Recent Background Music Releases

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  Norah Jones
  Begin Again
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  A collection of digital singles that showcase the singer/songwriter at her most elegantly adventurous.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Michael Bolton
  A Symphony of Hits
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  Michael Bolton teams with a full orchestra to revisit his big hits.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Ronnie Milsap
  The Duets
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  Ronnie Milsap teams with old friends and new stars on a stroll through his back pages.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Robert Ellis
  Texas Piano Man
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  The singer/songwriter takes a welcome left turn that brings him toward eccentric Nilsson territory.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Mike + the Mechanics
  Out of the Blue
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  Mike + the Mechanics revisit their catalog, adding three new songs for good measure.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Fennesz
  Agora
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  Recorded at home with a stripped-down set-up, Agora falls somewhere in between Fennesz's studio albums and his live improv material.

  - Paul Simpson
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  Shlohmo
  The End
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  The Los Angeles lo-fi beatmaker presents the even heavier, more apocalyptic follow-up to his brilliant Dark Red.

  - Paul Simpson
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  Pye Corner Audio
  Hollow Earth
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  Martin Jenkins' third full-length for Ghost Box is a subterranean playground full of synth-laden mystique.

  - Heather Phares
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  Hauschka
  A Different Forest
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  The composer's Sony Classical debut honors the restorative power of nature with serene yet thought-provoking piano pieces.

  - Heather Phares
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  Prins Thomas
  Ambitions
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  Continuing in the direction of some of his more experimental recent works, Thomas' sixth solo album is spontaneous yet focused.

  - Paul Simpson