From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #2683 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, December 29 2019 Volume 16 : Number 2683 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- best of 2019 [JoAnn Whetsell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 13:01:09 +0000 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: best of 2019 Looking back at the year, I'm surprised at how few releases really stuck with me and how many I need to revisit. Here are the albums I did love, in alphabetical order by artist: Ariana Grande: thank u, next the bird and the bee: Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Van Halen Emily Bezar: Out of the Moment Joseph: Good Luck, Kid Karine Polwart: Karine Polwart's Scottish Songbook Lamb: The Secret of Letting Go Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: There Is No Other Rodrigo y Gabriela: Mettavolution Honorable mentions to Leslie Odom Jr: Mr and Angelique Kidjo: Celia Some of the albums I'm still processing, or haven't listened to enough to form an opinion of: Amanda Palmer: There Will Be No Intermission Anna Ternheim: A Space for Lost Time Azam Ali: Phantoms Bat for Lashes: Lost Girls Glen Hansard: This Wild Willing Jesca Hoop: Stonechild Natacha Atlas: Strange Days Patty Griffin: Patty Griffin Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow Souad Massi: Oumniya Happy new year, everyone. Best wishes for a wonderful 2020! JoAnn ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #2683 ****************************