Favorite Music :: 2024
Some singles, some EPs and some full-length albums.
These have been 50 of my favorite releases of 2024. Selections are in alphabetical order because you can’t rank music.
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
Some singles, some EPs and some full-length albums.
These have been 50 of my favorite releases of 2024. Selections are in alphabetical order because you can’t rank music.
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
The next time you’ve got nearly 5 hours to kill, I’ve got the mix for you! These are not necessarily my “favorite songs of 2021.” Instead, these are choice cuts; one representative track from each of my favorite 50 albums of the year. Regardless of length.
Get ready for a ride.
Tracklist:
Pray for Peace by Ustad Saami from East Pakistan Sky
Recessinater by Birds of Maya from Valdez
The People vs. the Rest of Us by Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble from NOW
Bell Song by 75 Dollar Bill featuring Barry Weisblat from Social Music at Troost Vol. 1
Ya Rossoul by Khaira Arby from Khaira Arby In New York (Live In 2010)
Movement by Bell Orchestre from House Music
Broken Mirror (A Selfie Reflection)/Composition 9 by Matthew E. White and Lonnie Holley from Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection
Riddim Rek Sa Niouy Mom by Wau Wau Collectif from Yaral Sa Doom
All That They Left You by Six Organs of Admittance from The Veiled Sea
Days Like These by Low from Hey What
VBS by Lucy Dacus from Home Video
Brothers by Phil Cook from All These Years
Dark In Here by the Mountain Goats from Dark In Here
Djougoh by Nahawa Doumbia from Kanawa
The Call by Madlib from Sound Ancestors
Beat Up Born Where I Come From by Ghost of Vroom from Ghost of Vroom 1
Dovetail by Girls in Airports from Leap
descension (Out of Our Constrictions) III by Natural Information Society and Evan Parker from descension (Out of Our Constrictions)
Beowulf’s Trip by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders from Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders
World is Turning by Rose City Band from Earth Trip
Disposable Thumbs by Endless Boogie from Admonitions
Staggering With a Lantern by Mountain Movers from World What World
Albuquerque by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis from CARNAGE
OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.) by Godspeed You! Black Emperor from G_d's Pee At States End!
Juvenescence by Yasmin Williams from Urban Driftwood
Invisible Map by Derek Piotr from Making and Then Unmaking
You Can Regret What You Have Done by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy from Superwolves
This Old World by Billy Strings from Renewal
Kelp Highway by Drew Gardner from Drew Gardner
Jnoun ! by Bachar Mar-Khalifé from Ghost Songs
In Remembrance Of Those Fallen by Sons of Kemet from Black To The Future
Bertha The Cool by Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog from Hope
Give Me Back My Loving by Leo Nocentelli from Another Side
Don’t Let The Tears by Howlin’ Rain from The Dharma Wheel
Tree of Tule by Daniel Lanois from Heavy Sun
Way To Cairo by Native Soul from Teenage Dreams
Ethiopian Sunshower by Adrian Younge And Ali Shaheed Muhammad from Brian Jackson JID008
Zengadyw Derekou by Hailu Mergia from Tezeta
Ya Habibti by Mdou Moctar from Afrique Victime
Tropicale Moon by Mouth Painter from Tropicale Moon
Natural Facts by Wet Tuna from Eu’d To A Fake Boogie Volume 4
Shrinks the Day by Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo from Deep Fried Grandeur
Musungu Elongo Paints His Face White to Scare Small Children by Kasai Allstars from Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound
Trap Life by Sault from Nine
Désert by Dobe Gnahoré from Couleur
Part 1 by Elkhorn from The Golden Lag
If It Comes In The Morning by Hiss Golden Messenger from Quietly Blowing It
Morning River by Steve Gunn from Other You
Shiva With Dustpan by Ryley Walker from Course In Fable
Cortez the Killer (live) by Neil Young and Crazy Horse from Way Down In The Rust Bucket
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Listen to a nearly 5-hour very low quality mix of one song from each of my favorite albums of 2021 called “Soundtrack to the Collective Meltdown”