Music Tracking 2024

These are 2024 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):

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New Releases

• Barry Adamson: Cut to Black () [05-16] - blues-rock
• Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds (Free Dirt) [02-23] - blues [**]
• Evan Nicole Bell: Runaway Girl (Humingbird -EP) [01-11] - blues [*]
• Tab Benoit: I Hear Thunder () - blues
• Eric Bibb: Live at the Scala Theatre Stockholm (Repute) [04-05] - blues [**]
• Eric Bibb: In the Real World (Stony Plain/True North) - blues [**]
• The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow) [03-15] - blues-rock
• Bloodest Saxophone Featuring Crystal Thomas: Extreme Heat (Dialtone) [03-07] - jump blues [*]
• Blues Pills: Birthday (BMG) [08-02] - blues rock
• Ronnie Baker Brooks: Blues in My DNA (Alligator) - blues
• Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown: Electrified () [05-10] - blues rock
• Cedric Burnside: Hill Country Love (Provogue) [04-05] - blues [**]
• Chris Cain: Good Intentions Gone Bad (Alligator) [07-19] - blues [*]
• Gary Clark Jr.: JPEG RAW (Warner) [03-22] - blues [B-]
• Shemekia Copeland: Blame It on Eve () - blues
• Steve Cropper & the Midnight Hour: Friendlytown () - blues
• Guy Davis: The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.) [08-23] - blues [***]
• Tinsley Ellis: Naked Truth (Alligator) [02-09] - blues [**]
• Rick Estrin and the Nightcats: The Hits Keep Coming () - blues
• Fantastic Negrito: Son of a Broken Man (Storefront) [10-18] - blues rock
• Sue Foley: One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain) [03-29] - blues [***]
• JJ Grey & Mofro: Olustee () - blues
• The Harlem Gospel Travelers: Rhapsody (Colemine) [08-23] - gospel
• Koryn Hawthorne: On God (Provident) [02-09] - gospel
• Colin James: Chasing the Sun (Stony Plain) [08-23] - blues [B]
• Kehlani: Crash (Atlantic) [06-21] - r&b [**]
• Kehlani: While We Wait 2 (Atlantic) [08-28] - r&b [**]
• Elizabeth King: Soul Provider (Bible & Tire) [04-12] - gospel
• Legendary Singing Stars: Good Old Way (Music Maker Foundation) - blues
• Little Feat: Sam's Place (Hot Tomato) [05-17] - blues-rock
• The Taj Mahal Sextet: Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod) [03-08] - blues [***]
• ERR: grade bad priority: Brad Mehldau: After Bach II
• Muddy Gurdy: Seven (Buda Musique) [09-06] - blues
• Danielle Nicole: The Love You Bleed () - blues
• John Primer & Bob Corritore: Crawlin' Kingsnake (VizzTone) [03-29] - blues [***]
• Queen Esther: Things Are Looking Up (EL) [04-09] - blues [A-]
• Sugaray Rayford: Human Decency () - blues
• Duke Robillard: Roll With Me () - blues
• Taliba Safiya: Black Magic (self-released) - blues [*]
• SiR: Heavy (Top Dawg) [03-22] - r&b
• Slash: Orgy of the Damned (Gibson) [05-17] - blues
• The Staples Jr. Singers: Searching (Luaka Bop) [06-14] - gospel
• Leon Thomas: Mutt (EZMNY/Motown) [09-27] - r&b [**]
• Russell Thompkins Jr.: Riding Solo (SoulMusic/Platinum Garage) [02-02] - r&b
• Truth & Devotion: Heaven at Last (Holy Grail) [01-15] - gospel
• Luke Winslow-King: Flash-a-Magic (Bloodshot) [09-06] - blues-rock [*]

Reissues, Etc.

• Thom Bell: Sound of Philadelphia Soul 1969-83 (Ace) - soul
• Blind Gary Davis: Harlem Street Singer (1960, Craft) [09-25] - blues [A]
• Georgann Eubanks: Song Keepers: A Music Maker Foundation Anthology (Music Maker -4CD) [01-08] - blues
• John Lee Hooker: The Charcot Sessions (1969, Good Time) [12-13] - blues [***]
• Skip James: Today! (Craft) [06-07] - blues [***]
• Bessie Jones/John Davis/The Georgia South Sea Island Singers/Mississippi Fred McDowell/Ed Young: The Complete "Friends of Old-Time Music" Concert (Smithsonian) - blues
• B.B. King: In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (Deep Digs/Elemental Music) [11-29] - blues [**]
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Singles Collection As & Bs 1939-1950 (Acrotab -3CD) [04-09] - gospel
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Live in France: The 1966 Concert in Limoges () - gospel
• Love Hides All Faults: Deep Gospel Soul Selected by Jumbo (Elusive Vinyl/Pyramid) - gospel
• Miami Sound: More Funk and Soul From Miami, Florida 1967-1974 (Soul Jazz) - funk [**]
• The Soul and Songs of Curtis Mayfield: The Spirit of Chicago (1958-64, Craft) [12-06] - soul [**]

Priority Counts

• Priority 1: 28
• Priority 2: 3
• Priority 3: 0
• Priority 4: 24
• Priority 5: 2

Total: 57