The Ever Fonky Lowdown (Blue Engine). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

A mysterious stranger wander into a desolate village burdened by gold. Two clans vie for his gunslinging prowess, and nearly everybody ends up dead in this lush and ultraviolent Japanese Western.

Two convicts discuss God, morality and how many people they killed as their lawyer gets disbarred.

Radical Waves (The Sign Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Shawn Kilgore presents a caberet on line from Winter Park Playhouse.

Blue Hearts (Merge). Review by Scott Adams.

Not unlike fine Swiss clockwork, the duo that calls themselves Yello have been ticking for four decades without missing a beat.

All The Misery Money Can Buy (Soundly Music). Review by James Mann.

20th Century in 100 Songs (Louisiana Red Hot Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

If you think quarantining is a pain, try holding it in when you can’t go out.

M.I.A.. Review by Stacey Zering.

The Just Joans keep it in the family, and they keep it fairly civil, covering their lethally caustic Scottish wit in a layer of pleasant pop.

Akashic Books Noir series stops in Addis Ababa for some stories about the dark side of Ethiopia. The stories blend myth, history, memory and regret related to dealing with the county’s traumatic recent past.

Listening to Fantastic Negrito is like lifting the lid on a simmering pot to a wonderfully exotic yet very familiar blend of spices.

Western Swing and Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs (La Honda Records/ Thirty Tigers). Review by Jeremy Glazier.

CWF II (Black Lodge Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Origins, Vol. 2 (Entertainment One (eOne)). Review by Christopher Long.

Reminiscence. Review by Stacey Zering.

The Floating Hand (Zum). Review by Scott Adams.

Black Eyed Dog (Anti Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.