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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