Starting a #music thread to share the music I've loved this year. Whether or not it was actually released this year.
I'm making a conscious choice to move away from 'best of' anything lists, but towards 'stuff I love'. Here goes:
Starting a #music thread to share the music I've loved this year. Whether or not it was actually released this year.
I'm making a conscious choice to move away from 'best of' anything lists, but towards 'stuff I love'. Here goes:
Kahlil El'Zabar, legendary Chicago jazz musician, had a great album called "A Time for Healing" that connects jazz with its African roots. The best way to describe it is 'healing'. This is clear on the track 'Urban Shaman'.
Its cover of 'Summertime' is also special.
I bought an album on Bandcamp: https://kahilelzabar-is.bandcamp.com/album/a-time-for-healing
9 track album
I don't usually listen to Americana or folk at all, but Allison Russell's music defies genres.
Her album "Outside Child" is transformational. Part memoir, part journey, this is the first album that I've heard that is almost entirely about SA. Yet it defies all expectations.
Watch her on Tiny Desk: https://www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1121277047/allison-russell-tiny-desk-concert
Ahmad Jamal's lost Paris recordings were recently issued by the French publisher: I bought a vinyl, it's so precious!
Stream it here also:
3 track album
Here's a collaboration I never expected: Khruangbin made an album with Vieux Farka Touré.
8 track album
If you've liked Mongolian music like The Hu, check out Mongolian metal.
MIIIST's album on Bandcamp is pay what you want. (Caution: loud and amazing)
4 track album