Album of the year 2017

[DracoM]

Knockout!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ah well, if we're including vids of the year (and why not?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olDziVRsJIQ

Now that's what I call "recycling"!

[Lat-Literal]

The Danish String Quartet - Last Leaf:

Shine You No More - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhnZK-NxcQk

Oumou Sangare - Mogoya:

Yere Faga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y97el3nRKvs

Ifriqiyya Electrique - Rûwâhîne:

Stombali - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sbu-IFMiIk

La Santa Cecilia - Amar y Vivir

Ingrata (En Vivo) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c4hpXzGecM

[johncorrigan]

Ah well, if we're including vids of the year (and why not?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olDziVRsJIQ

Yes indeedy, GT.

[Lat-Literal]

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - Canzoniere

Lu Giustacofane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbltaDJ9w2A

Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - Build Music:

Santa Monica - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T9wr8PLUE0

Reg Meuross - Faraway People:

Faraway People - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJJ4xgEUExY

Calan - Solomon:

Synnwyr Solomon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq7P1t3F8Vk

[Lat-Literal]

Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band - Big Machine:

Hug You Like A Mountain (feat Teddy Thompson) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IPKb_8WDO0

Amadou & Mariam - La Confusion:

Bofou Safou- - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJR81-JIwA

Daymé Arocena - Cubafonía:

La Rumba Me Llamo Yo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvyTWRB4l4w

Ross Couper and Tom Oakes - Fiddle & Guitar:

Cathcart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4W2u1J5ykM

Various Artists - Sweet As Broken Dates : Lost Somali Tapes:

Rag Waa Nacab Iyo Nasteexo (Aamina Camaari) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdQSxK_ukrk

[johncorrigan]

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - Canzoniere

I was a bit disappointed in this compared to some of their previous records, Lat...but they were great guests on Wo3 a couple of weeks back.

Various Artists - Sweet As Broken Dates : Lost Somali Tapes:

Rag Waa Nacab Iyo Nasteexo (Aamina Camaari) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdQSxK_ukrk

I've not heard all of this, Lat, but what I have heard sounds great..

[Lat-Literal]

I was a bit disappointed in this compared to some of their previous records, Lat...but they were great guests on Wo3 a couple of weeks back.




I've not heard all of this, Lat, but what I have heard sounds great..

Thanks for your comments, JC.

Is there anything -

(a) country
(b) cajun/zydeco
(c) roots reggae

................that stands out to you as worthy of inclusion?

I've been looking at the (very few) new bluegrass discs.

This debut has a lot of life - and some commercial appeal:

Old Salt Union - Old Salt Union

Where I Stand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvyJ7KyPIBs

Re the blues, this from the late Hayes McMullan needs a mention.

Hayes McMullan - Everyday Seem Like Murder Here:

Fast Old Train - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCQBgLq4ghk

And I think we'll put this one forward too:

Kim Wilson - Blues And Boogie, Vol 1:

Blue & Lonesome - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQw0u8gSS4M

[johncorrigan]

(c) roots reggae

Not quite that, Lat, but Caribbean from Puerto Rico via Nigeria (apparently), I thought this was really different.
ÌFÉ - BANGAH (Pico y Palo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eNFV5Te64

[Lat-Literal]

Not quite that, Lat, but Caribbean from Puerto Rico via Nigeria (apparently), I thought this was really different.
ÌFÉ - BANGAH (Pico y Palo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eNFV5Te64

Yes - a curious mix of influences and rhythmically persuasive.

It potentially has a broad constituency of ages!

[Globaltruth]

Yes - a curious mix of influences and rhythmically persuasive.

It potentially has a broad constituency of ages!

I really like it too; we seem to be getting on down with our good selves...

the Quiet Corner is turning into:

[Lat-Literal]

I really like it too; we seem to be getting on down with our good selves...

the Quiet Corner is turning into:

And we haven't stopped dancing yet:

REGGAE NOMINATIONS



(there's some surprisingly strong tracks here)

United States:

Brain Damage ft Harrison Stafford - Liberation Time:

Liberation Time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3UVT_LSVwY

Spain (1):

Natty Nature meets Bass Culture Players - Easy Country Living Showcase EP:

Easy Country Living - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVZa8BsyvtU

Sweden:

Junior Natural + Sly & Robbie - Militant:

Soldiers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3mAFVGmJ9I

Switzerland:

Cosmic Shuffling - Cosmic Goes Wild EP:

Chocolate Girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Bxw39Svxg

Netherlands:

Northern Dub Mystic - Rough:

Red Light - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj298k66Ydg

Spain (2):

Ines Pado - One Sister:

Sound System - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH6O3J7d3ow

[Lat-Literal]

(and here)

Jamaica (1):

Mad Professor Meets Jah9 - In the Midst of the Storm

Selassie I Dub - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD2XqHpMoXY

Italy:

The Patois Brothers - Wise and Wild

Life Learning ft. Max Romeo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reW4PEa06sY

Jamaica (2):

Pablo Moses - The Itinuation:

The Itinuation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXhKzkJrpDY

France:

The Tuff Lions - Spirit:

Spirit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14CkQQYHX5o

New Caledonia:

Marcus Gad and Tribe - Chanting:

Keep Cool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN2yzGTCBfI

United Kingdom:

Nevile Staple - Return of Judge Roughneck:

Return Of Judge Roughneck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_jzAYXfpY

[Lat-Literal]

Anyhow, back on the main road:

Tamikrest - Kidal:

Ehad Wad Nadorhan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NGLOQ8m7M

Songhoy Blues - Resistance:

Bamako - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUPVVLxVX9w

Tinariwen - Elwan:

Sastanàqqàm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I3PLVuKNtw

Hugh Masekela - No Borders:

Tapera ft. Oliver Mtukudzi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW606-q4jaM

[Lat-Literal]

Freschard & Stanley Brinks - Midnight Tequila:

Going To The Bar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agm6j2Y3v7E

The Henry Girls - Far Beyond the Stars:

Falling in Love Again - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjPFF_F_Yc

Hillfolk Noir - Junkerpunch:

Billy Got Popped - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG0K03XtXjA

The Unthanks - Diversions Vol. 4 - The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake

I Remember - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-iIuU0tE24