Some Awe's Top Ten, 2014

Here’s a few I missed [or have only recently been released] from my 'preliminaries' long list, and then a top ten:

D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah

Magic Brother - I Don't Mind

Syd Arthur - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Amorphous Androgynous Remixes

Top Ten 2014

The Cloud Cuckoo Collective - From Omaha to Ottery

Had to be. Thanks everyone, especially PP and MW, and to MP and KB and all the others. Great production PP.
The Delines- Colfax

Because of the genius of Vlautin’s storytelling, and soundscapes that embrace and enhance. Oh yeah, I also got to interview him....

Nils Petter Molvær – Swicht

Pedal steel and jazz, what a beautiful combination

Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams

Because he can and does

Chris Smither - Still On the Levee

As so often with my choices, because of legendary status, and continuing, here with refashioned versions

London Grammar - Hey Now

For her vocals

Rival Sons - Great Western Valkyrie

Because of those who still rock anew so strong

Blues Pills - Blues Pills

Ditto

Joe Bonamassa - Different Shades Of Blue

It would be too easy just to expect and therefore accept – it needs recognising

Ty Curtis - Water Under The Bridge

For being less well known but so much better than those who are