Welcome to another edition of The Weekend Stream, The Second Disc's review of notable catalogue titles (and some new ones, too!) making digital debuts. This week we've got it all, from Bakersfield country to Billy Joel on Broadway; actors who sing and singer-songwriters who act in short films; Tony Joe White going disco and Josh Groban's hits going super-size. You'll find something to love - we guarantee it!

Wynn Stewart, Songs of Wynn Stewart (Capitol Nashville) (Apple / Amazon)

After starting his major label career in the mid-'50s on Capitol, country singer/songwriter Wynn Stewart returned there for his first proper LP, released in 1965. Though his chart success at the time was fleeting, his electric country sound - a far cry from the string-laden "countrypolitan" style popular in the genre - was starting to have a major influence on acts like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, creating a subgenre known as the Bakersfield sound. (This is the first of several planned digital releases of Stewart's, made possible by the help of the new digital artist services initiative SuperVisible Multi Media. Check out our interview with SuperVisible's Timothy J. Smith from yesterday if you haven't already!)

Josh Groban, Gems (Deluxe Edition) (Reprise) (Apple / Amazon)

Eighteen Gems weren't enough! Pop baritone Josh Groban released this career-spanning compilation last year to coincide with a Las Vegas residency - and now he's expanded it to 41 tracks, nearly three hours of soothing and uplifting songs from one of adult contemporary's most distinctive voices of the last three decades.

John C. Reilly/Mister Romantic, What's Not to Love? (Eternal Magic/Secretly) (Apple / Amazon)

Known for his distinctive and occasionally bizarre presence in both dramas (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, an Oscar-nominated turn in the film adaptation of Kander & Ebb's Chicago) and comedies (master music biopic satire Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, demented TV host Dr. Steve Brule in Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's surrealist series), actor John C. Reilly turns back to music with his latest project. It's a collection of 20th century standards performed in character as "Mister Romantic," a lovelorn vaudevillian that Reilly has taken on tour. He's cited Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson, Oliver Hardy (whom he played in a 2018 biopic) and Burl Ives as influences, which is a striking enough list to justify a spin on those merits alone.

Lykke Li, Covers (PIAS) (Apple / Amazon)

While the Swedish indie-pop singer is working on her latest album - the follow-up to 2022's Eyeye, her fifth LP - she's dropped a trio of covers of classic pop tunes (Ben E. King's "Stand by Me," The Everly Brothers' "Love Hurts") as well as a take on Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' "Into My Arms" - all meant, she said in the EP's announcement, to "pacify me from 100 hours of doom-scrolling."

Kool & The Gang/Young Franco, "get down on it" (Mercury/UMe) (Apple / Amazon)

Robert "Kool" Bell will turn 75 this year and is still on tour with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band he co-founded. To celebrate, Australian house DJ Young Franco has remixed one of Kool & The Gang's unforgettable Top 10 hits, first released in 1981.

Tony Joe White, Eyes (Expanded Edition) (Swamp) (Apple / Amazon)

On his sole release for the 20th Century label in 1976, "Polk Salad Annie" songwriter Tony Joe White attempted to fuse his defining swamp-rock sound with the unlikely cross-pollination of disco. It wasn't very successful commercially, but the artistic merits can be examined further in this greatly expanded digital edition, featuring non-LP single sides and even a selection of home studio demos.

Chaka Khan, Chaka (2024 Remaster) (Warner/Rhino) (Apple / Amazon)

This remastered edition of Chaka Khan's 1978 solo debut - featuring the immortal "I'm Every Woman" - was released on LP last year by Rhino and is now digitally available.

Walter Wanderley, Murmúrio (Murmur of Love) (Curb) (Apple / Amazon)

Released in 1967, this album by the Brazilian bossa nova organist - including a version of "The Girl from Ipanema," cut less than a year after a Verve Records session with Astrud Gilberto, who famously sang on Stan Getz's version - takes its digital bow. (Thanks to our intrepid reader Punk for digging those last three up!)

