Album of the year 2017

[Lat-Literal]

Various Artists - Even A Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk & Rock 1969-1973:

Gu - Marianne - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAwV4QUITYY

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Async:

Solari - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6OqLXvri3M

Bjork - Utopia:

The Gate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIGgn1s3AvI

Fabiano do Nascimento - Tempo dos Mestres:

Canto de Xangô - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB38fGlqr58

[Lat-Literal]

Luke Daniels - Making Waves:

The Jolly Tinker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76_qkAhDyQU

Orchestra Baobab - Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng:

Fayinkounko - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2S_l_WFriU

Lars-Ingar Meyer Fjeld - Hardingfele:

Kveldsstemning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ude_mT4iYuc

Guilhem Desq - Visions:

Le Château Magique - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soP-VolZi0A

[Globaltruth]

Well, here are the LJ albums of the year....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5BJCPM3tRkrr0Yd10SmgkPK/late-junctions-albums-of-the-year-2017

By an incredible coincidence we'v all chosen the same albums...oh wait....

The truth is that JC (The Expert) wins the prize of a crumpled cover of the Radio Times from 1968 - that Karine Polwart being the only one on both lists.



I'm not totally sure what's in those flasks....

[Cockney Sparrow]

Ah - happy days - Marius Goring in "The Expert" - playing the signature theme (AKA Dvorak 4th Symphony, Scherzo) as I write........

[Lat-Literal]

Well, here are the LJ albums of the year....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5BJCPM3tRkrr0Yd10SmgkPK/late-junctions-albums-of-the-year-2017

By an incredible coincidence we'v all chosen the same albums...oh wait....

The truth is that JC (The Expert) wins the prize of a crumpled cover of the Radio Times from 1968 - that Karine Polwart being the only one on both lists.



I'm not totally sure what's in those flasks....

I did very tentatively list Bjork but then I had many goes at it. Kendrick Lamar is not to my mind a good fit for R3. I cant currently comment on the others although I am familiar with Soulwax. We have missed out a few obvious ones - possibly Leveret, The Young Uns etc. I was going to have a go at picking from my selections a Top 3, 5 or 10. I will do that shortly.

[Lat-Literal]

There were a few albums that I put on the rock etc thread that I wanted to highlight here too:

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman:

Call On God - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ru-McU1zig

Mavis Staples - If All I Was Was Black:

Little Bit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHRiiwRMpBk

Margo Price - All American Made:

All American Made - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzpbE5k7KCg

Rhiannon Giddens - At The Purchaser's Option:

Birmingham Sunday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T5KlTpvoM

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'm not totally sure what's in those flasks....

You'd've thought that such a well-equipped laboratory could have afforded a decent kettle and teapot, wouldn't you.

[johncorrigan]

There were a few albums that I put on the rock etc thread that I wanted to highlight here too:



Rhiannon Giddens - At The Purchaser's Option:

Birmingham Sunday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_T5KlTpvoM

Great choice, Lat...really enjoyed her stuff this year. A couple of pals saw her in Glasgow in November and said she was a sensation.

[Lat-Literal]

Great choice, Lat...really enjoyed her stuff this year. A couple of pals saw her in Glasgow in November and said she was a sensation.

It's one of the best albums of the year.

The last few from me:

1 of 2:

Leveret - Inventions:

Rain On The Woodpile /Terminus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnpMAhmDkZA

Marty Stuart - Way Out West:

Way Out West - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CULSrvkzBfc

Toko Telo - Toy Raha Toy:

Relaza ft D'Gary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxlmIizdUlI

Rodney Crowell - Close Ties:

Nashville 1972 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhZtiNXnCXE

Éthiopiques 30 - Mistakes on Purpose:

Bèyènè/Wubé - Melewetesh Menew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0Zxh1-F9g

[Globaltruth]

You'd've thought that such a well-equipped laboratory could have afforded a decent kettle and teapot, wouldn't you.

Well quite, but that’s what Marius MIGHT be using the flask for

[Lat-Literal]

2 of 2:

Offa Rex - The Queen of Hearts:

The Old Churchyard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLodKmSoTU0

The Young Uns - Strangers:

Be The Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhZFrVMV0tI

Turkwaz - Nazar (Released in Canada in September 2016):

The Nest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvU3eQbpAJA

Che Sudaka - Almas Rebeldes:

La Risa Bonita - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myW5-2z7AMk

David Rawlings - Poor David's Almanack:

Good God a Woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxwiezNwpOU

[Lat-Literal]

First, I did enjoy all of the clips that other people posted.

Many thanks for them.

Secondly: I have a Top 5:

1. Saz'iso
2. Boubacar Traore
3. Orchestra Baobab
4. Rhiannon Giddens
5. Toko Telo

I suppose these are the 15 that were the other main contenders in no particular order: Oumou Sangare, Antibalas, Karine Polwart, The Young Uns, Henry Girls, Trio da Kali with the Kronos Quartet, Unthanks, Ethiopiques, Taj Mahal with Keb Lo, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Kokoko (EP), Rodney Crowell, David Rawlings, Amadou and Mariam and Mavis Staples.