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In The News: Big Star, Bettye Lavette, Mark Ronson, Carl Barât, Kid Rock And More

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Rhino Records will honor Big Star this month with reissues of the band’s four-disc boxed set, Keep An Eye On The Sky, as well as an expanded deluxe version of Chris Bell’s I Am The Cosmos. The albums will be released on November 24 and 11, respectively … Bettye Lavette will kick off 2015 with the January 27 release of her new album, Worthy, as well as a residency at the Carlyle in New York City … First Light is the debut LP from Big Noble, a collaborative project by Interpol’s Daniel Kessler and sound designer Joseph Fraioli, due out February 3 on their Affiliates Sound imprint, via Kobalt Label Services … On February 3, the new double album from Mount Eerie, Sauna, will be available from P.W Elverum & Sun … Kevin Howes compiled an anthology of music from the Indigenous peoples of Canada and the northern United States onto Native North America (Vol. 1): Aboriginal Folk, Rock, And Country 1966-1985, and it will be released by Light In The Attic on November 25 … Uptown Special, the new record from Mark Ronson, is due out from RCA on January 25, and will feature several guest appearances including Bruno Mars, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Miike Snow’s Andrew Wyatt and more … The latest release from Sir Richard Bishop, Tangier Sessions, will be out February 17 via Drag City … Grand Jury will issue Let It Reign, the debut album from Carl Barât and his new band the Jackals on February 17. The band is currently touring the U.K. … February 24 marks the release of Kid Rock’s new record, First Kiss, via Warner Bros. … When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel, 1926-1936 is a three-CD/three-LP set produced by Christopher King, due out from Tompkins Square on December 9 … 20 hours of material from Scharpling & Wurster’s radio show have been compiled onto a 16-CD boxed set, Scharpling & Wurster: The Best Of The Best Show, due out March 17 from the Numero Group.