TOP 30
- BART* Today, Tomorrow, & the Next Day (Idee Fixe)
- PNEUMA* Who Has Seen The Wind? (Songlines)
- DOMINIQUE FILS-AIMÉ* Stay Tuned! (Ensoul)
- DUMB* Club Nites (Mint)
- HAVIAH MIGHTY* 13th Floor (Self-Released)
- ABSOLUTELY FREE* Geneva Freeport EP (idée fixe records)
- DAWN TYLER WATSON* Mad Love (Self-Released)
- MATT ANDERSEN* Halfway Home By Morning (True North)
- BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE * Badge Époque Ensemble (Telephone Explosion)
- FLYING LOTUS Flamagra (Warp)
- TRIO ANTIPODES* Upside Downwards (Self-Released)
- PROPERTY* H2BH (Self-Released)
- BLACK PUMAS Black Pumas (ATO Records)
- LAPS* Soon Not Often In It (Terrific Kids)
- OLD MAN LUEDECKE Easy Money (True North)
- FEU DOUX* Quatre climats habitables (Dare To Care)
- ALTIN GÜN Gece (ATO / Glitterbeat)
- AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS Amyl and the Sniffers (ATO)
- ORVILLE PECK* Pony (Royal Mountain)
- SUM-01* The Comeback Queen EP (Self-Released)
- THE SMALL GLORIES* Assiniboine & The Red (Compass)
- SESSA Grandeza (Boiled Records)
- BRIJEAN Walkie Talkie (Native Cat Recordings)
- NECKING* Cut Your Teeth (Mint)
- SLEEPCIRCLE* From The Heavens, Through The Window (Self-Released)
- CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM Kingfish (Alligator)
- AMANDA MARTINEZ* Libre (Sola Records)
- MAVIS STAPLES We Get By (Anti-)
- BLACK MOUNTAIN* Destroyer (Dine Alone)
- OPERATORS* Radiant Dawn (Last Gang)
Hip Hop
- HAVIAH MIGHTY* 13th Floor (Self-Released)
- FLYING LOTUS Flamagra (Warp)
- SUM-01* The Comeback Queen EP (Self-Released)
- MOKA ONLY* Patina (Urbnet)
- KIMMORTAL* X Marks The Swirl (Coax)
- TOUCH & THE DIRTY SAMPLE* Jawz (Hand’Solo)
- SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS* Trapline (Minay Music)
- CLAIRMONT THE SECOND* Do You Drive (Self-Released)
- MATHEMATIK* ReAL/iS-HiM (Urbnet)
- FAT JACK Virgo (The Order Label)
International
- ALTIN GÜN Gece (ATO / Glitterbeat)
- SESSA Grandeza (Boiled Records)
- AMANDA MARTINEZ* Libre (Sola Records)
- ABASE Invocation (Cosmic Compositions)
- CHRISTOPH EL TRUENTO peace maker dub (Cosmic Compositions)
- ANGELIQUE KIDJO Celia (Verve)
- WU MENGMENG The Art of the Chinese Guzheng (ARC Music)
- COMBO CHIMBITA Ahomale (Anti-)
- BEAUTIFUL NUBIA AND THE ROOTS RENAISSANCE BAND* Apejo (EniObanke)
- KOFFEE Rapture (Columbia)
Jazz & Experimental
- PNEUMA* Who Has Seen The Wind? (Songlines)
- TRIO ANTIPODES* Upside Downwards (Self-Released)
- JACQUES KUBA SÉGUIN* Migrations (Odd Sound)
- ABASE Invocation (Cosmic Compositions)
- ANGEL BAT DAWID The Oracle (International Anthem)
- RESAVOIR Resavoir (International Anthem)
- KAISER/PIROG/SIPE/SILVERMAN/WEST Five Times Surprise (Cuneiform)
- CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE New Jawn (Mack Avenue)
- RYAN PORTER Force For Good (World Galaxy)
- ALISON YOUNG* So Here We Are (Triplet)
Folk/Roots/Blues
- DAWN TYLER WATSON* Mad Love (Self-Released)
- MATT ANDERSEN* Halfway Home By Morning (True North)
- OLD MAN LUEDECKE Easy Money (True North)
- THE SMALL GLORIES* Assiniboine & The Red (Compass)
- CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM Kingfish (Alligator)
- MAVIS STAPLES We Get By (Anti-)
- JAMES GORDON* The Heritage Hall Sessions (Borealis)
- ONION HONEY* Earthly Trials (Self-Released)
- BILLY BRANCH AND THE SONS OF BLUES Roots And Branches: The Songs of Little Walter (Alligator)
- DONOVAN WOODS The Other Way (Meant Well Records)