Quote:Leftover Salmon will return from an eight-year hiatus with a new CD, "Aquatic Hitchhiker," on May 22.

Jon McLaughlin is giving his 2011 CD, "Forever If Ever," a restart. On May 22, he will release the CD, retitled "Promising Promises," with three additional new songs.

Billy Martin (drummer of Medeski, Martin & Wood) and organist Will Blades will release a CD, "Shimmy," on May 22.

Sonny Landreth's 11th CD, "Elemental Journey," will be an all-instrumental effort. Guests on the CD, due out May 22, include guitar greats Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani.

Eric Prydz will release a three-CD retrospective, "Prydz Presents Pryda," on May 22. A single CD version will also be available. He's set to headline the Identity Festival tour from July 19-Aug. 19.

The Jamie McLean Band will release a live DVD, "Jamie McLean Band — Live at Gibson," on May 22.

Other acts releasing new CDs on May 22 include:

Admiral Fallow ("Tree Bursts In Snow"); Affector ("Harmagedon"); Sarah Aroeste ("Gracia"); Cory Branan ("Mutt"); Brothers Comatose ("Respect The Van"); Diablo Swing Orchestra ("Pandora's Pinata"); Robert Francis ("Strangers in the First Place"); Havok ("The Point Of No Return"); Headspace ("I Am Anonymous"); JBM ("Stray Ashes"); Kimbra ("Vows"); Like Pioneers ("Oh Magic"); Mutilation Rites ("Empyrean"); Paul Mark and the Van Dorens ("Smartest Man in the Room"); Ryan Monroe ("A Painting Of A Painting On Fire"); Mount Erie ("Clear Moon"); Haley Reinhart ("Listen Up!"); Royal Thunder ("CVI"); Shruded Strangers ("Lost Forever"); Six Feet Under ("Undead"); Teen Daze ("All of Us, Together"); 12 Stones ("Beneath The Scars"); Unisonic ("Unisonic"); Bob Wayne ("Till The Wheels Fall Off"); Emily Jane White ("Ode To Sentience"); Kaia Wilson ("Two Adult Women In Love"); Young Man ("Vol. 1").