LITTLE ROCK — Music marches on in March with new albums by Lucinda Williams, Buddy Miller, R.E.M., The Strokes and Jennifer Hudson, and a new extended play (EP) release by Lady Gaga.
High-profile reissues include 40th anniversary editions of Derek and the Dominoes’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water. In addition, Traffic’s John Barleycorn Must Die has been expanded with rarities and live material.
Release dates are subject to change.
TUESDAY
Lucinda Williams, Blessed, Lost Highway. A dozen new songs. The deluxe edition has a second disc with the album’s songs as demos.
Marsha Ambrosius, Late Nights and Early Mornings, J. Singer-songwriter from Floetry; includes single “I Hope She Cheats on You.”
Linda Eder, Now, Sony.
Aaron Lewis, Town Line, Stroudavarious. Staind’s Aaron Lewis has recorded an EP of Americana-flavored tunes.
Buddy Miller, Majestic Silver Strings, New West. Great Americana guitarist, songwriter and singer performs country classics with guests Lee Ann Womack, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin and his wife, Julie Miller.
Harry Connick Jr., In Concert on Broadway, Columbia.
Neil Diamond, The Bang Years, Legacy. Twenty-three Diamond tunes from 1966-68 in monophonic, including “Shilo,” “Cherry, Cherry,” “Solitary Man” and “Do It.”
Devotchka, 100 Lovers, Anti-
Dum Dum Girls, He Gets Me High, Sub Pop.
MARCH 8
Billy Joel, Live at Shea Stadium, Columbia. Two CD-one DVD set.
R.E.M., Collapse Into Now, Warner Bros. Producer Jacknife Lee, who handled the band’s previous album, Accelerate, returns for this set of 12 tunes.
Avril Lavigne, GoodbyeLullaby, RCA. Singer’s fourth album.
Sara Evans, Stronger, RCA. Includes the hit “A Little Bit Stronger.”
Ian Moore & the Lossy Coils, El Sonido Nuevo, Spark & Shine.
Parts & Labor, Constant Future, Jagjaguwar. Noise-pop trio’s fifth album.
Lupe Fiasco, Lasers, Atlantic. Rapper’s latest includes the single “The Show Goes On.”
Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition), Columbia Legacy. One CD and one DVD, which has the CBS special Songs of America, footage of the duo’s 1969 tour, a documentary and new interviews with Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, producer Roy Halee and others.
Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die, Universal. Two CDs. The 1970 album was originally to have been a Steve Winwood solo album; it became the third Traffic album. Second disc in the deluxe edition has live performances from that tour.
Bruce Cockburn, Small Source of Comfort, True North.
MARCH 15
Lady Gaga, Born This Way EP, Interscope.
Toby Keith, 10, Universal. A DVD with 10 music videos by the country star.
Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson, Ella and Oscar, Concord. Reissue of the duet album.
Various artists, American Idol 10th Anniversary: The Hits, Vol. 1, RCA. Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Kris Allen and more.
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, Rare BirdAlert, Rounder. Bluegrass tunes by the banjo-lovin’ Martin includes “King Tut” and “Jubilation Day.”
J. Mascis, Several Shades of Why, Sub Pop. Solo acoustic recording.
MARCH 22
Pet Shop Boys and The Wroclaw Score Orchestra, The Most Incredible Thing, Astrawerks. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s music for their full-length ballet, based on the Hans Christian Andersen story of the same title.
The Strokes, Angles, RCA.
Adam Lambert, Glam Nation Live, RCA. CD and DVD.
Gucci Mane, The Return of Mr. Zone 6, Warner Bros.
Green Day, Awesome as F***, Warner Bros. CD and DVD.
Duran Duran, All You Need Is Now, S-Curve. CD and DVD.
MARCH 29
Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me, Arista.
Britney Spears, Femme Fatale, Jive. Includes “Hold It Against Me.”
Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis and Norah Jones, Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles, Blue Note. Recorded live at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Pearl Jam, Vs. & Vitalogy, three-CD deluxe edition (featuring Live At The Orpheum, Boston), Epic/Legacy.
Derek & the Dominoes, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (40th Anniversary Edition), Universal. Includes tunes performed on The Johnny Cash Show, the Eric Clapton/Duane Allman acoustic duet “Mean Old World” and tracks produced by Phil Spector. Available in two-CD set or as four CDs, two vinyl albums and one DVD boxed set.
Snoop Dogg, Doggumentary, Priority.
Panic! at the Disco, Vices and Virtues, Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen.
The Band of Heathens, Top Hat Crown & the Clapmaster’s Son, BOH.
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Style, Pages 47 on 02/27/2011