Rest in peace, George...

Mele Kalikimaka!

She & Him - Christmas Party

Happy Holiday
Mele Kalikimaka
Christmas Memories
Run Run Rudolph
The Coldest Night Of the Year
A Marshmallow World
The Man with the Bag
Christmas Don't Be Late

Best of 2016

1. David Bowie - Blackstar [Blackstar]
2. Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depresion [Sunday]
3. Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate [Love & Hate]
4. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool [Glass Eyes]
5. PJ Harvey & The Bad Seeds - The Hope Six Demolition Project [The Community of Hope]
6. Nick Cave - Skeleton Tree [I Need You]
7. Cass McCombs - Mangy Love[Run Sister Run]
8. The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect [Miracle Aligner]
9. DIIV - Is This Is Are [Bent (Roi's Song)]
10. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker [Traveling Light]

Best of 2016 (MOJO, Uncut, Q...)

Rough Trade (UK, 14th Nov) 1. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression 2. Anderson .Paak – Malibu 3. Margo Price – Midwest Farmer’s Daughter 4. Mark Pritchard – Under the Sun 5. Charles Bradley – Changes 6. Anohni – Hopelessness 7. Thee Oh Sees – A Weird Exits 8. Angel Olsen – My Woman 9. Powell – Sport 10. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial

MOJO (UK, 22nd Nov) 1 David Bowie – Blackstar 2 Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate 3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree 4 Lambchop – Flotus 5 Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker 6 Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression 7 Frank Ocean – Blonde 8 Paul Simon – Stranger To Stranger 9 PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project 10 Heron Oblivion – Heron Oblivion

Uncut (UK, 22nd Nov) 1 David Bowie – Blackstar 2 Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool 3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree 4 Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker 5 Ryley Walker – Golden Sings That Have Been Sung 6 PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project 7 Sturgill Simpson – A Sailor’s Guide To Earth 8 Anohni – Hopelessness 9 Teenage Fanclub – Here 10 Beyonce – Lemonade

Hope Sandoval, Sharon Jones, Leonard Cohen, Ty Segall,...

Terry Dolan - Inlaws and Outlaws
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Let Me Get There
Cavern of Anti Matter - Liquid Gate
Beyond the Wizards Sleeve - Creation
Sunflower Bean - Wall Watcher
Cory Hanson - Replica
Ty Segall - Orange Color Queen
Julie Byrne - Natural Blue
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - I'm Still Here
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

You'll always be here, Sharon

So long, Leonard!

Jim James, Franz Ferdinand, Foxygen, David Bowie,...

Goat- Union Of Sun and Moon
The Shins - Dead Alive
Hanni El Khatib - Gun Clap Hero
Jim James - Same Old Lie
Franz Ferdinand - Demagogue
Soft Hair - Lying Has To Stop
Foxygen - America
David Bowie - No Plan
The Last Shadow Puppets - Is This What You Wanted
Jack White - Carolina Drama

Devendra Banhart, Weyes Blood, TOY, Nick Cave...

Devendra Banhart - Middle Names
Haley Bonar - I Can Change
Weyes Blood - Seven Words
Cate Le Bon - Love Is Not Love
Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam - A 1000 Times
The Veils - Do Your Bones Glow at Night
TOY - I'm Still Believing
Jamie Lidell - Walk Right Back
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Lost Gems Compilation

Thanks to great music records labels such as "Light in the Attic" and "Luaka Bop" forgotten genius and neglected musicians have finally found the fame and the acclaim they deserved. Besides some artists that have previously appeared on BloggingStone (see Bill Fay, Rodriguez, Scott Fagan, and Gloria Ann Taylor), here's a few selection:

Nick Drake - Pink Moon
John Martyn - Solid Air
Dave Bixby - Drug Song
Robbie Basho - Blue Crystal Fire
Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Day
Caroline Peyton - Try To Be True
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
Jim Sullivan - Plain As Your Eyes Can See
Terry Reid - River
Nick Garrie - The Nightmare Of J.B. Stanislaus
William Onyeabor - Atomic Bomb
Robert Bans - From September To July

• Nick Drake: Probably the most famous of this selection of forgotten artists. Drake suffered from major depression, and this was often reflected in his lyrics. On completion of his third album, 1972's Pink Moon, he withdrew from both live performance and recording, retreating to his parents' home in rural Warwickshire. On 25 November 1974, at the age of 26, Drake died from an overdose of

Wilco, Eli Paperboy Reed, Wild beasts, Metronomy,...

Wilco - If I Ever Was a Child
case/lang/veirs - Honey and Smoke
Emily Jane White - Frozen Garden
Eli Paperboy Reed - Hold Out
Omni - Wire
Niki and the Dove - So Much It Hurts
Wild Beasts - Big Cat
Metronomy - Night Owl
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Narcissus Soaking Wet
Bernardino Femminielli - Plaisirs Americans

Cass McCombs, Andrew Bird, Band of Horses, The Strokes,...

Cass McCombs - Opposite House
Popincourt - The First Flower Of Spring
China Crisis - Fool
Hiatus Kaiyote - Breathing Underwater
Andrew Bird - Roma Fade
Band Of Horses - Whatever, Wherever
Andy Shauf - The Magician
Jordan Mackampa - Same Faces
Kate Jackson - 16 Years
The Strokes - Oblivious

Radiohead, Michael Kiwanuka, Charles Bradley, Woods,...

Radiohead - Present Tense
Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World
Charles Bradley - Ain't Gonna Give It Up
M83 - Solitude
Mayer Hawthorne - Cosmic Love
Cullen Omori - Sour Silk
Chris Cohen - As If Apart
Plants And Animals - Stay
Woods - Creature Comfort
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop - Every Songbird Says

Reast In Peace, Prince

Iggy Pop, Damien Jurado, Ben Watt, Night Moves,...

Esperanza Spalding - Earth To Heaven
Iggy Pop - Chocolate Drops
Damien Jurado - Exit 353
Ben Watt - Gradually
Night Moves - Carl Sagan
Levitation Room - Crystal Ball
Wild Nothing - Life Of Pause
Mexrrissey - Estuvo Bien
Rihanna - Same Ol' Mistakes
ALA.NI - Cherry Blossom

Radiohead, PJ Harvey, The Last Shadow Puppets, Suede,...

Dylan LeBlanc - Cautionary Tale
Mark Ronson - Summer Breaking
Radiohead - Spectre
PJ Harvey - The Wheel
The Last Shadow Puppets - Bad Habits
Suede - What I'm Trying To Tell You
Porches - Be Apart
Cross Record - Steady Waves
Lissie - Hero
Anderson Paak - Come Down

Rest In Peace, Starman

David Bowie, Torres, Cass McCombs, Ryan Adams,...

David Bowie - Lazarus
Julia Holter - Feel You
Torres - Sprinter
Florence + Machine - Queen Of Peace
Natalie Prass - Bird Of Prey
Lily & Madeleine - Hourglass
Cass McCombs - Evangeline
Ryan Adams - Shake It Off
Jim O'Rourke - Friends With Benefits
Gloria Ann Taylor - Love Is A Hurting Thing