2023 releases that tilted the ear & mind - organized by genre without hierarchy. A Spotify playlist is included for each genre. The last section has a few compilations and other miscellaneous projects.
Jazz (Creative Improvised Music)
Carlos Nino and Friends - (I'm Just) Chillin On Fire
Yuseff Dayes - Black Classical Music
Langendorf United - Yeahno Yowouw Land
Wadada Leo Smith - Fire Illuminations
Mike Reed - The Separatist Party
Jonathan Blake - Passage
Allison Miller - Rivers in Our Veins
Rebecca Nash - Redefining Element 78
Kenneth Jimenez - Sonnet to Silence
Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun
Matthew Halsall - An Ever Changing View
Phi Psonics - Octava
Daniel Villarreal with Jeff Parker & Anna Butterss - Lados B
Mthunzi Mvubu - The First Gospel
Krasno Moore Project - Book of Queens
Christian McBride's New Jawn - Prime
London Odense Ensemble - Jaiyede Sessions vol. 2
Sexmob - The Hard Way
Joe Chambers - Dance Kobina
Katrina Krimsky - 1980
Ralph Alessi Quartet - It's Always Now
London Brew - London Brew
Fire Orchestra - Echoes
Spotify: 2023 Jazz - 23 albums https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wATLmmS2LI2TbF5wwNMjf?si=stYvTW6EQzWpvVLkMH8pug
Rock / Pop
William Tyler and The Impossible Truth - Secret Stratosphere
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V
John Cleary - So Swell
The Wood Brothers - Heart is the Hero
The Murlocs - Calm Ya Farm
Gov’t Mule - Peace Like a River
Rose City Band - Garden Party
Circles Around the Sun - Language
Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Data Doom
The Mother Hips - When We Disappear
Lonnie Holley - Oh Me Oh My
The Record Company - The Fourth Album
Farmer Dave and the Wizards of the West - Second Summer
Neal Francis - Francis Comes Alive
The Bright Light Social Hour - Emergency Leisure
Ulaan Passerine - Dawn
Jeffrey Silverstein - Western Sky Music
Geese - 3D Country
Cian Nugent - She brings me back to the land of the living
Keller Williams - Droll (featuring Gibb Drill)
Spotify: 2023 Rock / Pop - 20 albums https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pYMKat0T3iIumhlDAipYH?si=2rNUqpEFTwOdpwqJuh66rw&pi=u-rYzXF3HuRjWi
Country / Alt Country
JD Clayton - Long Way From Home
Glyders - Maria’s Hunt
Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
Son Volt - Day of the Doug
Bahamas - Bootcut
Tyler Childers - Rustin in the Rain
Kareeta - Freeway Junkie Queen
Briscoe - West of it All
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real - Sticks and Stones
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
Ryan Bingham - Watch Out for the Wolf
Spotify: 2023 Country / Alt Country - 11 albums https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7BIkyaDQtKaRuxroGL8GY7?si=KSFtLHjkQeOjKU9L933GEw&pi=u-Zdc-f-aYQEiw
Bluegrass
Jason Carter - Lowdown Hoedown
Molly Tuttle - City of Gold
Mighty Poplar - Mighty Poplar
Grant Gordy - Peripheral Visions
Robbie Fulks - Bluegrass Vacation
Willie Nelson - Bluegrass
Darrell Scott String Band - Old Cane Back Rocker
The Brothers Comatose - Ear Snacks
Michael Cleveland - Lovin of the Game
Levi J Burr - Another Domino Map
Spotify: 2023 Bluegrass - 10 albums https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0SywoWWtssBULOgB8V7lR4?si=AjjBaTg7Rnu4g92vn0AEdw&pi=u-TxY5J3V3QsKW
Americana / Folk
Adeem The Artist - White Trash Revelry
Powers, Pulice, Rolin - Prism
Allison Brown - On Banjo
Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs - Sing and Play New Folk Songs for Children
Black Duck - Black Duck
Phil Cook - From the Kitchen (live recordings)
Sully Bright - Darlin, Wake Up
Elkhorn - On the Whole Universe In All Directions
Daniel Bachman - When The Roses Come Again
Lindsay Lou - Queen of Time
Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental
Spotify: 2023 Americana / Folk - 10 albums https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Gezr3Q1KjexrbD44Mae2u?si=SMCBybh3Twq0rdnIvDkvsQ&pi=u-_m6Zs-KKTr2c
Bandcamp: Phil Cook (#10 not available on spotify)
https://warhenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-kitchen
R&B / Rap / Hip-Hop
Raw Poetic - Space Beyond the Solar System
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game
Meshell Ndegeocello - The Omnichord Real Book
Travis Scott - Utopia
Raw Poetic - Away Back In
OMA - MF Doom Instrumentals live at the Hip-Hop Chip Shop
Spotify: 2023 R&B / Rap / Hip-Hop - 6 albums https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3uzV5GDG4uvQ2iRxVxb9np?si=JB0Yyvu9TZmG994oUo4e8A
Bandcamp: OMA - MF Doom Instrumentals (#7 not available on spotify)
https://omauk.bandcamp.com/album/mf-doom-instrumentals-live-at-the-hip-hop-chip-shop-2023
World
Brian Jackson - Mami Wata Jaiquin Joe Claussell Sacred Rhythm and Cosmic Arts Remixes
Girma Yifrashewa - My Strong Will
Bombino - Sahel
African Head Charge - A Trip to Bolgtanga
Peter One - Come Back to Me
The Free Music - Habibi Funk 021 (part 1)
Spotify: 2023 World - 5 albums https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0EM3MC6YP7rbtslaKZWioV?si=vqzCrnaTRZudKFEPx1Y2Jg&pi=u-tOEYiTEKTqiM
Notable Projects / Soundtracks / Compilations
Madlib Invazion Music Library Series, June 2023- May 2024, seven released in 2023 (12 total for the project).
The Winning Time Sessions: HBO Original Series Soundtrack | Season One - Nicholas Britell & Robert Glasper | Season Two - Jeff Beal & Robert Glasper
I am a Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100 - Various Artists
Billy Joe Shaver - One Night at Lukenbach, Texas (live) | posthumous release
Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) | posthumous release
Music from and inspired by The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Various Artists (Olivia Rodrigo)
Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971 - Various Artists
Tell Everybody: 21st Century Juke Joint Blues from Easy Eye Sound - Various Artists
Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia - Various Artists
Jazz Is Dead - started in 2017, JID is an ongoing project from Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. JID 016-019 were released in 2023. Featured artists in 2023 included Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Lonnie Liston Smith, Tony Allen, and more. The full collection is available here.
Delmark 70th Anniversary Blues Anthology
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