9 Months of #365DaysOfAlbumRecommendations!

Startin’ to feel like we might actually make it all the way!

It’s been a pretty remarkable journey, this whole process. I’m grateful for the opportunity to think about and re-engage with so many amazing recordings, and I’m just so thrilled that literally thousands of you have been checking in to read and listen as well. Music is a magical thing, no question about it. So without further ado, here are the 273 albums I’ve recommended from Jan 1 – Sep 30:

1. Muddy Waters  – Rare & Unissued
2. Skip James – She Lyin’
3. Albert King – I’ll Play The Blues For You
4. Dave Van Ronk – Folksinger
5. Robert Pete Williams – Louisiana Blues
6. The Best of Nina Simone
7. Johnny Winter Progressive Blues Experiment
8. Don’t Mess With Miss Watkins
9. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Autobiography in Blues
10. Howlin’ Wolf – His Best – Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
11. Chris Whitley – Dirt Floor
12. Bo Diddley
13. Janis Joplin – I Got Dem Ol Kozmic Blues Again Mama
14. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Couldn’t Stand The Weather
15. Kelly Joe Phelps – Shine-Eyed Mister Zen
16. Gil Scott-Heron – Pieces of a Man
17. Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth
18. The Victoria Spivey Collection 1926-1937
19. Phil Ochs – All The News That’s Fit To Sing
20. Joseph Spence – Good Morning Mr. Walker
21. Clara Smith – The Essential Clara Smith1924-1929
22. Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I Might See
23. John Mooney – Comin’ your Way
24. The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl
25. Manifesto Mix Tape Vol. 1
26. Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol I & II
27. Jimmy Smith – Back at the Chicken Shack
28. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
29. Greg Brown – Slant 6 Mind
30. Tim Buckley  – Dream Letter, Live in London, 1968
31. Muddy Waters – Folk Singer
32. Bukka White  – Sky Songs
33. The Brothers Johnson  – Look Out For #1
34. Ivie Anderson – It Don’t Mean A Thing
35. Oscar Levant  – Levant Plays Gershwin
36. Blind Willie McTell – Last Sessions
37. Leon Redbone  – On the Track
38. Guitar Slim – I Got Sumpin’ For You
39. Soul Coughing – Ruby Vroom
40. Fred McDowell  – Levee Camp Blues
41. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers – Crusade
42. Angelique Kidjo – Oremi
43. At Home With Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
44. Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat
45. Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain
46. Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers
47. Stray Cats – Built for Speed
48. Charley Patton – The Complete Recordings 1929-1934 (Disc 1)
49. Lonnie Johnson – Vol 1. 1937-1940
50. The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
51. Chuck Berry – After School Session
52. Junior Kimbrough – Sad Days, Lonely Nights
53. Mississippi John Hurt  – 1928 Sessions
54. Stevie Nicks – Bella Donna
55. Jelly Roll Morton – Oh, Mister Jelly
56. The Mississippi Sheiks – Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vols 1-3
57. Kokomo Arnold – Restored and Remastered Hits
58. Roy Rogers – Chops Not Chaps
59. Irma Thomas – Wish Someone Would Care
60. Woody Guthrie – The Asch Recordings, Vol 1-4
61. James Brown’s Funky People (Part 3)
62. Doc & Merle Watson – Down South
63. Dolly Parton – The Grass Is Blue
64. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River
65. Albert Collins – The Complete Imperial Recordings
66. Dolores Keane  – May Morning Dew
67. Bessie Smith – The Complete Recordings Vol. I
68. Lyle Lovett – Joshua Judges Ruth
69. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Loves
70. Robert Petway – Catfish Blues
71. B.B. King – Live in Cook County Jail
72. The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues
73. Grant Green – First Session
74. Son House – Father of the Folk Blues
75. Alvin Youngblood Hart – Big Mama’s Door
76. The James Cotton Blues Band
77. The American Graffiti Soundtrack
78. Willie Dixon – I Am The Blues
79. Memphis Minnie – All The Published Sides 1929-1937
80. Charlie Christian & Dizzy Gillespie – After Hours
81. Blind Lemon Jefferson – The Complete Classic Sides Remastered Chicago 1926 Disc A
82. Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan
83. The Yardbirds For Your Love
84. Bukka White – Mississippi Blues
85. Hank Mobley – Workout
86. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
87. Rickie Lee Jones – Rickie Lee Jones
88. Mance Lipscomb – Texas Sharecropper & Songster
89. The Beat Farmers – Van Go
90. Sleepy John Estes – I ain’t gonna be worried no more
91. Eric Dolphy – Outward Bound
92. Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Sessions
93. Rev. Gary Davis – At Newport
94. Bob Dylan – Bringing it all back home
95. Robert Wilkins – The original Rolling Stone
96. Edwin Starr – War & Peace
97. Ma Rainey – Mother of the blues
98. Jessie Mae Hemphill – She-Wolf
99. Little Jimmie Dickens – Raisin’ The Dickens
100. Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
101. Grant Green – The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark
102. Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
103. Louis Armstrong – The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
104. Dock Boggs – Country Blues : Complete Early Recordings
105. Thelonious Monk – Plays Duke Ellington
106. 16 Horsepower – 16 Horsepower
107. Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, “From The New World” / Symphonic Variations
