Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
This year’s lists start with the albums I added to my collection. Not the best or my favorite, just the ones I bought in support of the artists. Following the albums there’s a long list of songs. For the shufflers, there’s a YouTube Music Playlist of the full list. For the curious (or bored), I listed the songs in chunks of 25 and included notations.
There is not a ranking order to anything. The order comes from whatever force of nature presented the ticket, the album, or song to me at the time. I hope you find something you like. If you do, consider looking it up on Bandcamp, grip it at your local record shop, or mine it on Discogs.I also hope you will send me some music from this year and please share this list far and wide!
Keep music real, go see live music, tune-in to community radio and resist the AI invasion!
RIP Todd Snider
Peace,
Darren
The Albums:
KEY: ^ rock, pop, independent | & americana, country, folk | ? jazz, creative improvised music
The Natural Yogurt Band and the Oracle - Nebulous (2025) ^ ?
Psychedelic Source Records - Psychedelic Riffage from Under the Ground of Budapest (2025) ^ ?
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - The Purple Bird (2025 no quarter) ^
Billy Mohler with Jeff Parker, Damon Reid, Devin Daniels - The Eternal (2025 Contagious Music) ?
Jon Cleary - The Bywater Sessions (2025 F. Hq.) ^ & ?
Rose City Band - Sol y Sombra (2025 Thrill Jockey) ^ &
JD Clayton - Blue Sky Sundays (2025 rounder) &
Nicole Lawrence - Time in Love (2025) &
Benmont Tench - The Melancholy Season (2025 dark horse) ^ &
Todd Snider - High, Lonesome and then some (2025 aimless, thirty tigers) &
Chaparelle - Western Pleasure (2025 mom+pop) &
Galactic and Irma Thomas - Audience with the Queen (2025 thirty tigers) ^ &
Ernie Francestine - Alternate Place (2025 warhen) &
SG Goodman - Planting by the Signs (2025 slough water records, thirty tigers)
Circles Around the Sun - Interludes for the Dead Vol 2 (2025) ^ ?
Orions Belte - Pur Jus (2025) ^
Melvin Gibbs - Amasia Anamibia sessions II (2025 architect, BMI) ?
Ben Garnett - Kite’s Keep (2025 padiddle records) &
Glyders - Forever (2025 drag city) ^
Chuck Prophet - Wake the Dead (2024 yep roc) ^
The songs:
KEY: ^ rock, pop, independent | & americana, country, folk | ? jazz, creative improvised music | ** worthy of a third and fourth spin | A album | C concert | YouTube Music Playlist
Jim Lauderdale - Artificial Intelligence & **
Matt Berry - I Gotta Limit ^
Bonnie “Prince” Billy (3) - The Water’s Fine, Sometimes It’s Hard to Breathe, New Water ^
Horsegirl - Information Content ^
Sunny War - Bad Times ^
Jupiter Coyote - Wake Me Up ^
Kendall Street Company - Dust Mites ^ ** C
Tortoise - Oganesson ? A
Raw Poetic - Liquid Soul, Once I Was ^
Shadez of Brooklyn - Change ^
My Morning Jacket (3) - Everyday Magic, Time Waited, Beginning from the Ending ^
Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto - Electric War ^ **
Jon Cleary - So Damn Good ^ & ? A
Esther Rose - Want &
OK Go (2) - A Good, Good Day at Last ^ **
Mike Frazier - World Without Empires &
Nels Cline - Allende ?
Benmont Tench - Pledge ^ ** A
TAUK & Neighbor - Holy Ghost of New Orleans ^ ** C
Hannah Cohen (2) - Summer Sweat, Draggin’ &
Surprise Chef (2) - Bully Ball, Dangerous ^ ? **
Rose City Band - Open Roads ^ & ** A C
Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Make Love to You ^ &
Phil Cook - I Made a Lovers Prayer & ** A
Son Volt - Angel of the Blues & **
KEY: ^ rock, pop, independent | & americana, country, folk | ? jazz, creative improvised music | ** worthy of a third and fourth spin | A album | C concert | YouTube Music Playlist
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band - The Good Die Young ^ &
The Delines - JP & Me &
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Earth 3 ^
Jim White and Trey Blake (2) - Down to the River We Go, The Long Road Home ^ &
Band of Heathens - Look at Miss Ohio ^ & **
Leftover Salmon - Good Dog, Shine On & ** C
Benmont Tench - Back ^ A
Tune-Yards - Sanctuary ^
Nicole Lawrence (2) - Dayz Were Dancing, When I Get Home & A
JD Clayton (2) - Dirt Roads of Red, Give Me One Reason & ** A
Patterson Hood - Pinocchio ^ & **
White Denim - Light On ^ C
The Altons - Tangled Up in You ^
The Weather Station - Body Moves &
Rose City Band - Seeds of Light ^ & A
Flipturn - swim between trees ^
Sunny War - No One Calls me Baby ^
Takuya Kuroda - Car 16 15 A ?
David Lowery (2) - Disneyland Jail **, Yonder Distant Shore ^
Peter Rowan - I’m Gonna Love You Like There’s No Tomorrow & **
Little Simz - Lotus ^ ?
