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