Listening to…
Love & Fear, Zac Brown Band, out December 5, 2025
For Zac Brown Band’s first full-length record since 2021’s The Comeback, the genre-bending country-rock group will bring what they describe as a more emotionally raw and personal feel in Love & Fear. The project and its accompanying Las Vegas residency at the immersive venue The Sphere will blend ZBB’s breezy harmonies with guests like Snoop Dogg, Dolly Parton, and Marcus King. (Where isn’t Snoop Dogg these days?)
World’s Gone Wrong, Lucinda Williams, out January 23, 2026
A confrontation of our country’s socio-political issues and working-class struggles, Americana singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams’ 16th studio album features nine original new songs. One gem on the album is sure to be the cover of Bob Marley’s So Much Trouble In the World with soul legend Mavis Staples. The release culminates in the powerful hymn of resistance, We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Around, with piano and harmony from the jazzy Norah Jones.
Britpop, Robbie Williams, out February 6, 2026
English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams takes us back to the ’90s and its golden age for British music. The former member of pop group Take That says he worked with some of his heroes on this new album: “It’s raw, there are more guitars, and it’s an album that’s even more upbeat and anthemic than usual.” The lead single, Rocket, notably features English rock guitarist and Black Sabbath co-founder and member, Tony Iommi.
By Jessica Alyea
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