Each year it gets more difficult to compile a list of “Top” albums, more music is being listened to by my thirsty ear-holes, more styles and regions covered, so this list is just a list that I try to cover some of it all in while being honest to me and the show…..I am sure I left out plenty that you like, and even some that I like but this is the way the list came out when all was said and done…It was a difficult one to put together. Hope there’s something(s) here you’ll end up checking out for the first time and maybe even adding it to your collections:
122. “Gun Shy of a Kiss”-Miss Meaghan Owens
121. “Provenance”- Maya Beiser
120. “VOCAbuLaries”- Bobby McFerrin
119. “Soulsville”-Huey Lewis & the News
118. “A Little Messed Up” the Dollyrots
117. “Eyelid Movies”- Phantogram
116. “New World Flamenco”-Tierra Negra & Muriel Anderson
115. “Twelve Mile High”- Thunderball
114. “Push”- Jacky Terrasson
113. “Miho: Journey to the Mountain”-Paul Winter Consort
112. “Happy Talk”- Kermit Ruffins
111. “Gold Tone”- Beyondo
110. “Willdstyle EP”- Bassnectar
109.”That Man Eats Morning for Breakfast”-Surprise Me Mr Davis
108. “Ocotea”- Jyoti / “Push”- Bop Skizzum
107. “Keepin’ on”- Albert Castigila
106. “Yesterday you said Tomorrow”-Christian Scott
105. “Chamber Music”- Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal
104. “Namaskar”- Sameer Gupta
103. “Putumayo’s Latin Party”- Various Artists
102. “Soul Call”-Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon
101. “Rhythm of the Road”-the String Cheese Incident
100. “Hands”- Dave Holland & Pepe Habichuela
099. “Radioclit Presents:The Sound Of Club Secousse Vol 1”
098. “Dream” -123 min / “Phosphene Dream”-the Black Angels
097. “Live at the Roadhouse”- Fat Freddy’s Drop
096. “Pure”-Tomo Fujita / “Stay Gold”- JFJO
095. “Chicago’s Avant Today:Delmark 50th Anniversary Collection”
094. “Inner Dance”-Fabrizio Sotti / “Thief”-Keller & the Keels
093. “Ten Shades of Blue”- Joe Pitts
092. “Amor, Cambio y La Verdad”-Cuchata
091. “Las Venus Resort Palace Hotel”- Cibelle
090. “Jahbulon” Method of Defiance
089. “Getting Organized”- Ed Alstrom
088. “Tree of Mystery”- Kabanjak
087. “Live at Triple Door”-Skerik’s Syncopated Septet
086. “Ancestors Call” Huun Huur Tu
085. “My Gift to the World”-Kenautis Smith / “the ArchAndroid”-Janelle Monáe
084. “Boggy Creek Bop”- Snap
083. “American Patchwork”-Anders Osborne / “National Ransom”-Elvis Costello
082. “Bourbon Street Breakdown”- Chainsaw Dupont
081. “Jukebox Classic”-Davis Coen / “Truth & Salvage”-Truth & Salvage Co.
080. “Louisiana Swamp Stomp”-Various Artists
079. “Memoirs of Niwa”- GrooveSession
078. “The Gig is On”- Lubriphonic
077. “Y La Misteriosa (Live at FiP)”- Lila Downs
076. “Atlantis Massif”- Velella Velella
075. “Between Motion & Rest”- Eric Lindell
074. “Puppet Michief”- John Ellis & Double Wide
073. “Jerry Jams for the Rex Foundation”-Various Artists
072. “Atlantis”- Leroy Powell & the Messengers
071. “Beautiful” the Electric FT. Yarah Bravo
070. “Between the Needles & Nightfall”-Marco Benevento
069. ” Wingless Angles II”- Wingless Angels
068. “Woodbox Beats & Balladry”-Daniel Bernard Roumain
067. “Looking Through Leaves”- Carmen Rizzo
066. “Baba Mo Tunde”- King Sunny Adé
065. “Jeskyne”- Už Jsme Doma
064. “Putumayo’s Tribute to a Reggae Legend”-Various Artists
063. “Groove Alchemy”- Stanton Moore
062. “Timbuktu Traab”- Khaira Arby
061. “On a Day Like This”- Meklit Hadero
060. “NDR Jazz Workshop”- Soft Machine
059. “TK2”- Toubab Krewe
058. “Aguilas and Cobras: Remixed and Regrooved”-Brownout
057. “5 Star Cave”- TriBeCaStan
056. “Bewilderness”-Mamarazzi
055. “Grinderman 2”-Grinderman
054. “Mojo Mancini”-Mojo Mancini
053. “Tradi-Mods Vs. Rockers:Alt Takes on Congotronics”-Various Artists
052. “Georgia Warhorse”- JJ Grey & Mofro
051. “Bonjour”-Rachid Taha / “Oyo”-Angelique Kidjo
050. “Inside this Heart of Mine”-Catherine Russell
049. “Everything in Time”- DJ Center
048. “The Mosier Brothers”-The Mosier Brother
047. “Tin Can Trust”-Los Lobos
046. “Jammin’ in the Attic”-Randall Bramblett,Geoff Achison & Friends
045. “Backatown”- Trombone Shorty
044. “The Imagine Project”-Herbie Hancock
043. “Live”- Vieux Farka Toure
042. “Petals on the Path”-Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
041. “Crazy for Christmas”-Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
040. “Tributary”- Cameron Mizell
039. “Putumayo’s Rhythm & Blues”-Various Artists
038. “Blue Eyed Black Boy- Balkan Beat Box
037. “Secretly Famous”- the Spy from Cairo
036. “Fela!:the Original Broadway Cast Recording”
035. “Black Sands”- Bonobo
034. “Power Patriot”- Garage a Trois
033. “Eye to Eye”- Bandallamas
032. “This That & the Other Thing”-Skeebo Knight
031. “Carnival of Soul” Mike Clark
030. “Ceremony”- Omar Sosa & NDR Big Band
029. “Analog Drift”- Chico Mann
028. “7 Walkers”- 7 Walkers
027. “the Colossus-RJD2
026. “Ritornano Quelli Della- Calibro 35
025. “El Exitential”- Grupo Fantasma
024. “I Learned the Hard Way”-Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
023. “Nine Decades Vol. 1 1967-68”- Ravi Shankar
022. “Charlie Wooton Project”-Charlie Wooton Project
021. “A Water Logged Soul Kitchen-Taj Weekes & Adowa
020. “Space Age Blues”-Devon Allman’s Honeytribe
019. “Monomaniacs”- Chris Joss
018. “Journey Through Sounds”-Q Orchestra
017. “As you Were”- Lyrics Born
016. “Kings”-the Apples Ft Fred Wesley
015. “Black Dub”- Black Dub
014. “Project Trio”- Project Trio
013. “Bread & Butter”- the Jive Turkeys
012. “Mizik Pou Dwa Moun”-the Burnt Sugar Collective
011. “III” -the Budos Band
010. “Revalation”- Lee SCRATCH” Perry
009. “Babylon Central SNDTRK”- Various Artists
008. “No Time for Dreaming”-Charles Bradley
007. “Self Decapitation”- Delaney Davidson
006. “Chaal Baby”- Red Baraat
005. “Friday the 13th:the Micros Play Monk”-the Microscopic Septet
004. “Complete Mythology”- Syl Johnson
003. “Rubber Soulive”- Soulive
002. “Todd Clouser’s A love Electric”
001. “the Electric Sound of Johhny Arrow”-Cochemea Gastelum
