Our Favorite New Albums of 2023 (So far!) - Part 1 of 2
25 of R&R's Top Music Picks for 2023!
It’s that time of year again! Now that we are almost halfway through 2023, we decided it was time once again to take stock of our favorite new albums. We listen to new music every week, and below are 25 of our top 50 picks from the year thus far! Enjoy!
Alison Goldfrapp: The Love Invention
Arturo O'Farrill: Legacies
Aymée Nuviola: Havana Nocturne
Baaba Maal: Being
Ballaké Sissoko, Emile Parisien, Vincent Peirani & Vincent Segal: Les Égarés
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer & Rakesh Chaurasia: As We Speak
Brandee Younger: Brand New Life
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: The Future Is Your Past
Catalyst Quartet: Uncovered, Vol. 3: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still & George Walker
Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets: Pan Africa
Dom La Nena: Leon
Fatoumata Diawara: London Ko
Fever Ray: Radical Romantics
Everything But the Girl: Fuse
Gabríel Ólafs: Lullabies for Piano and Cello
Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate: Terri Kunda
Iggy Pop: Every Loser
Jeremy Pelt: The Art of Intimacy, Vol 2: His Muse
Joe Chambers: Dance Kobina
The Jordan: Nowhere Near the Sky
Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté: The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere
Kenny Barron: The Source
Lafayette Harris, Jr.: Swingin' Up in Harlem
Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix
That’s the end of part one! Check back next week for part two!
In the meantime, what new music are you enjoying this year? We love new music recommendations and want to hear yours! Tell us your picks in the comments!