10 albums I've discovered over the last year (and love)
1. The Best of Chet Baker Sings, Chet Baker. (1989/1950s). I didn't know what a "smooth voice" truly sounded like until I heard this.
2. Last of the Better Days Ahead, Charlie Parr (2021). Could listen to this man sing all day. He makes great little insta clips of him playing guitar too. Kind've wanna be him.
3. The Great Dismal, Nothing (2020). Just an excellent album. If you wanna go out for a walk to be a bit pensive and a bit angsty it really does the job.
4. Derdang Derdang, Archie Bronson Outfit (2006). This is fun and I love it. It’ll either be very much your vibe…or very much not your vibe.
5. Chrome, Catherine Wheel (1993). I am late to this party but so happy to be here.
6. George Thorogood & The Destroyers, George Thorogood (1977). An easy blues rock listen. Just gives me everything I want and let’s me go head empty.
7. Empty Country II, Empty Country (2023). Joseph's songwriting is simply stunning. A rich short story in every song.
8. Getting Ready, Freddie King (1971). Been getting into Blues more this year. Freddie is one of the greats.
9. Springtime and Blind, Fiddlehead (2018). Fell in love with this album as a whole. Fiddlehead has my heart.
10. Rocks the House (Live), Etta James (1963). Don't think there needs to be an explanation here, just out of this world.
MVP: Boulez conducts Webern II, Piere Boulez (etc) (1995). I set a goal for myself to find some classical music that made me feel a little extra something. I’ve always found it beautiful but it all sounded the same amount of beautiful to me. I wanted to delve in some more. Anyway I found Webern. It sounds like its soundtracking a movie… but there's no movie. So it brings a nostalgia, a beauty, a drama, a…creepiness often. Maybe all classical sounds like that to some people but not to me.
