Screenshot of the English National Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s “Death in Venice” by There Stands the Glass.
Top Five Albums
1. Prince- Sign O’ The Times (Super Deluxe)
Eight hours of electrifying brilliance.
2. Steve Arrington- Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions
The glorious comeback of the famed funkateer.
3. The Gospel Truth: The Complete Singles Collection
4. Ainon- Drought
5. Deftones- Ohms
Veterans in fighting form.
Top Five Songs
1. Alicia Keys featuring Khalid- "So Done"
Me too.
2. Elizabeth Cook- “Stanley by God Terry”
Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music.
3. Tyler Childers- "Long Violent History"
Southern man.
4. Conway the Machine featuring Flee Lord, Havoc and Lloyd Banks- "Juvenile Hell"
Ain’t no cure for the summertime blues.
5. Gillian Welch- "Picasso"
Both recently released sets of “lost” material are astonishingly excellent.
Top Five Livestreams
1. Bad Bunny- atop a bus in New York City
2. Midwest Chamber Ensemble- at BRC Audio Productions
3. Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle- Verzuz battle
4. Melissa Aldana Quartet- at Smalls
5. Hyde Park Jazz Festival (Alexis Lombre Quartet, Greg Ward’s Rogue Parade, etc.)
I conducted the same exercise in August, July, June, May, April, March, February and January.