There were thousands, maybe millions of albums released last year, and I heard only a small fraction, but here are songs from 34 of my favorites in no particular order. Enjoy!
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Playlist
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Rebeam Me by Majel Connery on Anything Chartreuse (self released) -
Petal Two by Areni Agbabian on Bloom (ECM) -
Sacrament by Mario Diaz de Leon on Cycle and Reveal (Denovali) -
Divining by Anna Meredith on FIBS (Moshi Moshi) -
Stay Up by Emily Wells on This World Is Too _____ for You (Thesis & Instinct) -
Fall of Arms by LUNACY on Age of Truth (Third Coming) -
This Time Around by Jessica Pratt on Quiet Signs (Mexican Summer) -
Two Sisters by House and Land on Across The Field (Thrill Jockey) -
Young People Are the Future by The Good Ones on Rwanda, You Should Be Loved (Anti-) -
I Knew I Could Fly by Our Native Daughters on Songs Of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Folkways) -
Jubilee by Jake Xerxes Fussell on Out of Sight (Paradise of Bachelors) -
The Fading by Joan Shelley on Like The River Loves The Sea (No Quarter) -
Tornala Maika by Brighde Chaimbuel on The Reeling (River Lea) -
Keep The Change by Mattiel on Satis Factory (ATO) -
Pa' Poder Vivir by Ani Cordero (feat. Macha Colón y Renee Goust) on El Machete (Panapén) -
Derby by Buke and Gase on Scholars (Brassland) -
92 by Lacing on Without (Elder Magick) -
Doublethink by Lip Talk on D A Y S (Northern Spy) -
She Put On Her Headphones by Lau on Midnight And Closedown (Reveal) -
Angels by Nilüfer Yanya on Miss Universe (ATO) -
Belly by Bells Atlas on The Mystic (Tender Loving Empire) -
Legba na konsole by Nathalie Joachim on Fanm d'Ayiti (New Amsterdam) -
Conocidos by Y La Bamba on Mujeres (Tender Loving Empire) -
Zota Yinne by Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy on Mam Yinne Wa (Philophon) -
Balagh Al Achbaab - بلغ الاحباب by El Khat - القات on Saadia Jefferson - سعديا جيفيرسون (Batov) -
America by Kel Assouf on Black Tenere (Glitterbeat) -
Straight Jackets by CONTROL TOP on Covert Contracts (Get Better) -
Divine Illusion by Chasms on The Mirage (felte) -
Leyla by Altin Gün on Gece (ATO) -
Good Times by Ex Hex on It's Real (Merge) -
Shoulders by Big Thief on Two Hands (4AD) -
Cosmic Dawn / Eighth Dimension by Salami Rose Joe Louis on Zdenka 2080 (Brainfeeder) -
Wells by Meernaa on Heart Hunger (Native Cat) -
Unbound by Nérija on Blume (Domino)