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

#jazz #music #bandcamp

A Time For Healing, by Kahil El'Zabar Quartet

9 track album

Kahil El'Zabar

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

#music #allisonrussell

Allison Russell: Tiny Desk Concert

Russell and her talented band embody healing community; watch a performance of songs from her astounding, unclassifiable album <em>Outside Child</em>.

NPR

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:

https://transversales.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-paris-1971

#jazz #music #bandcamp #vinyl

Live in Paris (1971), by Ahmad Jamal

3 track album

Transversales Disques

Here's a collaboration I never expected: Khruangbin made an album with Vieux Farka Touré.

https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/ali

#jazz #music #bandcamp

Ali, by Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin

8 track album

Khruangbin

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)

https://miiist.bandcamp.com/album/let-it-ever-be-remembered

#music #mongolia #heavymetal #bandcamp

Let it ever be remembered…, by MIIIST

4 track album

MIIIST
@skinnylatte I need to check that out. I love the HU