#NewMusicFriday: June 7, 2019

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)