les - some of the works that caught my ear in 2021 - a crappy year for most things but a good year for musical creativity

Playlist: the brother brothers - the road runner songThe Felice Brothers - to do listJr. Gone Wild - dodgeJesse Cox - threshing floorDanny Michel - whole of the moonJoy Oladokun - sundayamythyst kiah - firewaterAllison Russell - all of the womenLeanne Betasamosake Simpson - ok indictsLaura Niquay - kirano (nous)Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi - waterboundRichard Thompson - tinker's rhapsodyalan doyle - back to the harbourover the moon - chinook waltzMike Tod - motherless childrenLucky Sonne - good clean energyDoug Hoyer - getting olderOrit Shimoni - maybe tomorowBebe Buckskin - mid airT. Buckley - frame by frameDonovan Woods - next yearRani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem - julian of norwichThe McDades - nomadic mood & caroline's reel