Kris Davis winning surprised me, and I voted in that poll. As I said on Twitter, it's a good album (I interviewed her about it in September), but it doesn't strike me as "critics' poll jazz."
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 16 January 2020 20:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/cover-story/article/21110119/20th-annual-country-music-critics-poll-the-results?fbclid=IwAR0oPWndhVjodGIHt-4tizD7OUO8szYPMsrdHw2FOItde-Wh61I45ltC5P4
Tanya Tucker is #1. 2. Highwomen 3. Miranda Lambert
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 January 2020 12:22 (four years ago) link
A friend and I did a Skype on our favourite songs of the decade. The analysis--"I love this song...it sounds great!"--is first-rate.
http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_one.mp3
http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_two.mp3
http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_three.mp3
http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_four.mp3
http://rockcriticsarchives.com/sw_etc/2010_2019_dellio_woods_bonus_beats.mp3
― clemenza, Friday, 17 January 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
http://www.southernsoulrnb.com/corner2019.cfm
Blogger Daddy B Nice best of 2019 Southern soul broken down in various categories including ballads, etc
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 January 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
Critic Robert Christgau list:
Dean's List 2019The 76 best albums of the last year (or so) Posted.
1Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Darkroom/Interscope)2Todd Snider: Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 (Aimless)3Chance the Rapper: The Big Day (self-released)4Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains (Drag City)5Carsie Blanton: Buck Up (Carsie Blanton)6Kim Gordon: No Home Record (Matador)7Danny Brown: uknowwhatimsayin? (Warp)8Sonic Youth: Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008 (Matador)9Kalie Shorr: Open Book (Kalie Shorr)10The Paranoid Style: A Goddamn ....
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 January 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
Oh, here’s a link for the Christgau list.
He’s got old-school singer Salif Keita at 12. I like that album too.
https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/deans-list-2019
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
Oh hey, Austim Music Poll still open 'til midnight tonight! Many more categories than expected. I know some artists in each, but lots more are prob mainly known to Austinians etc. Maybe I'll vote.https://www.austinchronicle.com/vote-austin-music-awards/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=daily&utm_campaign=musicpoll&utm_source=DAILY+NEWS&utm_campaign=850afe03f2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_28_08_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ae90959245-850afe03f2-60022363&mc_cid=850afe03f2&mc_eid=d26b96d866
― dow, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link
Jayce Clayton /DJ Rupture ‘S top 10 is in December 2019 Artforum magazine and behind a paywall online
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link