Favorite Albums of 2017 and Basic Genre Guides

Personal Top 10

Mountain Goats- Goths (Alternative Folk)

Lorde- Melodrama (Pop)

Father John Misty- Pure Comedy (Alternative Folk)

K. Flay- Every Where Is Some Where (Alternative Rock)

Tinariwen- Elwan (World Blues)

Los Amigos Invisibles- El Paradise (Latin Rock)

Jorge Drexler- Salvavidas de Hielo (Alternative Latin Folk)

John Beasley- MONK’estra Vol. 2 (Jazz)

Kitaro- Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai Vol. 5 (New Age Electronica)

Waxahatchee- Out In The Storm (Folk Rock)

The rest of my favorite albums

Rosalia- Los Angeles (Alternative Flamenco)

Blackpink- Blackpink EP (Korean Pop)

Death Grips- Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix)  
Note: Epilepsy warning for those looking for the EP,
It’s on YouTube but like every video has harsh flashing lights so be warned. (Electropunk Hip Hop)

Musiq Soulchild- Feel The Real (R&B Hip Hop)

PJ Morton- Gumbo (Soul R&B)

Lana Del Rey- Lust For Life (Pop)

Gorillaz- Humans (Electropop)

Rapsody- Laila’s Wisdom (Rap)

Offa Rex- The Queen of Hearts (Folk Rock)

Jerry Douglas Band- What If (Jazz)

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings- Soul of a Woman (Jazz)

Anat Cohen & Trio Brasilieros- Rosa Dos Ventos (Latin Jazz)

Seth MacFarlane- In Full Swing (Jazz)

Khalid- American Teen (R&B Hip Hop)

Cecile McLorin Salvant- Dreams and Daggers (Jazz)

Greta Van Fleet- From The Fires EP (Blues Rock)

Sonny Landreth- Recorded Live in Lafayette (Blues)

Big K.R.I.T- 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time (Rap)

Body Count- Bloodlust (Rap Metal)

Vic Mensa- The Autobiography (Rap)

Robert Randolph and the Family Band- Got Soul (Blues)

Residente- Residente (Alternative Latin Rap)

Bomba Estereo- Ayo (Alternative Latin Pop)

Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi- Sonny and Brownie’s Last Train (Blues)

R.L. Boyce- Roll and Tumble (Blues)

Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge- Whispers on the Wind (Jazz)

Chronixx- Chronology (Reggae)

Ignu- Lightningflash Flintspark (Polish Metal)

Anat Cohen and Marcello Goncalves- Outra Coisa: The Music of Moacir Santos (Jazz)

Le’Andria Johnson- Bigger Than Me (Gospel)

Kendrick Lamar- Damn (Rap)

CeCe Winans- Let Them Fall In Love (Gospel)

Northern Cree- Miyo Kekisepa, Make A Stand [Live] (Native American Powwow)

Zach Williams- Chain Breaker (Gospel)

Reba McEntire- Sing It Now: Songs Of Faith and Hope (Gospel)

Alex Campos- Momentos (Latin Gospel)

Brent Cobb- Shine On Rainy Day (Country Folk)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit- Nashville Sound (Country Folk)

Damian Marley- Stony Hill (Reggae)

Noam Pikelny- Universal Favorite (Bluegrass)

Magin Diaz- El Orisha De La Rosa (Latin Folk)

Various Artists- Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (60's-70s Underground Rock)

Prurient- Rainbow Mirror (Electronica)

Rose Cousins- Natural Conclusion (Alternative Folk)

Perfume Genius- No Shape (Electropop)

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Choir- Stale Kleiberg: Mass For Modern Man (Classical)

Houston Grand Opera- Jake Heggie: It’s A Wonderful Life (Opera)

Tigran Mansurian- Requiem (Classical)

Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley-Troika (Classical)

Nina T Karlsen and Ensemble 96- So Is My Love (Classical)

Daniil Trifonov- Transcendental; Daniil Trifonov Plays Franz Liszt (Classical)

Jordi Savall- The Routes of Slavery (Classical)