THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2019 (work-in-progress)
iLe -- Almadura
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Nostalgique Porto Rico (Puerto Rican Roots 1940-1960)
BAD BUNNY -- X100PRE
BAD BUNNY AND J BALVIN -- Oasis
LIZZO -- Cuz I Love You
ARI LENNOX -- Shea Butter Baby
BRANFORD MARSALIS -- The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
SOLANGE -- When I Get Home
NICK CAVE -- Ghosteen
ANDY BURROWS AND MATT HAIG -- Reasons To Stay Alive
DORI FREEMAN -- Every Little Star
TINARIWEN -- Amadjar
MDOU MOCTAR -- Ileana (The Creator)
WEYES BLOOD -- Titanic Rising
CAROLINE SHAW -- Orange
TANYA TUCKER -- While I'm Living
JUDY COLLINS -- Winter Stories (w Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line)
MANSION HARLOTS -- All Around A Fairground
TYLER, THE CREATOR -- IGOR
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS -- Become Desert
ANDREW NORMAN -- Sustain
STURGILL SIMPSON -- Sound & Fury
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood
MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS -- De Ayer Para Siempre
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH -- I Love You. It's A Fever Dream
BILLIE EILISH -- When We All Fall Asleep
VAMPIRE WEEKEND -- Father Of The Bride
LAKOU MIZIK -- HaitiNola
CHRISTIAN SCOTT ATUNDE ADJUAH -- Ancestral Blues
NEIL YOUNG -- Colorado
ANGELIQUE KIDJO -- Celia
FRANK TURNER -- No Man's Land
BECK -- Hyperspace
MICHAEL KIWANUKA -- Kiwanuka
ALLISON MOORER -- Blood
DAVE MALLOY --- Octet (Original Cast Recording)
THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE -- Aban
WILCO -- Ode To Joy
JOE JACKSON -- Fool
JEFF LYNNE'S ELO -- From Out Of Nowhere
JULIA JACKLIN -- Crushing
KEVIN MORBY -- Oh My God
LOS LOBOS -- Llegó Navidad
iLe -- Almadura
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Nostalgique Porto Rico (Puerto Rican Roots 1940-1960)
BAD BUNNY -- X100PRE
BAD BUNNY AND J BALVIN -- Oasis
LIZZO -- Cuz I Love You
ARI LENNOX -- Shea Butter Baby
BRANFORD MARSALIS -- The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul
SOLANGE -- When I Get Home
NICK CAVE -- Ghosteen
ANDY BURROWS AND MATT HAIG -- Reasons To Stay Alive
DORI FREEMAN -- Every Little Star
TINARIWEN -- Amadjar
MDOU MOCTAR -- Ileana (The Creator)
WEYES BLOOD -- Titanic Rising
CAROLINE SHAW -- Orange
TANYA TUCKER -- While I'm Living
JUDY COLLINS -- Winter Stories (w Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line)
MANSION HARLOTS -- All Around A Fairground
TYLER, THE CREATOR -- IGOR
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS -- Become Desert
ANDREW NORMAN -- Sustain
STURGILL SIMPSON -- Sound & Fury
VARIOUS ARTISTS -- Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood
MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS -- De Ayer Para Siempre
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH -- I Love You. It's A Fever Dream
BILLIE EILISH -- When We All Fall Asleep
VAMPIRE WEEKEND -- Father Of The Bride
LAKOU MIZIK -- HaitiNola
CHRISTIAN SCOTT ATUNDE ADJUAH -- Ancestral Blues
NEIL YOUNG -- Colorado
ANGELIQUE KIDJO -- Celia
FRANK TURNER -- No Man's Land
BECK -- Hyperspace
MICHAEL KIWANUKA -- Kiwanuka
ALLISON MOORER -- Blood
DAVE MALLOY --- Octet (Original Cast Recording)
THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE -- Aban
WILCO -- Ode To Joy
JOE JACKSON -- Fool
JEFF LYNNE'S ELO -- From Out Of Nowhere
JULIA JACKLIN -- Crushing
KEVIN MORBY -- Oh My God
LOS LOBOS -- Llegó Navidad