New and Notable

Compay Segundo, “Las Flores de la Vida,” Nonesuch. Four years of touring and recording have donewonders for the 93-year-old Buena Vista Social Club member. He performs “Bilongo,” “Longina” and “Guantanamera” with an exuberance that makes you forget you’ve heard these standards a thousand times before.

--ERNESTO LECHNER

The Donnas, “Turn 21,” Lookout! Mixes more glam-rock licks into the female foursome’s high-octane blend of punk pop and metal, providing a satisfying swagger to tunes chronicling the suburban-youth customs of drinking, hanging out and getting into trouble.

--NATALIE NICHOLS

Christopher Lawrence, “United States of Trance,” Moonshine. The Los Angeles-based DJ displays the discerning song selection, alternately smooth and showy transitions and virtually unparalleled ability to create rising crescendos that have earned him the heady moniker “the Trance Messiah.”

--STEVE BALTIN