Today's Top Tune

Boyle Heights high school teacher and LA native singer/songwriter, Cassandra Violet , is back with her first new work in a couple of years.

Ivan Neville has just released his first solo album in almost 20 years, Touch My Soul, a ten-song journey into his emotional and spiritual life as a human being in all its complexities, and backed by friends like Bonnie Raitt, Michael McDonald, and a few Neville family members. A crusader for the Crescent City, “Greatest Place On Earth” features New Orleans royalty Trombone Shorty and Preservation Hall Jazz bandleaders Ben Jaffe and Charlie Gabriel.

Take an imaginary cosmic journey into deep space with Canadian instrumental band Astrocolor . Their new album, Moonlighting, was executive produced by Khruangbin ’s long-time collaborator, Steve Christensen, giving this instrumental band their certification of approval. A dizzying blend of jazz, psychedelia, and electronics explode on “Star Swing.”

Los Bitchos turn up the heat on the 1958 Latin-inspired classic surf song by The Champs, “Tequila.” A favorite during their live sets, the London-based, internationally assembled, woman-powered instrumental band share their outstanding version on Cinco de Mayo. Salud!

A constant in the Om Records repertoire, Charlie Tate expands his legacy with new work from his project The Jazzual Suspects . Tate began his musical journey in the ‘90s working with breakbeat pioneers, and has released more than 13 full length recordings under different monikers and countless remixes for the likes of Bob Marley, Kaskade, and many more. Get acquainted with The Jazzual Suspects electro-jazzy mix on “Blue Vaka.” And may the fourth be with you, today and every day!

Balance is the centerpiece of Steady Holiday’s fourth album, Newfound Oxygen — finding it, noticing its changes, and jostling to find it again. Dre Babinski, the force behind Steady Holiday , knows that “balance has to be monitored and maintained.” “Newfound Oxygen” is the reward taken from hard lessons.

Ethereal artist vōx and Japanese experimentalist Salyu intertwine their voices, each in their native tongues, connecting East and West to dabble in ideas of distance and longing on “I Would.”

Zamrock pioneers WITCH return June 2 with Zango, their first new album in 39 years. Yes, pals, that is a LIFETIME! An international and inter-generational collaboration, “Avalanche of Love” (featuring Sampa The Great) , connects their legacy to fresh Zambian talent.

Today sees Avalon Emerson & The Charm dropping their self-titled debut album. “Karaoke Song” muses on the fluid nature of intimacy.

Naming themselves Psyché , after both the ancient Greek for ‘soul’ or ‘mind’ and their love for psychedelic funk, this extraordinary Neopolitan band serves up a burner of a debut single. “Cumbia Mahàre” is an instrumental romp that dives deep into their Mediterranean roots and beyond. (Fun fact: the term “mahàre” was used in Southern Italian dialects to indicate witches.)