The Freedom Affair - Coming Home ^ **
Nicole Lawrence - Way It Is & A
Saba and No ID - Stomping ^
Dave Spencer - Blues From the Inside Out ^
KEY: ^ rock, pop, independent | & americana, country, folk | ? jazz, creative improvised music | ** worthy of a third and fourth spin | A album | C concert | YouTube Music Playlist
Giacomo Smith and Mozes Rosenberg - Begin the Bequine ?
Chaparral - Devil’s Music, All Things Considered & ** A
Tyler Childers - Nose on the Grindstone & A C
James McMurtry - Sons of the Second Sons & ** A
EmiSunshine - Too Good for the Radio ^
Buddy Guy - I Don’t Forget & A
Jon Cleary and Curley Taylor - I’m on the Wonder & A
David Hidalgo and CJ Chenier - Hot Rod & A C
Shannon McNally, Keith Frank, and Molly Tuttle - Tout Le Temps en Temps & ** A
Robert Glasper - Say Less, Rm 112 ?
Kendall Street Company - Song for Colorado ^ C
Southern Avenue - So Much Love ^
Polyrhythmics - Chophouse ^ ?
Orions Belte - Spark ^ ** A
Hayes Carll - One Day & A
Jon Batiste (2) - Lonely Avenue, Pinnacle, Angels ^ & A
Durand Jones (2) - Flower Moon, If Not For Love ^
Galactic and Irma Thomas - How Glad I Am & ** A
Chuck Prophet - Red Sky Night ^ ** A
Nicki Bluhm (2) - Trying to Survive, Long Time To Make Old Friends & **
The Autumn Defense (2) - Hearts Arrive, Underneath the Rollers ^
Madi Diaz - Feel Something ^ A
The Barr Brothers - Naturally & A
Jonny Fritz - Debbie Downers ^
Todd Snider - Older Women & A
KEY: ^ rock, pop, independent | & americana, country, folk | ? jazz, creative improvised music | ** worthy of a third and fourth spin | A album | C concert | YouTube Music Playlist
Sunny Sweeney - As Long as There’s a Honky Tonk &
Melvin Gibbs (2) - Gullah Jack Style, Luigi Takes a Walk ? A
Todd Snider - The Temptation to Exist & A
Galactic and Irma Thomas (2) - Love’s Gonna Find A Way Again, Lady Liberty & A
Ben Garnett - Post Office Prodigies & **
Aaron Lee Tasjan - The Trouble With Drinkin’ & **
Drink the Sea - Tuareg Asteroid ^ A
Phil Cook - Ambassador Cathedral & A
Awich and RZA - Fear Us ^
Luther Dickenson - Who Do You Love & **
Jon Cleary - Just Kissed My Baby ^ & ? ** A
Chris Cheek - Kino’s Canoe ? A
Kal Banx - Sequoia ^
Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band - New Threats from the Soul ^ & A
Jerome Sabbagh - Michelle’s Song ? A
Brandi Carlisle - Joni ^ &
Adam Amram - Get in Line &
Margo Price - Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down ^ &
SML - Taking Out the Trash ^ ?
SG Goodman - Planting By the Signs & A
- Phish, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 12/29/24 $
- Phish, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 12/30/24 $
- Phish, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 12/31/24 !! $
- Kendall Street Company, The Camel, Richmond, VA 2/21/25
- Kendall Street Company, The Southern, Charlottesville, VA 2/27/25
- Donna the Buffalo, The Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA 3/8/25 !!
- Butcher Brown, The Southern, Charlottesville, VA 4/11/25
- Dogs in a Pile, The Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA 4/18/25
- Jim Lauderdale and the Game Changers, The Southern, 4/22/25 $
- Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, The Paramount, Charlottesville, VA 5/13/25 !! $
- eXTC, Richmond Music Hall, Richmond, VA 6/1/25
- Neighbor, The Broadberry, Richmond, VA 6/5/25
- The Southern Belles, The Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA 6/27/25
- Phish, Folsom Field, Boulder, CO 7/4/25 $
- Phish, Folsom Field, Boulder, CO 7/5/25 $
- White Denim, The Southern, Charlottesville, VA 7/12/25 !!
- J Roddy Walston, The Pavilion, Charlottesville, VA 7/18/25
- Rose City Band with Powers Rolin Duo, Richmond Music Hall, Richmond, VA 7/21/25 !! $
- Todd Snider, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA 7/25/25 $
- No BS Brass Band, The Southern, Charlottesville, VA 8/2/25
- Tyler Childers, JPJ Arena, Charlottesville, VA 9/22/25 !! $
- Leftover Salmon, The Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA 10/5/25
- Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, The Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA 10/16/25 !! $
- High Fade, The Southern, Charlottesville, VA 10/28/25 !!
- Thievery Corporation, The Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA 12/16/25 !! $
- Kendall Street Company, Fry Spring Beach Club, Charlottesville, VA 12/23/25
2026 new year of music resolution (dream) is to share music across the air waves of WTJU 91.1 FM Charlottesville www.wtju.net. We’ll see!
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