‘Tis the season of “Best of” lists. I have never composed, and doubt I ever will, my own year-end list of “best of” releases, but I do take a look at lists that others create to see what is/was new and interesting that I missed. For today’s show, I pulled some “Best of 2017” tracks from the excellent YouTube music review channel, deep_cuts and the British avant garde music magazine The Wire. There was also time for sharing outstanding new releases by New York Electric Piano, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Julian Lage, and Björk. Checkout this week’s playlist to see and/or listen to all of this week’s discoveries—old and new.
Don't forget that you can listen to all of the music from the last episode, “Birthdays” (click here). This week's artwork, “harvesting” was created by yours truly.
Thanks for listening!
| Composition | Artist | Album | Listen Now! |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Because” | Giacomo Fiore | My Heart Comes Undone/Because EP |  |
| “Evensong” | Robert Fripp & Brian Eno | Evening Star | Not available for streaming at this time. |
| “El Condor Pasa (If I Could)” | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | |
| “NKISI (EDIT)” | Chino Amobi | Paradiso | |
| “Starwood Choker” | Bing & Ruth | No Home of the Mind | |
| “Carrie & Lowell (iPhone Demo)” | Sufjan Stevens | The Greatest Gift | |
| “Fourth of July” | Sufjan Stevens | Carrie & Lowell | |
| “I Am Consumed” | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | The Kid | |
| “I Am a Thought” | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | The Kid | |
| “Utopia” | Björk | Utopia | |
| “Useful Chamber” | Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca | |
| “Holy Room” | Somi | Petite Afrique | |
| “Water Music I” | Robert Fripp | Exposure | Not available for streaming at this time. |
| “Here Comes The Flood” | Robert Fripp | Exposure | Not available for streaming at this time. |
| “Water Music II” | Robert Fripp | Exposure | Not available for streaming at this time. |
| “Reverence” | New York Electric Piano | State of the Art | |
| “Dig The Whole” | New York Electric Piano | State of the Art | |
| “Theme 001” | Jaimie Branch | Fly or Die | |
| “...Meanwhile” | Jaimie Branch | Fly or Die | |
| “Alhambra” | Dr. Lonnie Smith | All In My Mind | |
| “Earth Science” | Julian Lage | Modern Lore | |