Wishing everyone continued success and lots more wonderful music. A list of the best Christmas songs from all of my hand-picked Christmas Mix CDs through the years, and a first look at the Chrystina Noel Christmas Album. It is so inspiring as well as gratifying to hear such a fine body of new music over the course of the year, so please consider all of yourselves to be on my List of Favorites because you are!
So, I’m just going to congratulate all of the artists that I reviewed in 2018 for producing some of their best work ever. They are listed in the order I reviewed them starting with January. Instead, I'm going to show a list of all of my "Picks" for the year. Kwanzaa Music: A Celebration of Black Cultures in Song Various. Cash Savage & the Last Drinks ’ Good Citizens was a record borne from frustration and anger, a record released at a time of great change. Stoner metal titans Sleep served fans a heady holiday gift on 4/20 with the release of The. Cash Savage & The Last Drinks Good Citizens. I thought about breaking the Favorites into categories like solo piano, classical, electronic, Christmas, etc. However, the shortlist below can be considered essential listening for the holiday, from children’s songs to Kwanzaa classics. The 15 Best Albums of 2018 Featuring major comebacks, existential rap, sci-fi song cycles, and more. I honestly like that many albums - and often for very different reasons that include originality, versatility, mind-blowing chops, etc. As the volume of reviews has grown each year, the more agonizing it’s become to choose just a few - or even 30!Ģ018 was an incredible year for new music! I reviewed 162 albums and 13 singles over the course of the year, and you might find it hard to believe, but there were very few that I didn’t like! It might seem that I have given an excessive number of albums “Pick” status, but I don’t do that to be nice. I have been compiling lists of my Favorite Albums of the year since I started reviewing for Wind and Wire magazine back in 1998. Dear Artists, Fans, Friends, and Anyone Reading This: Here are 15 of the year’s most notable holiday albums: John Legend, A Legendary Christmas (Columbia) Big points, first of all, for the album cover, which has Legend paying direct homage to.