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Where the Light Is
John Mayer

Featuring Mayer in one of his best live performances, Where the Light Is showcases the versatile singer-songwriter in three distinct sets: solo acoustic, with his trio, and playing with a full band
 

We Started Nothing
The Ting Tings

Following the widespread attention they gained when their single "Shut Up and Let Me Go" was featured in an iPod commercial, the Ting Tings release a CD house party of punk, funk, disco, and hooks.
Stay Positive

Stay Positive
The Hold Steady

Quite simply, this is America's truest rock band: hard-charging guitars, freewheeling keyboards, a singer with ashtray vocals, and some awesome, rocking beats.
 

Viva la Vida
Coldplay

Long live exploration: Coldplay aim for a departure from piano-driven ballads to a rougher sound on their new album. Check out the first single.

pop/rock

Death Cab for Cutie
"I Will Possess Your Heart"

Adele
"Chasing Pavements"

Usher
"Love in This Club"

Portishead
"Machine Gun"

The Weepies
"Hideaway"

The Rolling Stones
"She Was Hot"
"As Tears Go By"

Leona Lewis
"Bleeding Love"
watch: "Bleeding Love"

R.E.M.
"Supernatural Superserious"
"Hollow Man"
watch: Peter Buck & Mike Mills Discuss the Album

China Forbes
"Everybody Needs Somebody

Tift Merritt
watch: "Keep You Happy"

The Hush Sound
"Honey"

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
"Baltimore

Once (Soundtrack)
"Falling Slowly"
"When Your Mind's Made Up"
watch: Trailer for Once

Bell X1
"Flame"
"Rocky Took a Lover"
watch: "Rocky Took a Lover"

Jaymay

"Blue Skies"
"Gray or Blue"

Jack Johnson

watch: "If I Had Eyes"

Sheryl Crow
"Love Is Free"
"Shine Over Babylon"

Ray Davies
"In a Moment"
"Working Man's Cafe"

Juno (Soundtrack)
"Anyone Else but You"
"Tire Swing"

Basia Bulat
"In the Night"

The Darjeeling Limited (Soundtrack)
"Bombay Talkie"
"This Time Tomorrow"

 
 

jazz

Victor Wooten
"Miss U"
"The Lesson"

Karrin Allyson
"Desafinado"

Brad Mehldau Trio
"Ruby's Rub"

Luciana Souza
"Here It Is"

"Never Die Young"

Miles Davis Quintet
"Autumn Leaves"

Terence Blanchard
"Mantra"

Dave Brubeck
"Thank You"

 

classical

Jonas Kaufmann
"Che Gelida Manina" from Puccini's La Bohème

Pierre-Laurent Aimard
"Contrapunctus 1"

Joshua Bell
"Andante Flautando"

Mark Padmore
The English Concert & Andrew Manze
"Tune Your Harps"

"Waft Her Angels"

 

world

Loreena McKennitt
"Caravanserai"
"Penelope's Song"

Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale
"Burn"
"Sea Dreamer"

Bebel Gilberto
"Um Segundo"
watch: "Momento"

12 Girls Band
watch: The Music of 12 Girls Band

 
 

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