Here’s a fantastic show featuring live performance with Lanois on a variety of instruments and knobs and the amazing Kyle Crane on drums. Interview segments are sprinkled throughout.
Enjoy.
Tracklisting:
Elevator
Souix Lookout
Opera
Aquatic
Iceland
The End
Justin Townes Earle performs live on KEXP from the SXSW Radio Day Stage. Recorded 3/17/2012.
Tracklisting:
Look The Other Way
Am I That Lonely Tonight?
Memphis In The Rain
Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Halfway To Jackson
Unfortunately, Anna
Walk Out
Movin' On
Important People:
Host: Cheryl Waters
Audio: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett, Scott Holpainen & Christopher Meister
Edits: Scott Holpainen
No one could have predicted a year like 2020. The live music industry is on life support. Bandcamp came through just about better than anyone else to support music. And there was a ton of great music released this year.
Per the norm, I do not rank albums. Music is not a competition and my taste is not your taste. So, after lots of thought and list-shuffling and winnowing, these are the 75 albums that really stood out for me. My original list was quite a bit longer (and you can always keep up in real-time by following the Yearly Bookkeeping page), so I can tell you that this list provides a great overview of my music listening for this crazy year.
Here are my favorite 75 albums of 2020.
The Visual List:
The Alphabet List:
Live at Tubby's by 75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band
Shaman! by Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
Time is A Gift Which We Share All The Time by Afriquoi
Rejoice by Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela
Live by Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood
Fu Chronicles by Antibalas
Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
Roy Ayers JID002 by Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ex-Voto by Jamie Barnes
Please Advise by Beauty Pill
Crash Test Kid by Sammy Brue
Long In The Tooth by the Budos Band
Regresa by Buscabulla
Shadow Talk by Café Racer
Echo Mine by Califone
Gold Record by Bill Callahan
Have We Met by Destroyer
I Just Wasn't Made For These Set Times by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)
Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan
Afternoon Tea at Six by Eishan Ensemble
Acoustic Storm Sessions by Elkhorn
Kahil El’Zabar’s Spirit Groove by Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray
Wake Up! by Hazel English
Shore by Fleet Foxes
A Hero’s Death by Fontaines D.C.
Peoples Motel Band by Chris Forsyth and Garcia Peoples
SOURCE by Nubya Garcia
Nightcap at Wits' End by Garcia Peoples
Big Dark Bright Futures by Growing Concerns Poetry Collective
Women In Music Pt. III by Haim
Infinity Of Now by the Heliocentrics
National Freedom by Lonnie Holley
Muerto, Carcel o Rocanroll by Huntingtons
Beginners by Christian Lee Hutson
Reuinions by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Babani Koné by Babani Koné
Mutation by Les Freres Smith
2020 by Magik Markers
Eno Axis by H.C. McEntire
Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock
Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones
Circles by Mac Miller
Dimensional Stardust by Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra
Annual by Modern Nature
Getting Into Knives by the Mountain Goats
Staunch Honey by David Nance
Three by the Necks
Rob Noyes & Sam Moss by Rob Noyes & Sam Moss
We No Be Machine by Onipa
Jams From The Sun by Oregon Space Trail of Jazz
High Upon The Mountain by Pacific Range
Suite For Max Brown by Jeff Parker
Summerlong by Rose City Band
RTJ4 by Run The Jewels
Landwerk demos by Nathan Salsburg
Acoustic by Oumou Sangaré
Untitled (Black Is) by Sault
We Are Sent Here By History by Shabaka and the Ancestors
The Don of Diamond Dreams by Shabazz Palaces
Ocean Bridges by Archie Shepp, Raw Poetic & Damu the Fudgemunk
Companion Rises by Six Organs of Admittance
Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? by The Soft Pink Truth
