My Favourite Albums of 2022

My top 10 albums of 2022, in no order:

Courtney Marie Andrews - Loose Future
Caitlin Rose - Cazimi
Pines - I Walked With You A Way
The Mars Volta - The Mars Volta

Alison Sudol - Still Comes The Night

Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

Kelsey Waldon - No Regular Dog 

Erin Rae - Lighten Up

Afghan Whigs - How Do You Burn?

Angel Olsen - Big Time

Merry Christmas!

Best Gigs Of 2022

I only went to six gigs this year! Sadly the list gets smaller every year but at least it's longer than during the Covid years, so I am definitely grateful for the few I did see. Also, every one I went to was great! So I have absolutely nothing to complain about. I also got to see two artists live that I've wanted to see for years: Lindsey Buckingham doing a solo show and at long last Jewel! I think you can guess which ones were my absolute favourites then... 

1. Lindsey Buckingham at the London Palladium

2. Jewel at Omeara

3. Sierra Ferrell at Scala

4. Julia Jacklin & Erin Rae at the Roundhouse

5. Goldfrapp & Alison Sudol at the Royal Festival Hall

6. Joan As Police Woman at the Union Chapel

Farewell to our Songbird, Christine McVie

 

Still trying to process the fact that we lost Christine McVie this week. She was one of my absolute heroes and as much as I love Stevie and Lindsey, it was her song Everywhere that introduced me to Fleetwood Mac and made me want to buy my first Mac album, Tango In The Night. Ever since then they have been my favourite band and accompanied me through so many ups and downs throughout my life, and Christine's songs have meant so much to me. I was fortunate to finally see the five fireflies together on stage in 2015 and I will forever be grateful. Farewell Christine McVie and thank you so much.