Jagjaguwar will issue Sharon Van Etten’s new EP, I Don’t Want To Let You Down, on June 9. She’ll kick off a world tour later this month … Van Etten also makes an appearance on Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton, a compilation album of artists performing lost lyrics by the late Karen Dalton. It’s out via Tompkins Square on May 26 … Before This World is James Taylor’s first album of new songs in 13 years, due out June 16 via Concord … A rare recording of a 1971 club performance by the Rolling Stones will see the light of day after two decades on June 23, when Eagle Rock releases The Rolling Stones From The Vault: The Marquee—Live In 1971 on DVD and other formats … Barenaked Ladies have announced the June 2 release of new album Silverball on Vanguard. The band will support the LP with an extensive U.S. tour this summer … April 7 would have been the 100th birthday of Billie Holiday, and UMe commemorated the occasion with the digital release of 17 classic albums, including six that have been issued digitally for the first time … Loud & Proud has partnered with Blackbird Presents to release CD/DVD Lynyrd Skynyrd: One More For The Fans! later this year. It features the November 12, 2014, performance of a collection of artists honoring Lynyrd Skynyrd, including Trace Adkins, Alabama, Gregg Allman, Cheap Trick, Charlie Daniels and many more … Radius, the third album by Allen Stone, will be available from Capitol on May 26 … A new live album featuring Jeff Beck’s performances during last year’s tour with ZZ Top, Jeff Beck Live+, is due out on May 5 via Atco … Jim O’Rourke’s new album, Simple Songs (his first in 10 years) will be out via Drag City on May 19 … June 2 will see the release of Kinski’s 7 (Or 8) via Kill Rock Stars … Resonance will issue In The Beginning, a 26-track collection of rare and previously unreleased Wes Montgomery recordings, on May 12 … The Late Show: Live 1978 is a previously unreleased live album featuring Andrew Gold’s tour supporting All This And Heaven Too, and it will be available on May 12 from Omnivore … The new record from Jaga Jazzist, Starfire, will be released by Ninja Tune on June 2.
—Emily Costantino
