Music Tracking 2025

These are 2025 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

Option selectors:

• Include priority 0, exclude rated.
• Just priority 2+, exclude rated.
• Rated only.
• Unrated only.
• Default (priority 1+ and rated).

Genre switches (selection not implemented yet):

• Blues
• Classical
• Country
• Electronica
• Hip-Hop
• Jazz
• Metal
• All

New Releases

• Annie & the Caldwells: Can't Lose My (Soul) (Luaka Bop) [03-21] - soul [A-]
• Tommy Castro & the Painkillers: Closer to the Bone (Alligator) [02-07] - blues
• Jim Ghedi: Wasteland (Basin Rock) [02-21] - British folk rock
• Larkin Poe: Bloom (Tricki-Woo) [01-24] - blues rock
• Andy Fairweather Low: The Invisible Bluesman (Last Music) [02-07] - blues [***]
• Parchman Prison Prayer: Another Mississippi Sunday Morning (Glitterbeat) [01-17] - gospel
• Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Young Fashioned Ways (Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers) [03-21] - blues [**]
• Candi Staton: Back to My Roots (Beracah) [02-14] - soul
• ERR: stream no grade: Transcendence: Music of Pat Metheny
• Jimmy Vivino: Gonna Be 2 of Those Days (Gulf Coast) [02-14] - blues

Reissues, Etc.

• Scrapper Blackwell: Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962, Craft) [03-25] - blues [A-]
• Johnny Bragg: Let Me Dream On (Org Music) [03-07] - r&b [*]
• John Lee Hooker: The Standard School Broadcast Recordings (1973, BMG) - blues
• Elmore James: Hits & Rarities (Sunset Blvd.) - blues
• Albert White: The Definitive Albert White (Music Maker) [02-01] - blues [*]

Priority Counts

• Priority 1: 8
• Priority 2: 0
• Priority 3: 0
• Priority 4: 6
• Priority 5: 0

Total: 14