Thank you to all the musicians making music. Never underestimate the importance of what you do to people like me, especially in years like this. Here’s my round-up of the best albums of 2021.
R. Seiliog – Ash Dome
Ben SerEtan – Cicada Waves
Eimear Reidy & Natalia Beylis – Whose Woods These Are
Black Country New Road – For the First Time
Slonk – Where Do You See Yourself In 5 Years Time?
Jaimie Branch – Fly or Die II Live
Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points & The London Symphony Orchestra
Lewsberg – In Your Hands
Natalia Beylis – Pink Sky Dawn
Helado Negro – Far in
Tirzah – Colourgrade
Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles – Keys
Jazmine Sullivan – Heaux Tales
Sarah Davachi – Antiphonals
Hendrik Weber – 429 Hz Formen von Stille
Little Simz – Sometimes I MIght be introvert