Best music in 2023

Jose James

"On & On"

I think the McEntire lp will be hard to beat in the end.?

Any Genre? :-) 

Sure....

slaw

I am looking forward to this List!

Happy Listening!

Larkin Poe - Album (Blood Harmony) 

Edit. Sorry, 2022 ... late 22 that is.

Mad Season "Above" 

Latest reissue

Aoife O'Donovan "Plays Nebraska"

@slaw She performed it live in NYC last night.  Was beautiful.

Cool man, glad you had that experience.

JJ Grey & Mofro "Country Ghetto" 

First time on vinyl

Lucero "Should've Learned by Now" 

SQ not the best but content overrides.

Happy that

Savoy Brown - Blues All Around -

is still around. :)

@gosta 

Happy that  Savoy Brown - Blues All Around - is still around. :)

Love Savoy Brown - I’ll check it out.

BTW - Kim Simmons founder and leader of SB sadly pass away.
 

Knuckle - Life's A Bench, Then They Put Your Name On It

(Alternative / Indie, Rock)

Andrew Gabbard "Cedar City Sweetheart" 

Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams - "Live at Levon's!".

Nickel Creek - Celebrants

+1 @thepipdog Perfectly live!

GoGo Penguin - Everything is going to be ok!

Natalie Merchant "Keep Your Courage"

Feist "Multitudes"

Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time (Steven Wilson Remix)

"This Atomhenge label edition marks the first time Steven Wilson’s stunning stereo mix has appeared on vinyl."

Release date is 6/30/23

https://burningshed.com/hawkwind_warrior-on-the-edge-of-time_vinyl

Jadu Heart "Derealized"

2023 has been a great year for my tastes so far!

I see people only listing 1 album, but for me, in the genres and subgenres I listen to, there have been many more than just 1 release that I'd consider the best of 2023.

This will be all new music, no reissues

Jazz:

Dominic Miller - Vagabond / Great acoustic guitar lead quartet on the ECM label,

Amoeba Split - Quiet Euphoria / This is killer modern jazz-fusion, with some Canterbury prog mixed.in

Bob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra - Lightning Dreamers / A bit of Sun Ra, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, electric Miles, add up to some pretty original sounding progressive jazz.

Wadada Leo Smith - Fire Illuminations / At times this sounds a bit like Bitches Brew, at least in spirit. 

Organic Pulse Ensemble -  A Thousand Hands / Swedish band, with a  modern take on 'spiritual' jazz. Some really world class musicianship on this.

The Heavy Hitters - S/T /  Some of the best of the current NY scene, team up for this straight ahead post-bop recording. Recorded in Rudy Van Gelders studio.

Janel Leppin / Ensemble Volcanic Ash / Great chamber-jazz ensemble. Very creative.

Prog:

Eyeless Owl - Murmurations / Complex prog and math-rock. Sometimes it crosses into chamber-prog territory.

Zopp - Dominion / Very good Canterbury style prog from England (Soft Machine, National Health, etc)
Manna/Mirage - Autobiographie / Another Canterbury style band, this time from the US. Not quite as good as their 2021 release, Man Out of Time, but that's not a huge knock on them, since this is still killer.

Free Human Zoo - The Mysterious Island / Extremely good Zeuhl style prog (Magma influenced) from France. Amazing musicianship by all members. 

Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth - S/T / Hard to classify. Jazz, prog, avant-garde, with some pop sensibilities. Quite unique.

Rickie Lee Jones "Pieces of Treasure"

Norah Jones "... Little Broken Hearts Live"... @ Allaire Studios/RSD

Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives "Altitude"

Eslabon Armado - Desvelado 

William Prince, Stand in Joy

The Cars "S/T" 

Rhino/Kevin Grey

Enjoyed the Little Feat/Rhino remastered deluxe versions

Boygenius,   The Record.   

Pink Floyd  “The Dark Side Of The Moon Live At Wembley 1974”

Eyelids “A Colossal Waste Of Light”

Colter Wall "Little Songs"

I'm looking forward to hearing Jenny Lewis' new album.

Me too Eric.

The Teskey Brothers "The Winding Way"

Great songs, SQ.....veiled presentation 

Peter Frampton Intervention Records box set 

Simon moon:  interesting list.  I heard about the Wadada Leo smith album but I’ll check out the others as well.

Mikaela Davis “And Southern Star”

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit "Weathervanes" 

Content 10,.......

Jenny Lewis " Joy'All"

Wednesday "Rat Saw God" 

Rhiannon Giddens "You're the One"

Robin Trower "No More Worlds to Conquer"

Ryan Bingham "Watch Out for the Wolf"