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André 3000 – ‘New Blue Sun’ (2023)

André 3000 – ‘New Blue Sun’ (2023)

André 3000 didn’t enter the studio intending to make an ‘Alice Coltrane’ or ‘Jon Hassell’ album, he simply followed his muse. If only more high profile artists did this.

The Wood Brothers – ‘Heart Is the Hero’ (2023)

The Wood Brothers – ‘Heart Is the Hero’ (2023)

Coming out of trying times, something new from the Wood Brothers might just be what we need. ‘Heart Is The Hero’ is an extra-rootsy effort that satisfies the soul.

Neal Francis – ‘In Plain Sight’ (2021)

Neal Francis – ‘In Plain Sight’ (2021)

Neal Francis bares his soul on his satisfying sophomore release ‘In Plain Sight’ but also shows how to do it without dragging down his listeners in the process.

Horse Lords – ‘The Common Task’ (2020)

Horse Lords – ‘The Common Task’ (2020)

Horse Lords make instrumentals that are largely unlike anything you’ve heard before but through clever and deliberate planning, make wildly disparate songs that draw you in all the same.

Cheer-Accident – ‘Chicago XX’ (2020)

Cheer-Accident – ‘Chicago XX’ (2020)

Just being eccentric doesn’t make one creative, but Cheer-Accident continues to find ways to be a lot of both twenty albums in. Here’s hoping for another twenty albums by this band.

The Wood Brothers – ‘Kingdom In My Mind’ (2020)

The Wood Brothers – ‘Kingdom In My Mind’ (2020)

The Wood Brothers always opt for timeless themes and methods, and never more so than on ‘Kingdom In My Mind.’ This record satisfies the soul today and will satisfy the soul just as well many years from now.

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Ross Hammond and Jon Bafus – ‘New Milwaukee’ (2019)

It doesn’t matter how antiquated lap steel and drums might seem, when Ross Hammond and Jon Bafus are brought to the equation, captivating things happen.

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Boo Boo Davis – ‘Tree Man’ (2019)

It’s no exaggeration to state that Boo Boo Davis is one of the last of the authentic blues men.

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Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – ‘YRU Still Here?’ (2018)

Marc Ribot and his merry little band of jazz misfits are back extending the middle finger to anything or anybody that catches their ire.

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David Crosby – ‘Here If You Listen’ (2018)

While nearly all of his contemporaries have flamed out or ambled off into the sunset, David Crosby keeps charging toward the sunrise.