The Delines – The Imperial
Signature songs both melodically/as soundscape and,
most importantly, lyrically: the storytelling of our everydays and their ongoing defeats.
Sarah
Jane Morris - Sweet Little Mystery
[The Songs Of John Martyn]
Superbly realised homage to the greatest ever, and
done so with such a strong independent take.
Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
Wasn’t sure initially with its orchestral lavishes, but the
songs are bedrock, as ever.
Nick Cave And The Bad
Seeds – Ghosteen
Haunting personal catharsis
Allison Moorer – Blood
A different kind of haunted, from more distance, but finely
wrought
Lana Del Rey - NFR! Norman Fucking Rockwell
Beautiful soothing attacks
Rhiannon Giddens - There Is No Other
Probably the most perfect vocal, clarity and tone as sharp
as a paper-edge
Black Oak Arkansas - Underdog Heroes
Tinged with nostalgia because of my liking for their ’72 Keep the Faith, this with echoes and
original heaviness and plenty of playfulness
Santana - Africa Speaks
Such dynamite
playing
Dead Feathers - All
is Lost
Retro-rock of
genuine class, not least in the glorious lead vocal
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