Optimisme by Songhoy Blues
Swirling by Sun Ra Arkestra
Oh Yeah? by Sunwatchers
Wooden Flower by Tambourinen
Folklore by Taylor Swift
Nomad by Tengger
Sun Racket by Throwing Muses
Siftorde by Tidiane Thiam
New Vanitas by William Tyler
The Great Mountain by Waterless Hills
Eau’d To A Fake Bookie Volume 3 by Wet Tuna
Strange to Explain by Woods
Homegrown by Neil Young
Volume 05 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“Sam Sam” by Afriquoi
“Fight Am Finish” by Antibalas
“Tulips” by Archie Shepp, Raw Poetic & Damu the Fudgemunk
“Sixth Hammer” by the Budos Band
“Signs” by Eishan Ensemble
“Acoustic Storm Part One” by Elkhorn
“Further” by the Necks
“Wooden Flower” by Tambourinen
“Walkin’ In Rhythm” by Wet Tuna
“Snake Mouth” by Rob Noyes & Sam Moss
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Volume 04 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“Solace” by Adrian Younge And Ali Shaheed Muhammad
“Theme For Cecil” by Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids
“Venom” by The Heliocentrics
“Slow Bones” by Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela
“Eurasia” by Tengger
“Galaxy 1000” by Rob Mazurek and the Exploding Star Orchestra
“Two” by Joshua Massad & Dylan Aycock
“The Message Continues” by Nubya Garcia
“Makoma” by Onipa
“Ju$t” by Run The Jewels
“The Coming Of The Strange Ones” by Shabaka and the Ancestors
“Wet” by Shabazz Palaces
“No Talk Talk” by Les Freres Smith
“Strange To Explain” by Woods
“Go Away” by Jeff Parker
“Pray Up Stay Up” by Sault
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Volume 03 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“Houses of the Holy” by H.C. McEntire
“Low to the Bird” by Jamie Barnes
“It Gets Easier” by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
“Santa Monica (Through the Canyon)” by Pacific Range
“The 101” by Six Organs of Admittance
“Howard St. & The Beach Nov. 1988 After 11” by Califone
“Maestranza” by Fleet Foxes
“(Our Life Could Be Your Van)” by Garcia Peoples
“The Law Of Hospitality” by Waterless Hills
“Four Corners” by William Tyler
“Protest Song” by Bill Callahan
“Crystal Doorknob” by Lonnie Holley
“Landwerk 03” by Nathan Salsburg
“Love Is The Main Thing” by Fontaines D.C.
“Find You Ride” by Magik Markers
“Fadjamou” (Acoustic) by Oumou Sangaré
“St. Charles” by Throwing Muses
“Nenamev” by Tidiane Thiam
“Bon Bon” by Songhoy Blues
“Love Paste” by Sunwatchers
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Volume 02 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“Single For The Summer” by Christian Lee Huston
“Off My Mind” by Hazel English
“Crimson Tide” by Destroyer
“NTE” by Buscabulla
“We Don't Smoke It No More” by Neil Young
“If The Truth Ever Shows Up” by David Nance
“Die Before You Live” by Sammy Brue
“Not Penny’s Boat” by Huntingtons
“Empty Bottle” by Rose City Band
“Out The Window” by Café Racer
“Nektar” by Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray
“Jams From The Sun (Part III)” by Oregon Space Trail of Jazz
“F&N” by 75 Dollar Bill
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Volume 01 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.
Anyways, enjoy!
Tracklisting:
“(Brother Lee) Womblife Blues” by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)
“exile” by Taylor Swift
“Tattooed Love Boys” by Beauty Pill
“Good News” by Mac Miller
“Djatigui Baro” by Babani Koné
“I Know Alone” by Haim
“Flourish” by Modern Nature
“Murder Most Foul” by Bob Dylan
“Picture Of My Dress” by the Mountain Goats
“We” by the Soft Pink Truth
“Shout Across Mountains” by Growing Concerns Poetry Collective
“Mystic Mountain” by Chris Forsyth & Garcia Peoples
“Angels And Demons At Play” by Sun Ra Arkestra
“Heavy Baloon” by Fiona Apple
“The Wicked Shall Not Prevail” by Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood
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“Daniel Lanois performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded February 27, 2015.”
