Listening Up ~ These Are My 50 Most Favourite Records of 2019

Those who humble themselves to the lifetime discipline of musical communication have brought so much into my life this year, but these fifty are the special ones that have found room to grow between my ears, and to roam about on my personal astral terrain. Keep listening up. Carry the fire.

Karin Plato      This Could Be The One Jim Brennan Eleven    Eleven Eleven Waahli                         Black Soap Abigail Lapell             Getaway Dave Gunning            Up Against The Sky       _________________________ Logan McKillop          Anchorless D’arcy Wickham         Signal Hill Patrice Jégou              If It Ain’t Love Tom Wilson                Mohawk Meg Tennant             Echoed Light           _______________________ Shari Ulrich   Back To Shore T. Nile   Beachfires Nomadic Massive     Times James Gordon    The Heritage Hall Sessions Al Qahwa  Cairo Moon _______________ Jon Brooks     Moth Nor Rust ll OKAN     Sombras Corin Raymond      Dirty Mansions J.P. Mortier   Nation Of Iron Dayna Manning     Morning Light ___________________________ Chelsea McBride’s Socialist Night School    Aftermath Mike Janzen    Lent   Jason Wilson       Sumach Roots Bywater Call       Bywater Call April Verch     Once A Day

Sam Wilson  Groundless   Apprehensions Dominique Fils-Aimé     Stay Tuned West My Friend     In Constellation Charlotte Cornfield  The  Shape Of Your Name Chain Mail     The Psychedelic Suite _______________________ Alex Fournier    Triio Tara Kannangara   It’s  Not Mine Anymore Alex Cuba    Sublime Coco Love Alcorn       Rebirth Aviva Chernick     La Serena    _________________________ Big Little Lions      Inside Voice Aaron Dolman Nostalgia   & Other Fantasies The New Customs      Selling Religion on  Government Street Graham Lindsey  Tradhead Aphrose        Element _____________________ Sarah Jane Scouten    Confessions Jerry Leger Time Out  For Tomorrow Silla + Rise  Galactic Gala Ariana Gillis   The Maze Tertio  La Mince Ligne _____________________ Christine Bougie   Love Songs  With The Queer  Songbook Orchestra Rick Estrin & The Nightcats  Contemporary Valérie Ékoumè  Kwin Na Kinguè Cinematic Orchestra  To Believe Dawn Drake        Nightshade