Can’t Lose My (Soul)
Annie & the Caldwells
(Luaka Bop)
Luminescent Creatures
Ichiko Aoba
(Psychic Hotline)
After the Last Sky
Anour Brahem
(ECM)
Apple Cores
James Brandon Lewis Trio
(Anti-)
Exile
Chronixx
(Forever Living)
New Threats from the Soul
Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band
(Tough Love)
Praise the Loud
Anthony Gomes
(Rat Pack)
Hard Road
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
(Red Zero)
Defiant Life
Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
(ECM)
The Music of Anthony Braxton
Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner
(Pi)
Interior Live Oak
Cass McCombs
(Domino)
The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
James McMurtry
(New West)
Hard Headed Woman
Margo Price
(Loma Vista)
Preacher Kids
Robert Randolph
(Sun)
The BPM
Sudan Archives
(Stone Throw)
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