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Our writer admits that Wet Leg is really one of many contenders for Album of the Year. Review by Thomas H Green.

The best global music albums demonstrate how much art comes specifically from connections between people and the importance of the places they bring with them.

The most effective artists of the year weren’t afraid to root around deep inside and boldly share the messiness, the complexities and the beauty of their discoveries.

Beyoncé has the most nominations for the 2023 awards, and many recent perennials are back again. But some of music’s most inventive younger stars didn’t break through.

; !earshot magazine features campus/community radio charts, cd reviews, articles and interviews, label profiles and more.

; !earshot magazine features campus/community radio charts, cd reviews, articles and interviews, label profiles and more.

; !earshot magazine features campus/community radio charts, cd reviews, articles and interviews, label profiles and more.

The 50 best albums of 2022 offer sublime music as major artists return with new albums and brilliant new sounds bubble up from the underground and worldwide.

I once had the rare privilege to see the great bluesman and songwriter Earl King, who wrote the New Orleans Mardi Gras anthem Big Chief, perform in a small club in Tokyo. Before he took to the stage another band performed, with a well-known young blues guitarist playing fast action licks and riffs at breakneck speed. In complete contrast, when Earl King played guitar he played far fewer notes, paring down the music to its essentials. I can still remember King's playing, but I can't rec...

Global Village | May 30-June 3, 2022