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

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

Julia Jacklin at the Roundhouse

Julia Jacklin

Erin Rae

Roundhouse, 11 November 2022

I admit was late to the party for Julia Jacklin, only discovering her after her second album Crushing was already getting rave reviews. But I loved it from first listen and was desperate to see her live. Unfortunately a lot of others felt the same way and had discovered her earlier so her tour at the time was sold out. Luckily, three years on I finally got the chance to experience her live and it was well worth the wait and the cherry on top was the fact that the brilliant Erin Rae was also on the bill.