Courtney Marie Andrews - Loose Future
Bitchin Bajas - Bajascillators
*Bastards Of Soul - Corners
Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Joe Bonamassa - Road to Redemption
Jessie Buckley/Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear the Heart
Christine and the Queens - Redcar les adorables étoiles
Cowboy Junkies - Songs of the Recollection
Kiki Dee, Carmelo Luggeri - The Long Ride Home
The Delines – The Sea Drift
The Delta Sound - Things Gonna Change
Jasdeep Singh Degun - Anomaly
*DeWolff & Dawn Brothers - Double Cream
Drive-By Truckers - Welcome 2 Club XIII
Steve Earle & The Dukes - Jerry Jeff
Dr Feelgood - Damn Right!
Jeff Finlin - Soul on the Line
First Aid Kit – Palomino
Richie Furay - In the Country
Gabriels - Angels & Queens Part I
Gaye Su Akyol - Anadolu Ejderi
The Greg Foat Group - Blue Lotus
Matthew Halsall - The Temple Within
Ibeyi - Spell
Shawn James - A Place in The Unknown
Alicia Keys - KEYS II
* Mamas Gun - Cure the Jones
Marcus King - Young Blood
Jim Lauderdal - Game Changer
*Bruno Mars/Anderson Park – Silk Sonic
Bob Marley - Bob Marley & the Chineke! Orchestra
Christine McVie - Songbird (A Solo Collection)
Nazareth - Surviving the Law
Old Crow Medicine Show - Paint This Town
Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9
Pointless Beauty – Hearts Full of Grace
Cat Power - Covers
Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That
Leann Rimes - God's Work
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Nightroamer
Amy Speace – Tucson
Katie Spencer - The Edge of the Land
Bruce Springsteen - Only the Strong Survive
Tedeschi Trucks Band – I Am the Moon
*The Temptations - Temptations 60
*Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls
Robin Trower - No More Worlds to Conquer
Loudon Wainwright III - Lifetime Achievement
Jack White - Fear of the Dawn
Snowy White - Driving On The 44
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Edgar Winter - Brother Johnny
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - World Record
*Soul/nu-Soul albums: a particular trend for the year in my listening – all of these had a special appeal.
Top Ten
The Delines – The Sea Drift
Another of Willy Vlautin’s songstory after songstory narrating the lost or atrophying lives of ordinary people, wrapped in an ironic beauty of performance.
Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9
Every overblown cliché of OO/Black Sabbath is retro-riffed in the most glorious pomp and hyperbole possible. May well have listened to this more than any other in 2022. Clears the heads and makes me smile.
Edgar Winter – Brother Johnny
Where Osbourne’s is absurdly sublime, this is simply sublime: a powerful musical and personal tribute from brother to brother, built of course on the strongest of legendary songs. Love it.
The Delta Sound – Things Gonna Change
Indie with blues, this latter played in a number of polished guitar breaks; these are songs that consistently rock and with occasional affecting balladry – another I have listened to many times.
Pointless Beauty – Hearts Full of Grace
‘This is
a beautiful album, graced by rumination and reflection in its many serene
sounds (though there is also sass and funk) which emanate from the strange
and unusual times of its playing and production as expressed by Al Swainger
in his notes of February ‘22.’ (from my review)
Katie Spencer – The Edge of the Land
Gorgeous nostalgia in its echo of Pentangle, Jansch, Renbourne et al. Long may such homage but also individuality continue.
Jessi Buckley/Bernard Butler – For All Our Days That Tear the Heart
Beautiful vocals, and Buckley (naturally of particular interest) steps seamlessly outside superb acting into superb musical performance.
Sonny Singh - Chardi Kala
There may/will be those who dislike the ‘western’ echoes and influences on the Punjabi roots, but I am more than happy with the appropriations and pop sensibilities.
Bob Marley - Bob Marley & the Chineke! Orchestra
I know, but a manufacturing merging released this year and I find it a joyous listen that I once more returned to again and again.
Tedeschi Trucks Band – I Am the Moon
Just quality songcraft and musicianship song after song after song.
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