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Gems, Imagine, 2018 on Turntable Kitchen Brilliant full LP cover of John Lennon’s Imagine album (1971) by Gems It’s all solid but I especially enjoy “Oh My Love”…
Tunde Mabadu, Viva Disco, 2018 on Mr. Bongo. Originally released by Afrodisia (which was started by Decca West Africa) in Nigeria in 1980, reissued by Mr. Bongo in…
Fishdoll, Noonsense, 2018 on @paxicorecords Technically the vinyl edition is 2021 but original relase was 2018 Lovely electro soul indeed
John Grant, Love Is Magic, 2018 on Bella Union. Deluxe 2 LP clear vinyl edition with a 12 page booklet Maybe my favorite 21st century artist (though I…
John Hiatt, The Eclipse Sessions, 2018 on New West Signed copy via Barnes & Noble in Manchester NH Recorded around the time of the 2017 solar eclipse –…
M. Ward, What a Wonderful Industry, 2018 on M. Ward Records. M. Ward a few albums back, before Migration Stories and the Billy Holiday cover album Think Of…
Dawes, Passwords, 2018 on HUB Records 2xLP Dawes album – one of my favorite working bands today – always consistent quality. Production by Jonathan Wilson Beautiful pressing by…
Generationals, State Dogs: Singles 2017-2018, released in 2018 on Polyvinyl. Generationals is a duo out of Louisiana often described as “New Wave” despite recording now, not in the…
I’m With Her, See You Around, 2018 on Rounder I’m With Her is Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan and started back in 2014 – this was…
U2, Wide Awake in America, 1985 on Island Records. My copy is the 2018 remaster & reissue by UMC I always thought of this as sort of a…
Elle King, Shake the Spirit, 2018 on RCA. King’s followup to Love Stuff – solid album that avoids the curse of the sophomore slump.
Marvin Gaye, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, 1969 on Tamla. Was first released on Tamla as In The Groove in 1968 (TS 285), but when the song…
Cedric Burnside, Benton County Relic, 2018, Single Lock Records. R.L. Burnside’s grandson and a great blues guitarist in his own right One of my favorites of the last…
Walter “Wolfman” Washington, My Future Is My Past, 2018 on Anti- New Orleans bluesman’s most recent solo album – Irma Thomas guests on “Even Now” Via VNYL
Various Artists, Forever Words, 2018 on Legacy/Sony. Songs created based on Johnny Cash’s poetry, letters, and lyrics set to music by contemporary artists. Love this compilation and the…
The Bird and the Bee, Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates, 2018 on Slow Down Sounds. Came out in 2010 in…
Bud Powell, The Essen Jazz Festival Concert, 2018 on Black Lion / Org Music Recorded live in 1970 in Essen, [West] Germany. With Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke, and…
Midnight Oil, Armistice Day: Live At the Domain, Sydney, 2018 on Music on Vinyl / Sony Music 3 LP collection of an excellent live set – I’ve yet…
Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Look Now, 2018 on Concord Records Costello’s first with The Imposters since Momofuku in 2008. Three songs cowritten with Burt Bacharach, one with…
Ben Harper & Charlie Musslewhite, No Mercy In This Land, 2018 on Anti- Followup to their 2013 collaboration Get Up! “The righteous and the wretched, the holy and…