This year should be remembered as a bridge between musics past and future.
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Last year was abanner year for big-name artists dropping big-name releases.
Itd be faster to run through the A-listers whodidntrelease an album in 2018 than the ones who did.
Griselda Records,W.W.C.D.
TheirShady RecordsdebutW.W.C.D.is sharp and refined, like a shiv.
The beats bang, and the quotables run fast and hot, like a river of blood.
The Highwomen,The Highwomen
Themembers of the country quartet the Highwomencome from different walks of life.
Maren Morris is a budding star who could cross over anytime she wants.
Amanda Shires is a formidable solo artist and a fiddle player with her husband Jason Isbells 400 Unit.
Natalie Hemby is a storied Nashville hit-maker who has recently begun to sing her songs herself.
The title track and opener demolishes an ex for caring more about intellectual pursuits than being a fun hang.
The hour of music between the two songs is spent redesigning the singers worldview.
Trip-hop beats and dour tunes about lovable wastoids are replaced by exquisite folk songs about commanding time and respect.
Its perfect to a point that sometimes seems inhuman.
She opens up with stories about her upbringing.
FKA Twigs,Magdalene
Life gave Beyonce lemons, and she madeLemonade.
It plays out more like an internal dialogue from a multifaceted artist giving herself a pep talk.
FKA Twigs has the range.
Unbearably White takes a crack at soul.
Sunflower recruits the Internets Steve Lacy for a blast of Zappa-esque prog-rock.
2021 samples Japanese electronic music auteur Haruomi Hosono.
Hold You Now is a folk-rock duet with Danielle Haim.
