playlists
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Best of 2019
Another year and another few hundred albums and a few thousand songs listened to and filtered into this concise list of brilliance. 2019 was the first year in a long time that dancefloor suitability wasn’t a factor. In its place, more soundtrack, classical, and incidental type music mostly due to the increase in writing and… Read more
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Music of 2018
2018 was a great year for new music. Picking 20 was a struggle. Even trying to limit the playlists to a reasonable length was harder than I anticipated. My top 3 from the list were Low, Medicine Boy and Black Belt Eagle Scout. A colleague once said that a new album by Bob Dylan or… Read more
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Some Christmas songs are not just for XMAS
Two Christmas albums you’re not likely to hear at the malls. Ever Low – Christmas (1999) In typical Low style, this is a haunting album with a surprisingly upbeat opener. A.V. Club’s Josh Modell described it as “the religious album even heathens can love”. Apple Music Deezer Spotify Phil Spector – A Christmas gift… Read more
Marc Latilla 