penner (percussion); Aaron Nordean, Casey Guldemond (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Mike…
Artist Mother Mother
Recorded several months after her debut single, "Jar of Hearts," became a surprise platinum-selling hit, this full-length album follows a similar pattern, mixing heartfelt ballads and uptempo pop/rock with Perri's smoky, swaggering vocals.
Artist Christina Perri
Ron Sexsmith has been writing great pop songs for so long it's hard to say why the man hasn't managed to make a great pop album; or, more accurately, one that would communicate his many virtues to listeners outside his cult of (mostly Canadian) admirers. Sexsmith has admirably refused to stay in…
Artist Ron Sexsmith
Tributee: Radiohead.Arranger: Michael Armstrong.Each release in the Rockabye Baby! series takes the best-known songs of a particular artist and places them in a lullaby processor that involves chimes, bells, and vibraphones -- renditions that are slightly more involved than the music that comes out…
Personnel: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (vocals, ukulele, Hawaiian salt); Roland Cazimero (guitar, bass); Del Beazley (guitar).Producers: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Jon de Mello.Recorded at Audio Resource, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Artist Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Part reggae, part ragtime, part folk and all fun, Raffi has consistently pleased his young fans since his first album release in the late ’70s. With Baby Beluga, Raffi brings his audience to new levels of squealing, clapping delight pleasing the crowd with favourites like the title track, "Oats and…
Shania Twain reigns as one of three Canadian-bred queens of pop, along with Céline Dion and Alanis Morissette. Her blend of country and pop has captured the ears of millions of listeners all over the globe. The Woman in Me basically handed the music world to Twain on a tray. People danced and sang…
Artist Shania Twain
Personnel: Corin Tucker (background vocals).Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder's first official solo turn is the soundtrack to the Sean Penn directed film INTO THE WILD. Imbued with Vedder's characteristic emotional intensity, the 14 tracks on the album convey the wide open spaces of the Midwest and…
Artist Eddie Vedder
Led by the vocals and synth of Emily Haynes, Metric (part of Toronto's Broken Social Scene scene) continue to bring the pepped-up indie power pop on third record, 2009's FANTASIES.
Artist Metric
Each release in the Rockabye Baby! series takes the best-known songs of a particular artist and places them in a lullaby processor that involves chimes, bells, and vibraphones -- renditions that are slightly more involved than the music that comes out of the average baby mobile. Whether the…
Personnel: Julie Lemieux, Carolyn Larson, Susan Roman (vocals); Kenny Vehkavaara, Bill Bridges (guitar); Don Reed (fiddle); Christine Little Ardagh (flute, piccolo); Bob DeAngelis (flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Joseph Orlowski (clarinet, bass clarinet); Kathleen McLean (bassoon); Steve McDade…
Audio Mixer: Clarke Schleicher.Recording information: Quad Studios, Nashville, TN; Warner Studios; Warner Studios, Nashville, TN.Photographer: Miranda Penn Turin.Lady Antebellum prefaced the release of Need You Now by issuing its title track as a single; it reached the top spot on the country…
Artist Lady Antebellum
One of the most romantic films of the decade deserves one of the most romantic soundtracks of the decade. The original motion picture soundtrack of Notting Hill will send shivers down your spine. As you listen to the tunes you'll remember your favourite scenes and the warm feelings they inspired…
Artist Original Soundtrack
The wildly popular Baby Einstein series, known for its focus on encouraging babies' learning processes from a very early age through classical music, has created music that is perfect for little ones to enjoy while they play. Classic sing-along favorites such as "Wheels on the Bus," "Pop Goes the…
Artist Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra
Personnel: Kevin Williams (guitar); Jeff Nomvete (saxophone); Vusimuzi Shabalala, Diniloxolo Ndlakuse (keyboards); Bongani Ncube (bass guitar); Mandla Modawu (drums); Velile Msimango, Mxolisi Sithole, Sipho Ngcamu, Tshepo Maitisa (percussion).Liner Note Author: Robin Hogarth.Recording information…
Artist Soweto Gospel Choir
Alan Jackson: Alan Jackson (vocals, guitar); Brent Mason (acoustic guitar); Gary Prim (piano, organ); Keith Stegall (piano); John Wesley-Ryles, Melodie Crittenden (background vocals).
Artist Alan Jackson
Personnel: Robbie Robertson (vocals); Angela McCluskey (vocals); Eric Clapton (guitar, background vocals); Robert Randolph (pedal steel guitar); Martin Pradler (Wurlitzer piano); Ian Thomas (drums); Daryl Johnson, Rocco Deluca (background vocals).How to Become Clairvoyant is Robbie Robertson's…
Artist Robbie Robertson
This edition of LIVE: THE FAREWELL TOUR is limited to 200,000 copies.Personnel: Cher (vocals); David Barry (guitar, background vocals); Paul Mirkovich, Ollie Marland (keyboards, background vocals); Bill Sharp (bass, background vocals); Mark Schulman (drums); Stacy Campbell, Patti Darcy Jones…
Artist Cher