We’re on the cusp of spring and instead of canceling our celebration like Rita’s Water Ice, you can plug some fresh tunes in your ears from home or wherever you are for New Music Friday.
There is something warming about country music, and since Friday, March 19 is a day away from the first day of spring, I feel some serious heat from Loretta Lynn’s latest album “Still Woman Enough.”
I’m also stoked about the new album collaboration from Benny the Butcher and Harry Fraud “The Plugs I Met 2,” and speaking of collaborations Owen Pallett and Arcade Fire teamed up for the original score for “Her.”
Jazz pianist and melodica player Jon Batiste, probably best known now for leading ” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” band has a fantastic new album “We Are.”
I’m also digging the electronic sounds of Vegan and the new albums from the Irish rock band Middle Kids and Lana Del Rey.
All of my picks for best new albums released today – Friday, March 19, 2021, are below in no particular order. My most anticipated albums are in bold. Let me know what you’re listening to in the comments below and on social media.
New Album Releases – Friday, March 19, 2021
Agent Steel – No Other Godz Before Me
Alex Somers – Siblings
Alex Somers – Siblings 2
Alice Phoebe – Lou Glow
Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett – Her (Original Score)
Becca Mancari – Juniata
Bell Orchestre – House Music
Benny the Butcher and Harry Fraud – The Plugs I Met 2
Black Honey – Written and Directed
The Blue Stones – Hidden Gems
Chad VanGaalen – World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener
Chinah – Feels Like Forever
Daniel Lanois – Heavy Sun
David Olney and Anana Kaye – Whispers and Sighs
Enforcer – Live by Fire II
Erra – Erra
Gazelle Twin and NYX – Deep England
Gentleman’s Dub Club – Down to Earth
Guapdad 4000 and Illmind – 1176
Harry Connick Jr. – Alone with My Faith
Jared Evan – Collab
Jon Batiste – We Are
Justin Bieber – Justice
Kshmr – Harmonica Andromeda
Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails over the Country Club
Loretta Lynn – Still Woman Enough
Middle Kids – Today We’re the Greatest
Nine Treasures – Awakening from Dukkha
Nitin Sawhney – Immigrants
Ringo Starr – Zoom In
Saxon – Inspirations
Serj Tankian – Elasticity
Show Me the Body – Survive
Souleye – Hunting Teardrops
Tearjerker – Deep End
Trollfest – Happy Heroes
U.D.O. – Live in Bulgaria 2020 – Pandemic Survival Show
Vegyn – Like a Good Old Friend
Veronica Swift – This Bitter Earth
William Doyle – Great Spans of Muddy Time
Ziggy Alberts – Searching for Freedom
Melissa Carper – Daddy’s Country Gold
Colin Miller – Hook
New Pagans – The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All
Hedvig Mollestad Trio – Ding Dong. You’re Dead.
Otzeki – Now is a Long Time
Maria DeHart – Quarantunes
Kota The Friend and Statik Selektah – To Kill A Sunrise
Landlady – Landlady
A.A. Williams – Songs From Isolation
Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin – $mokebreak
