June 2025

Freegal

Freegal Music offers download or streaming access to more than 13 million songs, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists. In total the collection is comprised of music from over 40,000 labels with music that originates in over 100 countries with no software to download. Download 5 songs per week or stream 3 hours of music per day by just using your Library Card.
New Music CD's
Exile

The programme brings together composers who, for the most part, were compelled to flee their homeland. In 1920, Ivan Wyschnegradsky took refuge in Paris, where he wrote for a quarter-tone piano at a time when, in Russia, the slightest dissonance was considered a political provocation. Andrzej Panufnik left his native Poland in 1954. Alfred Schnittke settled in Hamburg in 1990, eight years before his death, having spent most of his life in the Soviet Union. Although Schubert never moved away from Vienna, the pain and solitude of his inner exile are palpable in his music. Finally, the Belgian violin virtuoso Eugene Ysaye emigrated on account of the First World War and it was in the United States, in 1917, that he wrote the melancholy musical poem recorded here, which he called Exil! Is exile nothing but pain and isolation, or also a source of inspiration which, with music, expresses what words cannot say, acting as the ultimate refuge? 'Let's listen to what they have to say', suggests Patricia Kopatchinskaja, herself 'uprooted for ever'. She is joined by cellist Thomas Kaufmann and her friends from Camerata Bern.
Evangeline vs. the machine

Eric Church's eighth studio album features eight new songs, including "Darkest Hour" and 'Hands of Time."
Arcadia

Known for an immaculately crafted but endlessly surprising sound that transcends the boundaries of roots, country, rock & roll, and pop, Alison Krauss & Union Station are making their long-awaited return with their first LP since the 2011 masterpiece Paper Airplane.
Dreamsicle

The highly anticipated fourth studio album from Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Maren Morris.
Oh what a beautiful world

Willie Nelson's new album (his 77th solo studio album and his 154th album overall) is an album that focuses on the songs of Rodney Crowell, the latest in Nelson's storied history of focusing entire albums on a single songwriter's work. 
For recreational use only

The Grand Ole Opry member and CMA Entertainer of the Year winner delivers an album that runs the gamut of the human experience, exemplified by "Let Him In Anyway," the powerful track that anchors the album.
Once Upon A Mattress - O.B.C.R

Starring two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster as Princess Winnifred, this musical is an uproarious update of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea".
Loose Talk

Fifty-three years since he delivered the bolt-from-the-blue of Roxy Music's debut LP as his calling card, Ferry's latest project is just as startlingly unexpected an arrival.
I said I love you first

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco team up to release their first project as a couple celebrating their love story and giving fans a unique window into their relationship.
Dream into it

Billy Idol's ninth studio album and first full-length record in over 10 years tells a rich and deeply personal tale of Billy's voyage from young punk rock dreamer to his reset as an MTV leather-gloved icon, and then on to all his well-publicized hits, highs, lows, overdoses, and accidents; culminating with a devastatingly honest assessment of the price of fame and the wisdom accrued by getting your act together and embracing family.
Alligator bites never heal

With her Grammy Award-winning mixtape, rapper, singer and visionary artist Doechii delivers nineteen tracks following the weekly "Swamp Session" installments that lit the internet on fire with eye-catching visuals and equally compelling bars.
$ome $exy $ongs 4 u

Originally released digitally, Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR join forces on a new album. Among the 21 tracks are the singles Somebody Loves Me; Nokia; and Die Trying.
NSFW

Known as one of the leading raunchy rappers, this album delivers Tyga's signature West Coast style over his boldest and most experimental sound yet, showcasing his growth as an artist. 
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