Some Awe's Best of 2015 - Preliminaries

Some Awe Some Time Ago

Here's my annual 'best of...' preliminary list for 2015, soon to be culled to a top ten. There may be additions prior to this, if anything is released imminently that deserves a place, or if I have forgotten something that should already be in this list [very likely!]. Always interesting to know what anyone thinks has been missed out and/or what is considered a surprise:

Ryan Adams - 1989

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color

Alan Jackson - Angels And Alcohol

Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - Lost Time

The Amorphous Androgenous - The Wizard of Oz

The Answer - Raise A Little Hell

Arabs In Aspic - Victim Of Your Father's Agony

Craig Armstrong - Far from the Madding Crowd

Meg Baird - Don't Weigh Down the Light

Beirut - No No No

The Black Lillies - Hard to Please

Black Star Riders - The Killer Instinct

Jeff Bridges - Sleeping Tapes

Leon Bridges - Coming Home

Peter Case - Hwy 62

Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim

Judy Collins - Strangers Again

Stacie Collins - Roll the Dice

David Cross, Robert Fripp   - Starless Starlight

Current 93 - Swastikas for Noddy + Crooked Crosses for the Nodding God

Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz

The Delines - Scenic Sessions

Dry the River - Hooves of Doubt EP

Dungen - Allas Sak

Kyle Eastwood – Timepieces

Jonathan Edwards - Tomorrow's Child

Kurt Elling - Passion World

ELO - Alone In The Universe

Piers Faccini - Work Songs

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Rebecca Ferguson - Lady Sings the Blues

Fernando - Leave The Radio On

Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Jeffrey Foucault - Salt As Wolves

Richie Furay - Hand in Hand

The Future Sound Of London - Life in Moments

Ghost - Meliora

The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger - GOASTT Stories

David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock

John Grant - Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

Mats Gustafsson & Thurston Moore - Hit the Wall!

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - The Traveling Kind

Lianne La Havas – Blood

Richard Hawley - Hollow Meadows

Don Henley - Cass County

Linda Hoyle - The Fetch

Robert J. Hunter - Before the Dawn

Robert J. Hunter - Songs For The Weary

Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free

Joe Jackson - Fast Forward

Jewel – Picking Up The Pieces

Ethan Johns & The Black Eyed Dogs - Silver Liner

Rickie Lee Jones - The Other Side of Desire

Tom Jones - Long Lost Suitcase

Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

Keith Richards - Crosseyed Heart

Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr - Murmurs

Chris Stapleton – Traveller

Sam Lee - The Fade in Time

Lemar - The Letter

Low - Ones and Sixes

Shelby Lynne – I Can’t Imagine

Jesse Malin - New York Before the War

Jesse Malin - Outsiders

Laura Marling – Short Movie

Iris DeMent - The Trackless Woods

Natalie Merchant - Paradise Is There The New Tigerlily Recordings

Larry Miller - Soldier Of The Line

Anna Mitchell - Down To The Bone

Monophonics - Sound of Sinning

Allison Moorer - Down to Believing

Motörhead - Bad Magic

Roisin Murphy - Hairless Toys

Muse – Drones

Israel Nash - Silver Season

Eliza Neals - Breaking And Entering

Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - Django and Jimmie

Tim O'Brien - Pompadour

Gretchen Peters – Blackbirds

David Ramirez – Fables

Dave Rawlings Machine - Nashville Obsolete

Rock Candy Funk Party - Groove Is King

Tom Russell - The Rose of Roscrae

Boz Scaggs - Come On Home

Seasick Steve - Sonic Soul Surfer

Ron Sexsmith - Carousel One

Sexwitch – Sexwitch

Andy Sheppard Quartet - Surrounded By Sea

Son Lux – Bones

Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile

Squeeze - Cradle To The Grave

Eric Steckel - Black Gold

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Joss Stone - Water for Your Soul

Nitin Sawney - Dystopian Dream

Patrick Sweany - Daytime Turned To Nighttime

Billy Talbot Band (feat. Ryan Holzer & The Jerdes with Liza Blue) - Dakota

James Taylor - Before This World

Richard Thompson - Still

Steve Tilston – Truth

Pat Travers - Retro Rocket

Trembling Bells - The Sovereign Self

Robin Trower - Something's About To Change

Walter Trout - Battle Scars

Martin Turner - Written in the Stars

Nik Turner - Space Fusion Odyssey

Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down...

Vintage Trouble - 1 hopeful road

Ryley Walker - Primrose Green

Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern

Leslie West - Soundcheck

Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood

Trixie Whitley – Porta Bohemica

Brian Wilson - No Pier Pressure

Cassandra Wilson - Coming Forth By Day

Dwight Yoakam - Second Hand Heart

Neil Young and Promise Of The Real - The Monsanto Years

The Zombies - Still Got That Hunger