I took a look back on my 2020 picks, and my closing words there are just supremely frustrating to read a whole year later :

“… or maybe buy some merch since no one could tour this year.”

Yowza. We’re still in it. All the more reason to put some (hopefully) new artists in front of the few of you who care that I do this each year. I really, really, really love these songs, so please enjoy and, again, go to the artist’s sites and buy something directly if you are able to support these writers, musicians, and performers.

Here’s an embedded playlist from the Stratospheric Royalty Payment System known as Spotify, and keep on reading for some top of mind thoughts from my brain on why each song is included here.

I took a look back on my 2020 picks, and my closing words there are just supremely frustrating to read a whole year later :

“… or maybe buy some merch since no one could tour this year.”

Yowza. We’re still in it. All the more reason to put some (hopefully) new artists in front of the few of you who care that I do this each year. I really, really, really love these songs, so please enjoy and, again, go to the artist’s sites and buy something directly if you are able to support these writers, musicians, and performers.

Here’s an embedded playlist from the Stratospheric Royalty Payment System known as Spotify, and keep on reading for some top of mind thoughts from my brain on why each song is included here.

Still not super down with "best of" lists or competitions for art, generally speaking... but here are some of my favorite songs from some of my favorite albums of the past 12 months.

Some of my very favorite songs from my favorite albums of 2018.