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SONGbiscuit’s Top Album of 2022
Album of the year!
For 2022, my favorite album of the year is an epic 4 LP release by Tedeschi Trucks Band. Not only was each LP released in four separate parts, but each was accompanied by a film version.
Incredible and unique concept featuring two dozen beautiful, soulful, bluesy songs.
Watch and listen to each part below, or even better, buy the vinyl set here.
See my previous top album selections here.
Sean Rowe plays "I Won't Run" from his latest album The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights live from In Your Ear studios for a WNRN member session. Learn mor...
A fine selection from my Top Album of 2021.
SONGbiscuit’s Top Album of 2021
Album of the Year!
“The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights” by Sean Rowe
The votes are in, it’s official.*
* I’m the only voter, so I can confidently confirm there has been no fraud in counting the votes.
Wikipedia describes him as an alternative folk singer-songwriter, but that leaves out his distinctive guitar style that is unlike all others. He is basically insane, so radio stations and streaming services don’t know how to classify his music.
That’s why Danyell and I support him on Patreon. It’s also why we watched him every time he streamed a show from his home during the pandemic. And that’s why his new album is my favorite of 2021. Great music, amazing songwriting.
Can’t wait to receive the vinyl soon!
SONGbiscuit’s Top Album of 2020
My annual top album lists have gotten shorter over the years since creating this little blog, and this year it's the shortest list of all. There is simply one album that stands far above the rest this year. For me, the best album of 2020 is Ailm by Blackbird & Crow of Ireland.
I could not possibly describe the album any better than the review that appeared on Folk Radio UK, so I will defer to some of Mike Davies' words and recommend that you read his review in full. Ailm also appears on his Top 10 list for the year.
"Ailm is the mesmerising second album by Donegal duo Maighréad Ní Ghrásta and Stephen John Doohan, the title for which refers to the letter in Ogham. Ogham is an Early Medieval Irish alphabet and ailm is the twentieth letter which represents conifer which, in turn, is associated with healing. Founded on a search for healing, it combines Irish folklore, blues, psychedelia and Americana in a work of melodically intense and powerful gothic noir that might be described as Celtic Nick Cave or Wovenhand, steeped in darkness and populated by the souls of the lost.
"Maighréad’s vocals are, for the most part, delivered, almost declamatory style, in a heady Gaelic accent with Stephen’s guitar work, often using slide, calls the rawness of White Stripes to mind, complemented by keyboards that shift from maelstroms to quiet eddies, their work augmented by contributions on violin, cello, drums, trumpet, sax, Uillean pipes and low whistle."
Davies concludes his review — which he wrote way back in what now seems to be the prehistoric month of January — by stating that Ailm is a "towering work of transcendental emotional power that trembles with both strength and vulnerability, it’s unlikely you’ll hear anything like it this year."
Indeed, I did not hear anything like it. Not even close.
Van Morrison turned 75 a few weeks ago, and Ireland's Hot Press magazine celebrated by having more than 75 (mostly Irish) artists do cover versions of tunes from his enormous catalog.
The Scratch's version of "Sweet Ting" may just be my top pick, but here's a bunch more that I'm diggin'. A fabulous way to enrich your soul...
David Keenan - ‘Slim Slow Slider’
Hozier - 'Caravan'
Joy Crookes - ‘Madame George'
Glen Hansard - 'Astral Weeks'
Thanks Brother (Róisín O & John Broe) - ‘Have I Told You Lately’
Damien Rice - ‘Crazy Love'
Reevah - 'Ballerina'
The Riptide Movement - ‘Brown Eyed Girl'
Gemma Bradley - ‘Sometimes We Cry'
Dea Matrona - ‘Gloria'
Malaki reimagines 'Someone Like You'
Gemma Hayes - ‘Comfort You'
Emma Langford - ‘Brand New Day'
Imelda May - ‘Wild Night’
John Spillane - 'Cleaning Windows'
Sinead O'Connor - ‘Who Was That Masked Man'
Hudson Taylor - ‘Cyprus Avenue’
Cara Dillon & Sam Lakeman - ‘Memory Lane'
Moncrieff - ‘Hungry For Your Love'
Una Healy - ‘Reminds Me Of You’
Papenfus - ‘Fair Play'
Rosie Carney - 'Gypsy Queen'
Watch the entire series HERE
My favorite albums of 2019! As always, I keep words to a minimum here on SONGbiscuit and let the music speak for itself.
I have featured all of these artists in the preceding video posts here on SONGbiscuit, so be sure to scroll down and watch. You can obviously check them out on Spotify as well, but I recommended buying vinyl whenever possible. Also be sure to check out the tour schedule for all of these artists and go see some high quality performances.
1. Anna Mieke – Idle Mind
2. Rachel Sermanni – So It Turns
3. Matt Andersen – Halfway Home By Morning
4. Liz Brasher – Painted Image
5. Jontavious Willis – Spectacular Class
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