My annual music appreciation lists online!
tedsmith.ca is a “celebration of the arts” website and these are my favourite musical events of the year.
There will be another post within a few days featuring some photos and videos from 2017.
TMS 2017 Album Of The Year · The Nashville Sound · Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
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Top 10 Albums Of 2017 (alphabetically by artist):
Rodney Crowell · Close Ties
Thea Gilmore · The Counterweight
Hurray For The Riff Raff · The Navigator
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit · The Nashville Sound
The Lone Bellow · Walk Into A Storm
Imelda May · Life Love Flesh Blood
Tift Merritt · Stitch Of The World
John Moreland · Big Bad Luv
Margo Price · All American Made
Tedeschi Trucks Band · Live From The Fox Oakland
If it was the Top 18, eight more (alphabetical by artist):
Nicole Atkins · Goodnight Rhonda Lee
Steve Earle & The Dukes · So You Wanna Be An Outlaw
Neil Finn · Out Of Silence
Dori Freeman · Letters Never Read
Megan Henwood · River
Catherine MacLellan · If It’s Alright With You — The Songs Of Gene MacLellan
Sam Outlaw · Tenderheart
Lucinda Williams · This Sweet Old World
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Reissue Of The Year:
The Beatles · Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
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TMS 2017 Song Of The Year · It Ain’t Over Yet by Rodney Crowell
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TMS 2017 Concert Of The Year · Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Amanda Shires
August 29 2017 · Massey Hall
Some other GREAT shows from 2017 (alphabetical by artist):
Lisa Fischer at Koerner Hall, Toronto
Hurray For The Riff Raff at the Concert Hall, Toronto
Imelda May at Danforth Music Hall, Toronto
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Air Canada Centre, Toronto