Albums in 2015

This year I noticed clusters emerging in the music I was enjoying. So, I am going to offer some of my favorites from 2015 in groupings. The albums are listed, and I offered up a track from each I liked.

There are plenty I didn’t include as well. Follow me on Spotify, or take a look at my last 365 days on Last.fm!

Theme: Witchy Women

Try if you like: Florence + The Machine, Annie Lennox, Jeff Buckley

Nadine Shah, Fast Food

Anna B Savage, IV EP

Chelsea Wolfe, Abyss

Theme: Men in Folk

Try if you like: Van Morrison, Richard Thompson, Bill Fay

Peter Broderick, Colours of the Night

Andy Shauf, The Bearer of Bad News

Ryley Walker, Primrose Green

For more folk exploration beyond 2015, check out my Indie Folk A Song A Day playlist.

Theme: Hip Hop Variations

Try if you like: The Roots, Madlib, Black Star

Oddisee, The Good Fight

L’Orange, The Night Took Us In Like Family

Akua Naru, The Miner’s Canary

Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly

Theme: Male Driven Alt-pop

Try if you like: Elbow, REM, U2

Patrick Watson, Love Song For Robots

Aero Flynn, Aero Flynn

Admiral Fallow, Tiny Rewards

Gaz Coombes, Matador

Theme: Global Groups

Try if you like: The Good The Bad and The Queen, William Onyeabor, Flying Lotus

Songhoy Blues, Music in Exile

Young Fathers, White Men Are Black Men Too

Ibeyi, Ibeyi

Deradoorian, The Exploding Flower Planet

If you are looking for more world with a capital W music, check out my World A Song A Day curation playlist.

Theme: Experimentalists

Try if you like: Frank Zappa, Snarky Puppy, John Adams

Paul de Jong, IF

Kamasi Washington, The Epic

Bob Holroyd, Blueprint

If there are any you dug, I hope you’ll explore and support the artists! Let me know in comments, or just like the post.