Sound Obsession

  These are my runners up and honorable mention albums of 2024, in alphabetical order by artist name . . . . Blackberry Smoke:   Be Right Here   (3 Legged - 2/16/24)        Black Crowes:   Happiness Bastards     (Silver Arrow - 3/15/24)    Ellis Bullard:   Honky Tonk Ain't Noise Pollution     (Feels So Good- 2/9/24)    Charley Crockett:   $10 Cowboy     (Son of Davy - 4/26/24)      Jesse Daniel:   Countin' The Miles     (Lightning Rod- 6/7/24)    Friske:   Forward Motion   ...

These are my runners up and honorable mention albums of 2021, in alphabetical order by artist name . . . . Charley Crockett:  10 for Slim - Charley Crockett Sings James Hand     (Son of Davy - 2/26/21)   Charley Crockett:   Music City USA     (Son of Davy - 9/17/21)   Jesse Daniel:   Beyond These Walls     (Die True - 7/30/21)   Cody Jinks:   Mercy     (Late August - 11/12/21)   Quicksand:   Distant Populations     (Quicksand - 8/13/21)     The Steel Woods:   All of Your Stones     (Woods Music - 5/14/21)   Turnstile:   Glow On     (Roadrunner - 8/27/21)   Joshua Ray Walker:   See You Next Time     (State Fair - 10/8/21)   Wolf Alice:   Blue Weekend   (RCA - 6/4/21)   Yola:   Stand For Myself     (Easy Eye Sound - 7/30/21)

What a year, right?  With live music shutting down in mid-March, the last nine months or so have been all about studio albums for me.  Here are my top ten favorites of 2020, in alphabetical order.  Not too many curveballs.  We're talkin' comfort food here.  Many of these artists have made my top ten favorites lists in recent years, and here they are again.  This time though I was happy to see and hear some stylistic experimentation, lineup changes, and pushing of envelopes.  Check out my runners up and honorable mentions list too.         Have a listen.  Hope you enjoy, and Happy New Year! Brent Cobb:   Keep 'Em On They Toes    (Ol' Buddy - 10/2/20) South Georgia native Brent Cobb, cousin to country super-producer Dave Cobb, released his fourth studio album this year.  This time Brent switched gears, enlisting indie-folk p...

These are my top-twenty heavy rotation albums for 2020 so far (in alphabetical order by artist name). Enjoy. . .  Adred:   KIM   (Metalheadz - 2/21/20) Jesse Daniel:   Rollin' On   (Die True Records - 3/27/20) Friske:   A Different Perspective   (Metalheadz - 6/22/20) Havok:   V   (Centry Media - 5/1/20) TJ Hernandez:   Destination Unknown   (self-released - 5/4/20) Hill Country:   Hill Country   (self-released - 5/22/20) Hum:   Inlet   (Earth Analog - 6/23/20) Khruangbin:   Mordechai   (Dead Oceans - 6/26/20) Marcus King:   El Dorado   (Fantasy/Easy Eye Sound - 1/17/20) Kvelertak:   Splid   (Rise - 2/14/20) Logan Ledger:   Logan Ledger   (Rounder - 4/3/20) Gabe Lee:   Honky Tonk Hell   (To...