Favorite Music :: 2024
Some singles, some EPs and some full-length albums.
These have been 50 of my favorite releases of 2024. Selections are in alphabetical order because you can’t rank music.
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
2020 Year-End Music Round-Up Wrap-Up Extravaganza
No one could have predicted a year like 2020. The live music industry is on life support. Bandcamp came through just about better than anyone else to support music. And there was a ton of great music released this year.
Per the norm, I do not rank albums. Music is not a competition and my taste is not your taste. So, after lots of thought and list-shuffling and winnowing, these are the 75 albums that really stood out for me. My original list was quite a bit longer (and you can always keep up in real-time by following the Yearly Bookkeeping page), so I can tell you that this list provides a great overview of my music listening for this crazy year.
Here are my favorite 75 albums of 2020.
The Visual List:
The Alphabet List:
Live at Tubby's by 75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band
Shaman! by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
Time is A Gift Which We Share All The Time by Afriquoi
Rejoice by Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela
Live by Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood
Fu Chronicles by Antibalas
Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
Roy Ayers JID002 by Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ex-Voto by Jamie Barnes
Please Advise by Beauty Pill
Crash Test Kid by Sammy Brue
Long In The Tooth by the Budos Band
Regresa by Buscabulla
Shadow Talk by Café Racer
Echo Mine by Califone
Gold Record by Bill Callahan
Have We Met by Destroyer
I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)
Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan
Afternoon Tea at Six by Eishan Ensemble
Acoustic Storm Sessions by Elkhorn
Kahil El’Zabar’s Spirit Groove by Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray
Wake Up! by Hazel English
Shore by Fleet Foxes
A Hero’s Death by Fontaines D.C.
Peoples Motel Band by Chris Forsyth and Garcia Peoples
SOURCE by Nubya Garcia
Nightcap at Wits' End by Garcia Peoples
Big Dark Bright Futures by Growing Concerns Poetry Collective
Women In Music Pt. III by Haim
Infinity Of Now by the Heliocentrics
National Freedom by Lonnie Holley
Muerto, Carcel o Rocanroll by Huntingtons
Beginners by Christian Lee Hutson
Reuinions by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Babani Koné by Babani Koné
Mutation by Les Freres Smith
2020 by Magik Markers
Eno Axis by H.C. McEntire
Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock
Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones
Circles by Mac Miller
Dimensional Stardust by Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra
Annual by Modern Nature
Getting Into Knives by the Mountain Goats
Staunch Honey by David Nance
Three by the Necks
Rob Noyes & Sam Moss by Rob Noyes & Sam Moss
We No Be Machine by Onipa
Jams From The Sun by Oregon Space Trail of Jazz
High Upon The Mountain by Pacific Range
Suite For Max Brown by Jeff Parker
Summerlong by Rose City Band
RTJ4 by Run The Jewels
Landwerk demos by Nathan Salsburg
Acoustic by Oumou Sangaré
Untitled (Black Is) by Sault
We Are Sent Here By History by Shabaka and the Ancestors
The Don of Diamond Dreams by Shabazz Palaces
Ocean Bridges by Archie Shepp, Raw Poetic & Damu the Fudgemunk
Companion Rises by Six Organs of Admittance
Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? by The Soft Pink Truth
Optimisme by Songhoy Blues
Swirling by Sun Ra Arkestra
Oh Yeah? by Sunwatchers
Wooden Flower by Tambourinen
Folklore by Taylor Swift
Nomad by Tengger
Sun Racket by Throwing Muses
Siftorde by Tidiane Thiam
New Vanitas by William Tyler
The Great Mountain by Waterless Hills
Eau’d To A Fake Bookie Volume 3 by Wet Tuna
Strange to Explain by Woods
Homegrown by Neil Young
Holiday At The Sea's Favorite 2020 Music Mix (Volume 04)
Volume 04 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“Solace” by Adrian Younge And Ali Shaheed Muhammad
“Theme For Cecil” by Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids
“Venom” by The Heliocentrics
“Slow Bones” by Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela
“Eurasia” by Tengger
“Galaxy 1000” by Rob Mazurek and the Exploding Star Orchestra
“Two” by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock
“The Message Continues” by Nubya Garcia
“Makoma” by Onipa
“Ju$t” by Run The Jewels
“The Coming Of The Strange Ones” by Shabaka and the Ancestors
“Wet” by Shabazz Palaces
“No Talk Talk” by Les Freres Smith
“Strange To Explain” by Woods
“Go Away” by Jeff Parker
“Pray Up Stay Up” by Sault
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Holiday At The Sea's Favorite 2020 Music Mix (Volume 03)
Volume 03 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“Houses of the Holy” by H.C. McEntire
“Low to the Bird” by Jamie Barnes
“It Gets Easier” by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
“Santa Monica (Through the Canyon)” by Pacific Range
“The 101” by Six Organs of Admittance
“Howard St. & The Beach Nov. 1988 After 11” by Califone
“Maestranza” by Fleet Foxes
“(Our Life Could Be Your Van)” by Garcia Peoples
“The Law Of Hospitality” by Waterless Hills
“Four Corners” by William Tyler
“Protest Song” by Bill Callahan
“Crystal Doorknob” by Lonnie Holley
“Landwerk 03” by Nathan Salsburg
“Love Is The Main Thing” by Fontaines D.C.
“Find You Ride” by Magik Markers
“Fadjamou” (Acoustic) by Oumou Sangaré
“St. Charles” by Throwing Muses
“Nenamev” by Tidiane Thiam
“Bon Bon” by Songhoy Blues
“Love Paste” by Sunwatchers
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Holiday At The Sea's Favorite 2020 Music Mix (Volume 02)
Volume 02 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“Single For The Summer” by Christian Lee Huston
“Off My Mind” by Hazel English
“Crimson Tide” by Destroyer
“NTE” by Buscabulla
“We Don't Smoke It No More” by Neil Young
“If The Truth Ever Shows Up” by David Nance
“Die Before You Live” by Sammy Brue
“Not Penny’s Boat” by Huntingtons
“Empty Bottle” by Rose City Band
“Out The Window” by Café Racer
“Nektar” by Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray
“Jams From The Sun (Part III)” by Oregon Space Trail of Jazz
“F&N” by 75 Dollar Bill
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Holiday At The Sea's Favorite 2020 Music Mix (Volume 01)
Volume 01 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“(Brother Lee) Womblife Blues” by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)
“exile” by Taylor Swift
“Tattooed Love Boys” by Beauty Pill
“Good News” by Mac Miller
“Djatigui Baro” by Babani Koné
“I Know Alone” by Haim
“Flourish” by Modern Nature
“Murder Most Foul” by Bob Dylan
“Picture Of My Dress” by the Mountain Goats
“We” by the Soft Pink Truth
“Shout Across Mountains” by Growing Concerns Poetry Collective
“Mystic Mountain” by Chris Forsyth & Garcia Peoples
“Angels And Demons At Play” by Sun Ra Arkestra
“Heavy Baloon” by Fiona Apple
“The Wicked Shall Not Prevail” by Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood
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