#NewMusicFriday: August 16, 2024

Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.

John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Gyan Riley: Lamentations (Tzadik)

Charly Bliss: Forever (Lucky Number)

Pom Poko: Champion (Bella Union)

Palehound: Live at First Congregational Church (Polyvinyl Records)

Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet, Emőke Baráth, Philippe Estèphe: Fauré: Requiem – Gounod: Messe de Clovis (Outhere Music)

Stuyvesant String Quartet: The Stuyvesant String Quartet: In Concert at the Library of Congress (Bridge Records)

Martha Argerich, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gábor Takács-Nagy: Portraits of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (Vol. 1 / Live) (Verbier Festival Gold)

Muscadine Bloodline: The Coastal Plain (Thirty Tigers)

Shelby Lynne: Consequences of the Crown (Sony Music)

Bella White: Five For Silver (Concord Records)

Dark Tranquillity: Endtime Signals (Century Media Records)

Pony Bradshaw: Thus Spoke the Fool (Soundly Music)

Ray LaMontagne: Long Way Home (Thirty Tigers)

The Travellers: Black Black Minds (VP Records)

Nikka Costa: Dirty Disco (Kartel Music Group)