Anais Mitchell – Anais Mitchell
The catharsis of writing letters you’ll never send.
Josh Smith – Bird Of Passage
Hybrid jazz/blues guitar takes big band swing somewhere new.
ivy sole. – candid.
Black, female and poor: a survivor’s guide.
Bad Bunny – Un Verano Sin Ti
The Latin hip hop album everyone is rightly talking about.
Calm. – Conversations With A Willow Tree
LA rap duo try to save the planet.
Pigeon Pit – Feather River Canyon Blues
Weakerthans for Americans. If you have to ask….
Band of Horses – Things Are Great
Catchy. Witty. Jangly guitars. Did someone say road trip?
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – Oh Glory
Their Los Lobos album, with an accent on indigenous rights. It’s personal.
Eliza Gilkyson – Songs From The River Wind
Simplicity is never dated. Perfectly judged by producer Don Richmond.
Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph
Reframing americana in Middle America.
HM: Lupe Fiasco, Bonnie Raitt, Alma Russ, Warmduscher, Maya De Vitry, Craig Finn, Shemekia Copeland, Porridge Radio, Brian Jackson, Caleb Caudle, Stromae, Slocan Ramblers, Ian Noe, Jazmine Sullivan, Robert Glasper, Andrew Duhon, Emily Barker, and Lowest Pair & Small Town Therapy.
Don’t know where you pull all of this music from. Rap and hip hop, usually not my thing, but man “Bleeding Typewriter.” Wow!
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You had me at A(nais). Such a great, eclectic mix! Followed along by looking up the lyrics but bummed I couldn’t find them for Josh Smith. I’ll stop now and continue to enjoy the music and ignore my brittleness (brittle-ity? brittlesomeness? brittleshness?) Aw, shut up Claudio and listen!
Yes, I struggled with “brittleness”. Is it a word? Is it not a word? Do I care? 🙂