Congratulations to Cyndi Lauper for ‘Memphis Blues’ being nominated for the Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy Award. Already a Grammy Award winner, this is Cyndi’s 14th nomination. The Grammy Awards will be announced on February 13th on CBS. Buy ‘Memphis Blues’ on iTunes

David Gray enters into the world of country to perform for Billboard’s Mashup Mondays installment. Gray covers the country classic “Long Black Veil,” made famous by Johnny Cash. Watch the video and view photos on Billboard.

Listen to Cyndi Lauper’s “Crossroads” in the player below! The song is from her recent album Memphis Blues and features Jonny Lang.

Read about Cyndi’s recent NYC show and catch her live at one of the upcoming shows below!

Get new music from Mercer Street Records: Stream all your favorite artists on Mercer Street including new songs from David Gray & Cyndi Lauper! Then download three free songs from Mos Def, William Fitzsimmons & Ozomatli! Click here to listen and download!

David Gray’s new studio album, Foundling, can now be pre-ordered on iTunes and the first single “A Moment Changes Everything” is available for purchase!
Pre-order ‘Foundling’ and get David Gray’s new single on iTunes.

Less than a year after releasing his critically acclaimed seventh album Draw the Line, David Gray has announced the release of a new studio album, Foundling, out on August 17, 2010 on Mercer Street Records. This 2-disc set will feature the full length album and a 9-song bonus disc featuring never before released material including the first single “A Moment Changes Everything.”

Listen to “A Moment Changes Everything” and view the tracklisting for Foundling below!

The feel of Memphis Blues is gritty and full of life. Recorded this March at Electraphonic Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, the album features appearances by such great artists as B.B. King, Jonny Lang, Allen Toussaint, Ann Peebles and Charlie Musselwhite.

“This is the album I’ve wanted to make for years,” says Lauper. “All of these beautiful songs, and all of the great players on the album, were carefully chosen because I’ve admired them my entire life. And I knew from the moment Alan Toussaint hit the keys in ‘Shattered Dreams’ that we were creating something really special.” Buy the album on iTunes

William Fitzsimmons‘ Derivatives is a multicolored re-imagining of several prominent tracks from The Sparrow and the Crow, Fitzsimmons’ well-received 2009 release, containing several remixes of William’s largely folk-inspired tunes – revisited and remixed in an electronic fashion – while still retaining the emotional and heartfelt core of William’s songs. Buy it today on iTunes.