108. Bix Beiderbecke – 20 Classic Tracks
109. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
110. Willie Nelson – Teatro
111. Billie Holiday & Lester Young: Complete Studio Recordings
112. Fred McDowell – Long Way From Home
113. Dwight Yoakam – Guitars Cadillacs Etc, Etc.
114. Benny Goodman – Complete Capitol Trios
115. Blind Boy Fuller – Volume 1: 1935-1938
116. Ella Fitzgerald – Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
117. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps – Blue Jean Bop
118. Los Lobos – Kiko
119. Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen
120. Johnny Horton – The Spectacular Johnny Horton
121. Hungry Dog Brand – Boy Meets Dog
122. DI3 – Torch
123. Eagle-Eye Cherry – Living In The Present Future
124. Colin Brooks – Blood and Water
125. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy – Soundtrack
126. Dusty Wright – Elevened
127. Will Scott – Gnawbone
128. Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
129. Billie Holiday – Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944
130. The Clash – The Clash
131. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
132. Sam & Dave – Hold On, I’m Comin’
133. Cream – Fresh Cream
134. Big Mama Thornton – Essential Recordings
135. Frank Sinatra – sings for Only The Lonely
136. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Extra Width
137. Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
138. Tracy Chapman – Our Bright Future
139. Bob Log III – My Shit Is Perfect
140. Joe Cocker – Mad Dogs & Englishmen
141. Tomasz Stańko – From The Green Hill
142. Paul Chambers – Whims of Chambers
143. Booker T. & the MGs – Green Onions
144. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
145. J.J. & Kai: The J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding Trombone Octet
146. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
147. The Shangri-Las – The Complete Collection
148. Furry Lewis – In His Prime 1927-1928
149. Phil Ochs – A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
150. The Clash – Give ‘Em Enough Rope
151. Skip James – Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers
152. The Original Sonny Boy Williamson
153. Leon Redbone – Champagne Charlie
154. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
155. Gillian Welch – Hell Among The Yearlings
156. Beth Gibbons – Out of Season
157. Buddy Holly – A Rock & Roll Collection
158. Mance Lipscomb – Vol. 5, Pure Texas Country Blues
159. Jimmy Reed – Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby – Singles As & Bs 1953-1961
160. Fats Navarro – The Fats Navarro Collection, 1943-50
161. Jeffrey Halford & The Healers – Lo Fi Dreams
162. Lennie Tristano & Warne Marsh – Intuition
163. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Let Love In
164. Bill Withers – Just As I Am
165. Jacques Brel – Enregistrement Public à l’Olympia 1964
166. Leroy Carr – The Essential
167. Etta James – At Last!
168. Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders
169. John Mayall – Bluesbreakers (w/ Eric Clapton)
170. Ted Hawkins – The Final Tour
171. Elmore James – Slide Order of the Blues, The Singles As & Bs 1952-1962
172. Ida Cox – Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1, 1923
173. Hoagy Carmichael Sings Hoagy Carmichael
174. Blind Willie Johnson – The Complete
175. Thelonious Monk – Monk Alone: The Complete Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk 1962-1968
176. The Replacements – Tim
177. Bad Company – Bad Company
178. Duke Ellington – Money Jungle
179. Bill Evans – Interplay
180. Big Joe Williams – The Essential
181. Kiss – Love Gun
182. Mississippi John Hurt – Complete Studio Recordings
183. John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen
184. The Doors – The Soft Parade
185. X – See How We Are
186. Charlie Parker – With Strings
187. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
188. Culture – Two Sevens Clash
189. Billy Bragg – Back to Basics
190. Sleepy John Estes – I Ain’t Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941
191. Tommy Johnson – 1928-1929 Complete Recorded Works
