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CFBX Top 50 Albums for Summer 2023

CFBX Top 50 Albums for Summer 2023

Artist Title Label

  1. Debby Friday* – Good Luck (Sub Pop)
  2. Matt Andersen* – The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)
  3. The New Pornographers* – Continue as a Guest (Merge)
  4. Bodywash* – I Held the Shape While I Could (Light Organ)
  5. Frankiie* – Between Dreams (Paper Bag)
  6. TEKE::TEKE* – Hagata (Kill Rock Stars)
  7. kkidss* – Apple Sauce (Independent)
  8. Begonia* – Powder Blue (Birthday Cake)
  9. JW-Jones* – Everything Now (Solid Blues)
  10. Miesha and the Spanks* – Unconditional Love in Hi-Fi (Mint)
  11. Zoon* – Bekka Ma’iignan (Paper Bag)
  12. A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick* – A’Court, Speigel and Vinnick (Independent)
  13. Dragon Inn 3 – Trade Secrets (American Laundromat)
  14. Indications* – Indications (Early Onset)
  15. Roki* – Mother (Independent)
  16. Sarah Shafey* – Blackbox Universe (Independent)
  17. Jamie Bonk* – There to Now (Independent)
  18. Deb Callahan – Backbone (Independent)
  19. Grand Public* – Ideal Tempo (Lisbon Lux)
  20. GLDMTH* – GLDMTH (Warner)
  21. Sweater Kittens** – Meow or Never EP (Independent)
  22. Half Moon Run* – Salt (BMG)
  23. Planet Giza* – Ready When You Are (Independent)
  24. The Flysmackers** – A Dog’s Breakfast EP (Independent)
  25. Laila Biali* – Your Requests (Imago)
  26. Dubmatix* – ReWired (Echo Beach)
  27. John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim (Blues House)
  28. Mayfly* – Hideaway Vol. 1 (Duprince)
  29. Slow Leaves* – Meantime (Birthday Cake)
  30. Braids* – Euphoric Recall (Secret City)
  31. Lil Jimmy Reed and Ben Levin – Back to Baton Rouge (Nola Blue)
  32. Mauvey* – Before the Album 2: A Brief Overview (Independent)
  33. Jane Bunnett and Maqueque* – Playing with Fire (Independent)
  34. The Bombadils* – Dear Friend (Independent)
  35. Uncanny Valley* – Fevering Stare (Independent)
  36. Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy* Canvas (Linus)
  37. Aleksi Campagne* – For the Giving/Sans Rien Donner (Independent)
  38. Cat Clyde* – Down Rounder (Second Prize)
  39. Maude Audet* – Il Fait Partir Maintenant (Bravo)
  40. Priors* – Daffodil (Mothland)
  41. Dubmatix* – The Ska Sessions, Vol. 1 (Echo Beach)
  42. Kate Fenner* – Dead Reckoning (Independent)
  43. Grainne Duffy – Dirt Woman Blues (Blue Heart)
  44. Aster Dawn* – Heresy (Independent)
  45. NQ Arbuckle* – Love Songs for the Long Game (Six Shooter)
  46. Schwager/Oliver Quintet* – Senza Resa (Cellar)
  47. Lookout Tower* – Fields (Forks)
  48. Derina Harvey Band* – Waves of Home (Independent)
  49. Afternoon Bike Ride* – Glossover (Friends of Friends)
  50. The Psuedos* – Surf Bozos: 30 Years of Surf Rock (Independent)

CFBX Top 10 Jazz Albums for Summer 2023

  1. The Nightcrawlers* – Get Ready (Cellar)
  2. Laila Biali* – Your Requests (Imago)
  3. Artemis* – In Real Time (Blue Note)
  4. Nikki Yanofsky* – Nikki by Starlight (MNRK)
  5. Elizabeth Shepherd* – Three Things (Pinwheel)
  6. Julian Lage – The Layers (Blue Note)
  7. Mira Choquette* – In Reel Time (Independent)
  8. Will Bonness* – Is This a Dream? (Independent)
  9. Emily Braden* – Cannon and Sparrow (Independent)
  10. Les DeMerle and Sound 67 – Once in a Lifetime (Origin)

