Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream.com columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
Prince: Originals (NPG Records)
Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City)
Ron Carter, Danny Simmons: The Brown Beatnik Tomes (KMW Studio Publishing/UMG Recordings)
Peter Perrett: Humanworld (Domino Recording Co)
Yeasayer: Erotic Reruns (Yeasayer)
Santana, Buika: Africa Speaks (Starfaith)
Pixx: Small Mercies (4AD)
Jake Xerxes Fussell: Out of Sight (Paradise of Bachelors)
Rukhsana Merrise: Child O’ Today (Communion Group)
PicaPica: Together & Apart (Rough Trade Records)
Mari Samuelsen: Mari (Deutsche Grammophon)
Plaid: Polymer (Warp Records)
Palehound: Black Friday (Polyvinyl Records)
Lifted: 2 (PAN)
Consummation: The Great Solar Hunter (Profound Lore Records)