192. The Rolling Stones – Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol 2)
193. Lightnin’ Hopkins – The Complete Aladdin Recordings
194. Ray Charles – Pure Genius: Complete Atlantic Recordings 52-59
195. Aretha Franklin –  Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
196. Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus
197. Townes Van Zandt –  High, Low And In Between
198. Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard
199. The Bodeans – Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams
200. Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man Blues
201. Mance Lipscomb – You Got To Reap What You Sow, Texas Songster, Vol. 2
202. Johnny Cash – With His Hot And Blue Guitar
203. Tony Joe White – Black & White
204. The Ramones – The Ramones
205. Cesária Évora – Café Atlantico
206. Issa Bagayogo – Mali Koura
207. Seán Tyrrell – The Orchard
208. Malkit Singh – Sikh Hon Da Maan
209. Anonymous 4 – Hildegard von Bingen, 11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula
210. Peter Tosh – Equal Rights
211. Dmitri Shostakovich – The String Quartets
212. Charley Patton – The Complete Recordings 1929-1934 (Disc 2)
213. Blind Blake – All the Published Sides 1926-1932
214. Blind Willie McTell – Classic Years: 1927-1940 (Disc 1)
215. Leadbelly – Important Recordings 1934-1949
216. Blind Lemon Jefferson –  The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 Disc B
217. Johnny Azari – Songs From A Motel Room
218. Legends of Country Blues
219. Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
220. Bob Dylan – Another Side of Bob Dylan
221. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
222. Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
223. Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
224. Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
225. Dr. John – Gumbo
226. Dr. John – Gris Gris
227. Nina Simone – Little Blue Girl
228. The Carter Family – The Carter Family: 1927-1934
229. Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
230. Koko Taylor – Koko Taylor
231. Social Distortion – Prison Bound
232. Slim Harpo – The Excello Singles
233. The Kinks – The Kink Kontroversy
234. The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py
235. Wilson Pickett – In The Midnight Hour
236. James Brown – Live at The Apollo (1962)
237. Woody Guthrie – Dust Bowl Ballads
238. Hank Mobley – Soul Station
239. Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool
240. Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
241. Joan Baez – Diamonds & Rust
242. Patsy Cline – Patsy Cline
243. Charlie Musselwhite – Stand Back! Here comes Charley Musselwhite’s Southside Band
244. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – Pressure Cooker
245. Taj Mahal – Taj Mahal
246. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
247. Art Tatum – The Complete Solo Masterpieces
248. Randy Newman – 12 Songs
249. Waylon Jennings –  Lonesome, On’ry and Mean
250. Hank Williams as Luke the Drifter – Beyond the Sunset
251. Townes Van Zandt – For The Sake Of The Song
252. Steve Earle – Train a Comin’
253. Portishead – Dummy
254. Ministry – Rio Grande Blood
255. Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
256. Gerry Mulligan-Chet Baker Original Quartet: Complete Recordings (Master takes)
257. Link Wray – Link Wray & The Wraymen
258. Hüsker Dü – Warehouse: Songs and Stories
259. Professor Longhair – Mardi Gras In New Orleans – Complete Recordings 1949-1962
260. Little Eva – The Locomotion
261. Tom Waits – Frank’s Wild Years
262. Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica
263. Christy Moore – Back Home In Derry
264. Sinead O’ Connor – Sean-Nos Nua
265. The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
266. Charlie Parker – The Complete Savoy & Dial Master
267. Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours
268. Mississippi John Hurt – Last Sessions
269. Louisiana Red: My Life With Carey Bel
270. John Lee Hooker – The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker
271. Frank Stokes – The Victor Recordings (1928-1929)
272. Dire Straits – Dire Straits
273. The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go