2020…what to say that hasn’t been said about this sh#tshow of a year?
If I actually am saying something about this year (and I am) then I think it was actually quite good for music. I am sure many/most of these albums were in the works well before this whole “2020” thing/situation/hell-scape kicked off, so that may have saved it. I dunno. The image gallery below represents my favourite releases for the year (the album name in each square will link to purchase/visit). These albums include folk, some country and even some pop but all are Slowcoustic jams.
I think the Keaton Henson album “Monument” would win out as my favourite of the year if I was tied down and politely asked to choose. It is quiet, pensive, intimately personal, ridiculously beautiful and perfect for late night music listening. Did I mention he looks like my nephew? Well, he does. And I find it a bit awkward when he doesn’t pick up an acoustic guitar at family gatherings and attempt to make us all cry….
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Bill Callahan
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Gold Record -
Keaton Henson
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Monument -
Aidan Knight
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Aidan Knight -
Christian Kjellvander
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About Love and Loving Again -
Donovan Woods
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Without People -
Courtney Marie Andrews
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Old Flowers -
Matt Berninger
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Serpentine Prison -
Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
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Love Valley -
This Is The Kit
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Off Off On -
Andrew Bryant
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Sentimental Noises -
Jason Molina
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Eight Gates -
Denison Witmer
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American Foursquare -
Phoebe Bridgers
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Punisher -
Nadia Reid
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Out Of My Province -
Jill Andrews
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Thirties -
The Mountain Goats
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Songs for Pierre Chuvin -
Evening Hymns
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Heavy Nights -
Will Johnson
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El Capitán
Favourite Covers Albums
Favourite album or collection or compilation that came out just prior to making this post.
~me in reference to Jeffrey Foucault’s “Uncollected Recordings 2005-2020”
Also a favourite album or collection or compilation that came out just prior to making this post.
~me in reference to I Am Oak’s “Odd Seeds (Pt. 1 & 2)”
I own almost all of the of these albums in physical format — I think I am only missing a couple due to crazy shipping or no vinyl option or I am simply waiting on it to arrive. I urge you to pick up a copy as well, preferably from your local record shop…you know…not to be too preachy and all that.
I would also embed more streams and such, but this blog has been updated a little too much and I can’t figure out how to make it look okay. Okay?
~S