Lindsey Stirling's unique merging of violin stylings and electronc dubstep beats has already made waves on YouTube and America's Got Talent. Here her self-titled debut has been expanded to include several bonus tracks.

Trent Reznor broke free of Interscope/Universal and became a free agent, releasing music where and when he wanted. To celebrate his freedom he released the four-part Ghosts, a clearinghouse of 36 instrumentals all created during the years he crafted Year Zero. It should come as no great surprise that Ghosts then plays like a sketchbook, a place where Reznor jotted down sounds and textures that flitted across his mind and then either took them no further,...

In their first television special, Bowfire, a group of string musicians employing instruments from the traditional fiddle and violin to the electric violin and Chinese erhu, perform music spanning jazz, classical, bluegrass, Celtic, rock, and world styles.