music that occurred to me or was listened to that month, selectively listed in reverse chronological order since november 2025

Nov 2026

Geese, “Gravity Blues”

Raag Yaman

Fat Pat, “Tops Drop”

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Ravi Shankar, Chants of India

Brian Eno, Ambient 1: Music for Aiports

Billy Strings, Turmoil and Tinfoil

Pat Metheny, Offramp

Geese, “Au Pays du Cocaine”

Shakti, Natural Elements

Oct 2026

Ari Hoenig, NY Standard

Geese, “3D Country”

Geese, “Islands of Men”

Cameron Winter, “Love Takes Miles”

Pharrell Williams, “Raspy Shit”

Souls of Mischief, “93’ til Infinity”

the same 10 hours of waves and white noise on repeat?

Michael Brecker, “Timeline”

Julian Lage, “Opal”

Jul-Aug 2026

Wayne Shorter, Native Dancer

Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage

Leonard Cohen, “Is This What You Wanted”

Train Breaks Down, “Forty Hour Suit”

Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”

Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Kelis, “Got Your Money”

Souls of Mischief, “Postal”

Mos Def & Busta Rhymes, “Do It Now”

Jamie Cullum, “All At Sea”

IDLES, “MTT 420 RR”

Jason Becker, “Altitudes”

Jun 2026

The Green, “Something About It”

Funkadelic, “Biological Speculation”

Black Country, New Road; “Basketball Shoes”

PinkPantheress, “Girl Like Me”

John Prine, “Summer’s End”

Wu-Tang Clan, “Bring Da Ruckus”

Mos Def, “Hip Hop”

Billy Strings, Billy Strings

Tinariwen, “Toumast Tincha”

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Spielt Eigen Kompositionen

May 2026

Shye Ben Tzur, Johnny Greenwood, The Rajasthan Express, Ranjha

Angine de Poitrine, Vol. II

Metallica, “The Call of Ktulu”

The HU, “Black Thunder”

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Rastaman Vibration

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Kaya

April 2026

Ka’ikena Scanlan, “Utu Bang Bang”

Adrienne Lenker, “two reverse”

Joni Mitchell, The Hissing of Summer Lawns

Jack Johnson, All The Light Above It Too

Paula Fuga, “If Ever”

March 2026

Bill Frisell, “Isfahan”

Julian Lage, Speak to Me

Angine de Poitrine on KEXP

February 2026

Django Reinhardt, “September Song”

Tower of Power, “What is Hip?”

Bob Marley & The Wailers, “Who The Cap Fit”

January 2026

John Brown’s Body, “Who Paid Them Off?”

Wanting, “我的歌声里”

Billy Strings, “My Alice”

Jorge Ben Jor, “Ponta de Lanca Africano”

The Outlaw Blues Band, “Deep Gully”

Adrianne Lenker, “forwards beckon rebound”

Keali’i Reichel, “Kawaipunahele”

Paula Fuga, “Hōkūle’a Star of Gladness”

Leonard Cohen, “Passing Through”

Grateful Dead, “Ship of Fools”

Ronghao Li, “戒烟”

December 2025

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, “Mustt Mustt”

Tim Buckley, “Once I Was”

KIKO DINUCCI e BANDO AFROMACARRÔNICO, “padê onã”

Tim Buckley, “Dolphins”

Lynyrd Skynyrd, “I Need You”

Shakti, “Shrini’s Dream”

Javier Limón, Anoushka Shankar, “Si No Puedo Verla”

Tyshawn Sorey, Aaron Diehl, Harish Raghavan at Firehouse12 (live concert)

Billy Strings, “My Alice”

Beck, “Loser”

Mos Def, “Mathematics”

Ravi Shankar, “Prabhujee”

Krishna Das, “Om Namah Shivaya”

John Brown’s Body, “High Grade”

Superheaven, “Sponge”

Jun Miyake, “Lillies of the Valley”

Billy Cobham, Spectrum

November 2025

The Tuss, Rushup Edge

Aphex Twin, “Orban Eq Trx 4”

Elliot Smith, “A Fond Farewell”

Marku Ribas, “Musseke”

Black Country, New Road, “Science Fair”

Nirvana, “Pennyroyal Tea”

Talking Heads, “Cities,” cut from Stop Making Sense

ScubaZ, “The Vanishing American Family”

Brad Mehldau covers Elliot Smith’s “Between the Bars”

Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, Rajasthan Express, Junun

Black Midi, “Welcome to Hell”

Todd Snider, “The Ballad of the Kingsmen”

Toots & The Maytals, “Pressure Drop”

Kacy & Stayton, “If You Ask Me How I’m Keeping”

Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias, Michael Brecker: “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines” (Live)

Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey: Compassion

Stephen Marley, Mos Def: “Hey Baby”

Phillip Glass: “Act III, Trial, Prison, Prematurely Air Conditioned Supermarket”

LCD Soundsystem: “New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down”


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