CFBX Top 10 Worldbeat/International Albums for Summer 2023

  1. Dubmatix* – ReWired (Echo Beach)
  2. Reggaediction* – Ganja Harvest (Independent)
  3. Dubmatix* – The Ska Sessions, Vol. 1 (Echo Beach)
  4. Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate – Terra Kunda (ARC Music)
  5. Strunz and Farah – Syncretic Strings (Selva)
  6. Trad Attack! – Bring it On (Independent)
  7. Moonshine* – SMS for Location, Vol. 5 (Moonshine)
  8. Jane Bunnett and Maqueque* – Playing with Fire (Independent)
  9. Kune* – Universal Echoes (Lulaworld)
  10. Damir Imamovic – The World and All That it Holds (Smithsonian Folkways)

CFBX Top 10 Loud/Metal Albums for Summer 2023

  1. Miesha and the Spanks* – Unconditional Love in Hi-Fi (Mint)
  2. Tunic* – Wrong Dream (Artoffact)
  3. Society’s Ills* – Lore (Independent)
  4. Indications* – Indications (Early Onset)
  5. Fucked Up* – One Day (Merge)
  6. Kilmore* – From the Inside (Independent)
  7. Joe Keithley* – Stand (Sudden Death)
  8. The Mahones* – Jameson Street (True North)
  9. Headcheese** – Best Before 2022 (Slow Death)
  10. Voltage** – Demo 2022 (Slow Death)

CFBX Top 10 Electronic Albums for Summer 2023

  1. Debby Friday* – Good Luck (Sub Pop)
  2. Nescia** – Never Knows Best (Independent)
  3. Psychic Pollution* – Transcendental Phrases (Eat Glass)
  4. Miami Nights 1984* – Sentimental (Independent)
  5. Tynes* – Tynes (LHM)
  6. Aster Dawn* – Heresy (Independent)
  7. Compander* – Diverdant (Independent)
  8. Atari Umma* – Stoner Techno (Independent)
  9. Kid Koala* – Creatures of the Late Afternoon (Phonocordia)
  10. Mayfly* – Hideaway Vol. 1 (Duprince)

CFBX Top 10 Rap/Urban Albums for Summer 2023

  1. Planet Giza* – Ready When You Are (Independent)
  2. Mauvey* – Before the Album 2: A Brief Overview (Independent)
  3. TheOnlyRealOne and B. More* – No Late Apologies (Independent)
  4. Planet Giza* – You Don’t Understand (Independent)
  5. Domanique Grant* – Queendom: Chapter Two (Independent)
  6. Jordann* – Safe Space (OneRPM)
  7. Chadio* – Cousin of Lucy (Hand’Solo)
  8. Skinny Josh and JDASHME* – Spring in Miami, Part 1 (Keep the Grind)
  9. Domanique Grant* – Queendom: Chapter One (Independent)
  10. Joey Stylez* – Horsethieves and Bootleggers (Independent)

CFBX Top 10 Folk/Roots Albums for Summer 2023

  1. The Flysmackers** – A Dog’s Breakfast Independent
  2. Derina Harvey Band* – Waves of Home Independent
  3. Jamie Bonk* – There to Now Independent
  4. John Showman and Chris Coole* – Much Further Out Than Inevitable Independent
  5. Bruce Cockburn* – O Sun O Moon True North
  6. Jill Barber* – Homemaker Outside
  7. The Bombadils* – Dear Friend Independent
  8. Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire Smithsonian Folkways
  9. Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy* – Canvas Linus
  10. Robinson Kirby* – Little Dreams Independent

CFBX Top Ten Blues Albums for Summer 2023

  1. Matt Andersen* – The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)
  2. JW-Jones* – Everything Now (Solid Blues)
  3. A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick* – A’Court, Speigel and Vinnick (Independent)
  4. Lil Jimmy Reed and Ben Levin – Back to Baton Rouge (Nola Blue)
  5. Grainne Duffy – Dirt Woman Blues (Blue Heart)
  6. John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim (Blues House)
  7. Lookout Tower* – Fields (Forks)
  8. Mike Guldin – The Franklin Sessions (Blue Heart)
  9. Deb Callahan – Backbone (Independent)
  10. Prof. Louie and the Crowmatix – Rockin’ Legacy Vol. 1 (Woodstock)

CFBX Top Five Classical Albums for Summer 2023

  1. Jason Zumpano* – Village Lights (Jaz)
  2. Nelson Friere – Memories: The Unreleased Recordings (Decca)
  3. O Lake – Still (Patchrock)
  4. Royal Scottish National Orchestra – Iannaconne: Looking Back (Navona)
  5. Paul Merkelo* – Trumpet Concertos (Independent)