Dave and the Divas release debut album Freedom worldwide

Dave and the Divas’ debut album Freedom is now out worldwide through East Main Media and MVD Entertainment Group, pairing unreleased Jenny Amlen songs with rare Elton John covers. The project marks a posthumous extension of Jenny Amlen’s catalog and arrives in stereo lossless and Dolby Atmos.

Why it matters: - Freedom turns a long-planned family project into a global release, extending the songbook of the late Jenny Amlen. - The album also gives rare Elton John material a new platform through five vocalists and a Dolby Atmos mix. - The worldwide rollout through East Main Media and MVD Entertainment Group gives the debut immediate digital and distribution reach.

What happened: - Dave and the Divas released their debut album Freedom worldwide on Friday, September 18, 2026. - East Main Media is handling the release, with MVD Entertainment Group distributing it worldwide. - The album is available on major streaming and download platforms in stereo lossless and Dolby Atmos. - The project was originally self-released before the wider reissue.

The details: - Grammy-winning producer and engineer David Amlen built the album around pairs: five previously unreleased songs by Jenny Amlen matched with rarely covered tracks from Elton John’s 1969 debut Empty Sky. - The five vocalists are Julie Dobrow, Meg Beattie Patrick, Iris Schaffer-Hall, Stacia Thiel and Cecilē Williams. - Each singer performs one Jenny Amlen song and one Elton John song. - All five voices join on the biggest choruses. - Amlen wrote and performed with his sister for decades before her death. - The album follows a plan the siblings had for a full-band recording of Elton John’s “Skyline Pigeon,” the song that closed their last show. - Recording took place at Sound on Sound in Montclair, New Jersey. - Every instrument on the album was played by a human, with no loops or sequenced parts. - Amlen handled the arrangements, production, guitars and keyboards. - The session band included drummer Kevin Carrillo and a horn section of Eric Goletz, Gary Blackman and Mark Blackman. - Multiple Grammy winner Greg Calbi of Sterling Sound mastered the album. - The Dolby Atmos mix is designed to place listeners inside the ensemble and surround them with the five-voice choruses. - The title track, sung by Cecilē Williams, is the first single. - “Changing World,” performed by Julie Dobrow, is the second single. - Music videos for both songs, produced by East Main Media, are on YouTube. - The album runs 46 minutes and 33 seconds. - The track list pairs Jenny Amlen songs with Elton John and Bernie Taupin titles including “Valhalla,” “Empty Sky,” “Western Ford Gateway,” “Gulliver,” “Skyline Pigeon” and others. - Release details list East Main Media as the label, MVD Entertainment Group as distributor, UPC 195269349752 and SKU EMM002.

Between the lines: - The album is built as a tribute and a completion of an unfinished idea, which gives the release a personal backstory beyond a standard cover project. - The live-in-the-room recording approach and all-human instrumentation position Freedom as a deliberately traditional studio record. - East Main Media is using the project to push independent music with a broader rollout than a typical self-release.

What’s next: - East Main Media says the official videos for “Freedom” and “Changing World” are already available on YouTube. - The release gives Dave and the Divas a platform for future promotion as a new ensemble rooted in pop and classic rock. - MVD’s worldwide distribution gives the album a path into digital, physical and wholesale markets.