Friday 6 December 2013

Some Awe's Best of 2013 - Preliminaries

As with last year, here is my main list of albums enjoyed in 2013, with the proviso that there may well be a few more to add up to the end of this month and before I make a final selection of a 'Best Of...' which should be a top-20, or a top-10, but I suspect the former.

It's always interesting for me at least to remind myself of how much has been released in a year - this being an obvious fraction - and how much of my selection is nostalgic/retro, and how much I have forgotten how much I liked! It is also interesting to spot those artists who appeared in last year's list:

Adam Ant - Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter
Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer - Child Ballads
Alan Jackson - The Bluegrass Album
Amos Lee - Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Seesaw
Black Oak Arkansas - Back Thar n' Over Yonder
Boz Scaggs – Memphis
Buddy Guy - Rhythm & Blues
Caroline Rose - America Religious
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow – Trios
Chris Wood - None the Wiser
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Darrell Scott & Tim O'Brien - Memories and Moments
David Bowie - The Next Day
David Munyon - Purple Cadillac
Devendra Banhart – Mala
Devon Allman – Turquoise
Dhafer Youssef - Birds Requiem
Ekoostik Hookah – brij
Elvis Costello and The Roots - Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Old Yellow Moon
Endless Boogie - Long Island
Eric Bibb - Jericho Road
Fire! Orchestra - Exit!
Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actions
Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu
Goat - Live Ballroom Ritual
Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit
Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture of You
Ian McNabb - Eclectic Warrior
Jason Isbell – Southeastern
Jeff Finlin - My Moby Dick
Jimmy LaFave - Trail Motel
John Fogerty - Wrote A Song For Everyone
John Smith - Great Lakes
Jonathan Wilson – Fanfare
Kara Grainger - Shiver & Sigh
Kings Of Leon – Supersoaker
KT Tunstall - Invisible Empire Crescent Moon
Lal Waterson - Teach Me To Be A Summer's Morning (A Collection of Demo Recordings)
Layla Zoe - The Lily
LeAnn Rimes – Spitfire
Lindi Ortega - Tin Star
Linda Thompson - Won't Be Long Now
Low - The Invisible Way
Lucy Roleff – Longbows
Man Man - On Oni Pond
Marcus Bonfanti - Shake The Walls
Mark Eitzel – Glory
Mark Lanegan – Imitations
Mark Mulcahy - Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You
Martin Simpson - Vagrant Stanzas
Mick Abrahams - Hoochie Coochie Man
Muse - The 2nd Law
Neil Young - Live at the Cellar Door
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Nick Harper - Riven
Nigel Kennedy – Recital
Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
Nitin Sawhney – Onezero
North Mississippi AllStars - World Boogie Is Coming
Ocean Colour Scene – Painting
Old Crow Medicine Show - Carry Me Back to Virginia EP
Patrick Sweany - Close to the Floor
Paul McCartney – New
Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
Piers Faccini - Between Dogs and Wolves
Purling Hiss - Water on Mars
Purson - The Circle And The Blue Door
Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork
Randy Travis - Influence Vol. 1 The Man I Am
Retribution Gospel Choir – 3
Richard Thompson – Electric
Robin Trower - Roots And Branches
ROCK CANDY FUNK PARTY - We Want Groove
Ron Sexsmith - Forever Endeavour
Rokia Traoré - Beautiful Africa
Roy Harper - Man & Myth
Shannon McNally - Small Town Talk
Sheryl Crow - Feels Like Home
Skunk Anansie - An Acoustic, Live in London
Star Anna - Go to Hell
Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) - The Low Highway
Steve Tilston - Happenstance
Stone Gossard – Moonlander
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind
The Answer - New Horizon
The Avett Brothers - Magpie And The Dandelion
The Black Angels - Indigo Meadow
The Black Lillies - Runaway Freeway Blues
The Civil Wars - The Civil Wars
The Handsome Family – Wilderness
The Milk Carton Kids - The Ash & Clay
The Strypes – Snapshot
The Temperance Movement - The Temperance Movement
Thea Gilmore – Regardless
Tommy Malone - Natural Born Days
Tony Spinner - Earth Music For Aliens
Travis Tritt - The Calm After...
Trixie Whitley - Fourth Corner
Watermelon Slim & The Workers - Bull Goose Rooster
White Denim - Corsicana Lemonade
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Ghost Republic
Willie Sugarcapps - Willie Sugarcapps
Willie Nelson - To All the Girls...
Willie Nelson and Family - Let's Face the Music and Dance

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