I'd rather not focus on the non-musical events of 2016 for this post since, strictly judging the year based on the musical releases, 2016 was a pretty good year. With the exceptions of the dearly departed Leonard Cohen and Sharon Jones, I only included acts who hadn't appeared on my best of 2014 and 2015 compilations. This was kinda tough as I had to leave out Angel Olsen's
My Woman, but one must abide by some rules. In the spirit of honoring those who died during the year, I've also re-upped the
Bowie tributes, the
Leonard Cohen-Patsy Cline-Cat Power compilations, and the
Sharon Jones-Detroit Cobras compilation.
Update: So only 24 hours after posting this, I found out that Bap Kennedy died in early November. I'll just say he was an underappreciated singer-songwriter from Dublin and let my
post on him from five years ago provide a little more depth about him. RIP Bap.
Disc One
| You Want
It Darker |
Leonard Cohen |
| Thousand Mile Night |
Jonah Tolchin |
| The Soul Of A Man |
Tom Waits |
| Fast Fuse Blues |
Paul Burch |
| Two Kids |
Laura Gibson |
| Snowflake |
Carl Broemel |
| Days Spent Floating (In The
Halfbetween) |
Okkervil River |
| Dusty Trails (Demo) |
Lucius |
| Faint Mystery |
Trixie Whitley |
| Red Moon |
Whitney |
| Royalty Capes |
De La Soul |
| Trouble in Here |
The Frightnrs |
| Put Me Thru |
Anderson .Paak |
| Chicken Picken |
Circuit Des Yeux |
| O Mistress Mine (Clown's Song
From Twelfth Night) |
Paul Kelly |
| Stanley Park |
Aoife O'Donovan |
| Desperate and Depressed |
Margo Price |
| Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set
Free |
Brian Eno |
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Disc Two
| 22 |
Bon Iver |
| Dyin' Bed Maker |
Kacy & Clayton |
| Light in the House |
The Cave Singers |
| Temptation |
M. Ward |
| Okoroba |
Family Atlantica |
| Firmeza (feat. Rodrigo Campos) |
Elza Soares |
| I'm Still Here |
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings |
| Roadside Memorial |
Allah-Las |
| My Darling, Blue Skies |
John Doe |
| Georgia Stars |
case/lang/veirs |
| Lullaby |
Dori Freeman |
| Number One with a Bullet |
Freakwater |
| Let Me Get There |
Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions |
| Squash Squash |
Blood Orange |
| Clementine Jam |
Orchestra Baobab |
| Good to Be Back Home |
Charles Bradley |
| One Way to Pray |
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop |
| Tea, Milk & Honey |
Oh Pep! |
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