I'm finding that I'm enjoying R&B more as I grow older. I continue to enjoy alternative country, americana, folk, roots, or whatever you want to call it. There continues to be a wealth of world music out there that I need to take pains to explore - the same goes for jazz. Great music continues to be made, but the "noise" surrounding it has grown, too. It seems that the internet and other trends continue to bring us a world of options, but have also made it more work to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Out of the numerous 2010 albums that I've listened to, here are my 14 favorites in alphabetical order with a sample song from each. I hope you dig it like chicks dig overalls.
Aloe Blacc - Good Things
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
Blitzen Trapper - Destroyer of the Void
Broken Bells - The High Road
The Budos Band - The Budos Band III
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig
Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer
I have to include this, too:
I love that.
Dylan LeBlanc - Paupers Field
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
JJ Grey and Mofro - Georgia Warhorse
Johnny Cash - American VI
Mary Gauthier - The Foundling
Midlake - The Courage of Others
and last, but certainly not least:
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Happy New Year
Happy New Year!
I feel like starting off the New Year with a blog post to get my brain's RPMs up a little this morning.
I'm trying to catch up on all the music releases in 2010 that I missed and there's quite a few. This was inspired by my friend's "Best of 2010" list. I had heard exactly 1 out of the 10 records he listed. So, in the meantime, I got caught up on Avi Buffalo, Cee-Lo Green, Black Label Society, and a few others. I simply don't enjoy a lot of modern music that are critics' darlings. I can abstractly respect most of it, but most of it simply leaves me cold - there's no emotional component in it for me.
Once I give myself time to pour through the music of 2010, I'll see if there's enough I like to do a top 10 and discuss in more detail.
More later - thanks for reading.
I feel like starting off the New Year with a blog post to get my brain's RPMs up a little this morning.
I'm trying to catch up on all the music releases in 2010 that I missed and there's quite a few. This was inspired by my friend's "Best of 2010" list. I had heard exactly 1 out of the 10 records he listed. So, in the meantime, I got caught up on Avi Buffalo, Cee-Lo Green, Black Label Society, and a few others. I simply don't enjoy a lot of modern music that are critics' darlings. I can abstractly respect most of it, but most of it simply leaves me cold - there's no emotional component in it for me.
Once I give myself time to pour through the music of 2010, I'll see if there's enough I like to do a top 10 and discuss in more detail.
More later - thanks for reading.
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