CONSIGLI PER CONCLUDERE AL MEGLIO IL 2023

Dopo le schede dedicate al primo semestre, eccoci tra le brume invernali e voilà le mie personalissime preferenze tra gli album pubblicati nel 2023 e da me ascoltati nella seconda parte dell'anno, per affrontare al meglio i bagordi natalizi. Segnalo solo i dischi che per me hanno meritato almeno le 4 stelle (8/10): pur senza capolavori, il 2023 si sta chiudendo con molti ottimi lavori. Quindi "keep on rockin' in a free world!" (Nello il Giovane)

BEN FOLDS (2023) What Matters Most

Genere: Singer-songwriter, Adult pop

Simili: Bruce Hornsby, Billy Joel, Neil Finn, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Guster, Joe Jackson, Burt Bacharach

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Kristine From The 7th Grade, But Wait There’s More, Clouds With Ellipses, Winslow Gardens

BLUR (2023) The Ballad of Darren

Genere: Alternative british pop-rock

Simili: Damon Albarn, The Waeve, David Bowie, Teardrop Explodes, Graham Coxon

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Barbaric, The Narcissist, The Ballad

GLEN HANSARD (2023) All That Was East Is West of Me Now

Genere: Singer-songwriter, Indie-rock, Heartland rock

Simili: Michael McDermott, The Frames, Vic Chesnutt, Sturgill Simpson, Bruce Springsteen, Nathaniel Rateliff, John Mellencamp

Voto Microby: 8.2

Preferite: There’s No Mountain, Bearing Witness, Short Life

HALF MOON RUN (2023) Salt

Genere: Alt-pop

Simili: Alt-J, Run River North, Crowded House, Lord Huron

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Alco, You Can Let Go, Dodge The Rubble, 9 Beat

JASON ISBELL & The 400 Unit (2023) Weathervanes

Genere: Classic rock, Roots rock, Southern rock

Simili: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Lukas Nelson, Neal Casal,  Lee Bains III, The Avett Brothers

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Save The World, Miles, Strawberry Woman

JOE BONAMASSA (2023) Blues Deluxe Vol. 2

Genere: Electric Blues

Simili: Mike Zito, Eric Gales, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Walter Trout, Eric Clapton

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: I Want To Shout About It, Is It Safe To Go Home, Hope You Realize It (Goodbye Again), Win-O

JONATHAN WILSON (2023) Eat The Worm

Genere: Progressive, Folk-pop

Simili: Roger Waters, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Todd Rundgren

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Charlie Parker, Marzipan, B.F.F., Hey Love

MATT ANDERSEN (2023) Big Bottle of Joy

Genere: R&B, Soul, Rock-blues

Simili: DeWolff, Joe Cocker, Tas Cru, Levon Helm, Zucchero

Voto Microby: 8.2

Preferite: Golden, How Far Will You Go, What’s On My Mind, Keep Holding On

NOEL GALLAGHER’s High Flying Birds (2023) Council Skies

Genere: Britpop

Simili: Oasis, Beady Eye

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Pretty Boy, Dead To The World, I’m Not Giving Up Tonight, Council Skies

PRETENDERS (2023) Relentless

Genere: Alternative Rock

Simili: Patti Smith Group, Lou Reed, R.E.M., Iggy Pop, The Runaways, PJ Harvey

Voto Microby: 8.5

Preferite: A Love, Just Let Go, Let The Sun Come In, Domestic Silence

STORNOWAY (2023) Dig The Mountain!

Genere: Pop-folk, Indie pop

Simili: The Leisure Society, Fanfarlo, Fleet Foxes, Decemberists, Guillemots, Mumford & Sons, James, Neil Finn

Voto Microby: 8.5

Preferite: Trouble With The Green, Bag In The Wind, Anwen, The Navigator

SUSANNE SUNDFOR (2023) Blòmi

Genere: Alternative singer-songwriter, Avant-pop, Chamber Folk-pop

Simili: Agnes Obel, Lisa Hannigan, Sòley, Meg Baird, Ane Brun

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Leikara Ljòo, Blòmi, Alyosha, Runa

THE CLIENTELE (2023) I Am Not There Anymore

Genere: Chamber pop, Baroque pop

Simili: The Lilac Time, Penguin Cafè, Camera Obscura, Louis Philippe, Alfie, Felt

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Blue Over Blue, Lady Grey, Fables of The Silverlink, Through The Roses

THE ROLLING STONES (2023) Hackney Diamonds

Genere: Classic Rock, Rock blues

Simili: The Animals, Faces, The Pretty Things, Free, Steppenwolf, CCR, Aerosmith, Joan Jett

Voto Microby: 8.4

Preferite: Angry, Get Close, Mess It Up, Whole Wide World

TRE’ BURT (2023) Traffic Fiction

Genere: R&B, Soul-rock

Simili: Garland Jeffreys, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Willy DeVille, Percy Sledge, DeWolff, Nataniel Rateliff

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Piece of Me, To Be A River, Santiago, Traffic Fiction

YUSUF-CAT STEVENS (2023) King of a Land

Genere: Singer-songwriter ‘70

Simili: James Taylor, Ralph McTell, Gordon Lightfoot, Graham Nash

Voto Microby: 8

Preferite: Pagan Run, Train On a Hill, All Nights All Days, How Good It Feels