Setlist:
Senegal
Opera
The Collection Of Marie Claire
Important People:
Host: Kevin Cole
Audio Engineers: Alex Krispin, Homero Glez & Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Justin Wilmore
Can Live At Rockpalast (1970)
Setlist:
Sense All To Mine
Oh Yeah
I Feel Alright
Don’t Turn The Light On (Leave Me Alone)
Mother Sky
Deadlock
Paperhouse
Bring Me Coffee Or Tea
Besetzung:
Holger Czukay - bass
Irmin Schmidt - organ
Michael Karoli - guitar
Jaki Liebezeit - drums
Damo Suzuki - vocals
Visit Can’s official website (Spoon Records).
Follow Can on Facebook.
Purchase the album at Amazon.
Listen to “Oh Yeah” from Tago Mago on Episode 26 of The Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow.
From the Youtube page:
[NOTE: The "Body Heat" DVD - released in 1989 - is the exact same thing as the VHS tape entitled "The Lost James Brown Tapes." In fact, the company that released this DVD didn't even bother to re-do the titles sequence--it still reads "Lost James Brown Tapes." The good news is that, even though the picture quality is only marginally improved from the VHS version, the sound quality is markedly better. AND, I'm not sure whether THIS video came from the VHS or DVD version.]
Setlist:
The Godfather of Soul
Hardest Working Man In Show Business
Soul Brother No.1
Minister of Funk
Mr. Dynamite
Massive Attack live at the Melt Music Festival in Germany, July 2010.
Setlist:
United Snakes
Babel
Girl I Love You
Invade Me
Teardrop
Safe From Harm
Inertia Creeps
Unfinished Sympathy
Atlas Air
Beastie Boys Live In Glasgow 1999.
Setlist:
Super Disco Breakin'
Flute Loop
Root Down
Shake Your Rump
Time for Livin'
Egg Raid on Mojo
Gratitude
Song for the Man
The Move
Unite
Skills to Pay the Bills
Slow and Low
Sabrosa
Lighten Up
Believe Me
Tough Guy
Pass the Mic
Sure Shot
Putting Shame in Your Game
Three MC's and One DJ
Something's Got to Give
Son of Neckbone
Nervous Assistant
Heart Attack Man
Remote Control
Body Movin'
Time to Get Ill
So What'cha Want
Intergalactic
Sabotage
New Order live in New York, 1981.
Setlist:
(Opening Montage)
Chosen Time
Dreams Never End
Everything's Gone Green
Truth
Senses
Procession
Ceremony
Denial
Temptation
(Closing Montage)
“Oz for Africa was an Australian concert held on 13 July 1985 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. It was broadcast locally and internationally as part of the worldwide Live Aid performances to raise money for famine relief in Africa.” (Wikipedia)
Setlist:
Original Sin
Listen Like Theives
Kiss the Dirt
The video’s Youtube page says:
“Armed with the incredible vocalist Bilal, The Roots performed the signature track from Detroit, a film about the race riots in 1967. "It Ain't Fair" glares unflinchingly, takes a knee and raises a fist against the societal construct that has systematically denied equality of experience to those "presumed inferior," to quote one of Bilal's verses. And it achieves all this while covering its heart with its right hand. This reflective hymn tenderly yanks your heart strings and offers a window into the ethos of those who would like to stand for the flag but cannot in good principle, lest these same evils continue to exist.”
Setlist:
"It Ain't Fair"
Musicians:
Curtis L. Jones Jr (Trombone)
Arnetta Johnson (Trumpet)
Hiruy E. Tirfe (Sax)
Richard L. Tate II (Sax)
Joseph Streater (Trumpet)
Norman J. Bradshaw (Trombone)
Damon Bryson (Sousaphone)
Ahmir (Questlove) Thompson (Drums)
Tarik (Black Thought) Trotter (Emcee)
Bilal Oliver (Vocals)
Important People:
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Producers: Abby O'Neill, Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Kara Frame, Alyse Young
Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR
