On the Right Side of 2020

I have a lot of unfocused thoughts about 2020, so I'll leave the pontifications about the year that passed to other folks.  The only thing I'll say is that I'm grateful for the fact that artists continued to make music during what must have been an incredibly stressful and anxiety-ridden time for them (and other artists).  So if you have a little money you don't know what to do with, I'd especially recommend the releases from Emma Swift, Clem Snide, Terry Allen,

The Mavericks, and the Sun Ra Arkestra.

As usual, I've only included artists who weren't on the two previous years compilations.  I've also re-upped all my previous best of compilations 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).  

Here's hoping everyone has a much better 2021!!

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Disc 1 Am Gold Nicole Atkins La cumbia me está llamando (featuring La Perla) Nubya Garcia City of the Vampires Terry Allen Love Came Back Paul Burch Union, God and Country Steve Earle & The Dukes Ginseng Sullivan Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Headlights Squirrel Flower Corcovado Dirty Projectors Behold, The Deceiver Shabaka and the Ancestors Peaceful Afternoon Rufus Wainwright Call Me Closer Sagittaire Undertow Tanya Donelly and Gail Greenwood Bad News Blues Lucinda Williams These Are My Friends Fantastic Negrito Focus Caleb Giles Fill My Cup Thad Cockrell Diamonds And Dogs Daniel Romano Weather Shelby Lynne Disc 2 interregnum Asher Gamedze Be Thankful For What You Got Sunny War King Of The Hill Thundercat Hour Of The Furnaces Algiers Star Chambered X Hey, Bus Driver! Tami Neilson Keep on Smilin' Banditos Deep In Love Bonny Light Horseman Migration of Souls M. Ward James and Ira demonstrate mysticism and some confusion holds Yo La Tengo Cut Me Moses Sumney I Lay Awake Swamp Dogg Black Sara Sir Richard Bishop Thoughts and Prayers Drive-By Truckers The Stuff of Us Clem Snide ACC Kirtan Stephen Malkmus You're A Big Girl Now Emma Swift The President (2020 version) Robyn Hitchcock Disc 3 I Contain Multitudes Bob Dylan St. Peter's Autograph Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit How Long Iris DeMent Quits Lola Kirke Deep Dream STRFKR Days of Heaven Jerry Joseph Queer Notions Sun Ra Arkestra Looking Back from the Future The Koreatown Oddity Late Arriver Trummors Ever-Roving Eye James Elkington Think of You Fondly Ron Sexsmith Pale Blue Moon A Girl Called Eddy Are You Listening? Lera Lynn Kulun Mankwaleshi Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience Recuerdos The Mavericks My Favorite Mistake Esther Rose Another Space and Time Laura Veirs I Remember Everything John Prine