The Top Twenty Kansas City Albums of 2024 (so far)
1. Willi Carlisle- Critterland
Feral folk.
2. Betty Bryant- Lotta Livin'
Plastic Sax review.
3. Behzod Abduraimov- Shadows of My Ancestors
Prokofiev, Ravel and Saidaminova.
4. Charles McPherson- Reverence
Plastic Sax review.
5. Waxahatchee- Tigers Blood
KC.
6. Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas and Ted Nash- Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols
Plastic Sax review.
7. Logan Richardson- Sacred Garden
Plastic Sax review.
8. Danielle Nicole- The Love You Bleed
KCUR's audio feature.
9. Karrin Allyson- A Kiss for Brazil
Plastic Sax review.
10. The Kansas City Symphony- Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations
Virgil Thomson’s arrangements.
11. WireTown- Kansas City
Plastic Sax review.
12. Scott Dean Taylor and Seth Andrew Davis- Infidels
Plastic Sax review.
13. Jennifer Knapp- Kansas 25
Reworking of 1998 milestone.
14. Alber- Lento
Electro-jazz.
15. The Hearers- elevators come undone
Grandaddy-esque.
16. Brian Scarborough- We Need the Wind
Plastic Sax review.
17. Jeff Shirley- Contigo
Plastic Sax review.
18. Michael Davidson and Ellen Sommer- Skybreak
Trombone and piano.
19. Christopher Burnett- Originals
Plastic Sax review.
20. Doubledrag- Alone With Everyone
Shoegaze.
The Top Ten Kansas City EPs of 2024 (so far)
1. Midwestern- Reflections
There Stands the Glass review.
2. Burning Bush Demo 2024
Exodus.
3. Drew Williams- Wobble
Plastic Sax review.
4. Rich the Factor- Souped Up Sofa
KC’s the town.
5. Eddie Moore- Aperture: Solo Piano Works
Plastic Sax review.
6. Nate Hofer- Decommissioned
Ambient steel guitar.
7. Rich the Factor- Souped Up Sofa 2
Midwest tygoon.
7. Little Miss Dynamite- Grow Up
Firecracker folk.
9. Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits- Other Cats, Other Bags: Vol. 2
Louche troubadour.
10. The Fun Guy- From the Attic to the Underground
Garage rock.