Jonas Brothers, Live from The O2, London (Republic) (Apple / Amazon)

Former Disney teen idols Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas are celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band this year with a big summer tour. Ahead of that, they've released this live set, recorded last year around Nick's birthday. Its 24 tracks include versions of classic cuts ("Sucker," "Burnin' Up," "When You Look Me in the Eyes," a cover of Busted's "Year 3000" with assistance from the U.K. band themselves), versions of Jonas solo singles (Nick's "Jealous" and "Cake by the Ocean," which Joe recorded with side project DNCE), a cover of The Cranberries' "Dreams" and "When You Know," a ballad set to feature on their upcoming studio release Greetings from Your Hometown later this summer.

Queens of the Stone Age, Alive in the Catacombs EP (Matador) (Apple / Amazon)

The stalwart rockers recorded a most unique set last year: stripped-back selections played in the Catacombs of Paris (the first time an act was ever legally allowed to play down there), recorded right before frontman Josh Homme underwent an emergency surgery that sidelined the group's touring plans for the year. A mini-documentary about the performance is also available.

Suki Waterhouse, Memoir of a Sparklemuffin (Deluxe) (Sub Pop) (Apple / Amazon)

A British model/actress recently seen in the Amazon Prime adaptation of Daisy Jones & The Six (the bestselling novel/Fleetwood Mac roman a clef), Suki Waterhouse's sprawling, alternative sophomore album, released last year, nearly doubles in track length with an assortment of new studio tracks and live recordings.

The Broadway Ensemble, "She's Got a Way (from The Billy Joel Project)" (Yellow Sound Label) (Apple / Amazon)

Hot on the heels of the premiere of the documentary And So It Goes - and in the wake of the sad news that the Piano Man is fighting health issues - The Broadway Ensemble pays tribute to Billy Joel with a forthcoming, full-length tribute album. The Billy Joel Project features such luminaries as Annie Golden, Farah Alvin, Michael Winther, Aaron Ramey, John Treacy Egan, and Nicholas Rodriguez on new arrangements of classic Joel hits and deep cuts. The first single, "She's Got a Way" performed by Donna Vivino of Wicked, Hell's Kitchen, and Les Misérables fame, is streaming now. The full album arrives July 11 on streaming/digital services, with a CD to follow later in the summer.

Chris Stamey feat The Lemon Twigs, "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (Label 51) (Apple / Amazon)

Singer-songwriter and dB's co-founder Chris Stamey's cover of the hauntingly beautiful Pet Sounds favorite - featuring the sublime backing of sibling power-pop duo The Lemon Twigs - was always scheduled to hit streaming services yesterday. Coming so soon after Brian Wilson's passing, it becomes all the more poignant.

And that's not all! Here are a few music-related, fan-funded projects on Kickstarter from some folks we love!

One of TSD's favorite songwriters - the cockeyed piano popsmith Julian Velard - is following up his latest album, 2024's In the Middle of Something, with a companion short film. Drawn from Velard's increasing inroads on the West Coast comedy club scene, the flick (based on his latest live sets) co-stars comic luminaries like Paul Scheer, Nicole Byer, James Adomian and Velard's real-life, long-suffering wife Rachel. The fully filmed featurette is also a fully-funded project on Kickstarter - but you have less than a week to chip in yourself, which could help Velard achieve a stretch goal of releasing an EP of songs from the short.

Since 1990, Film Score Monthly has been a pioneering presence for fans of orchestral soundtracks new and old. Founder Lukas Kendall started the newsletter while still in high school, parlaying it into a print and online magazine as well as a pioneering direct-license score label in the '90s, '00s and '10s. Kendall's taken to Kickstarter to fund a revamp of FSM's online presence, which will include an enhanced online archive and upgrade of the site's long-running message board, along with subscriber features. To do so, he's putting together a lot of great backer incentives, including a new book that'll feature the best of the site's reportage and interviews, a new collection of music by producer/arranger Ray Ellis (featuring music he did for the Filmation animated studio) and more! It's also nearly fully funded, but if you're a film score fan, you won't want to miss this.