2025 Highlights: Fermentation, Great Lakes Sauna, Predawn Rituals
1. Pixian fermented bean sauce. Fermentation is underappreciated in America. This bean
Finds: Tweedy Karaoke, Loner country, and Georgia O’Keeffe’s courtyard
Bleached bone country western. A man, a guitar, a heartache, revenge. This
Finds: Canoe building in Maine, Balkan speed brass, Scottish work songs, Bossa Nova minimalism
Llamas Llamas Llamas, Belafonte Sensacional. Maybe the only album with 6 Ls
Finds: Polyphonic Sardinia, Brazilian Hot Air Balloon culture, post-Beatles Lennon piano covers
John Lennon’s post-Beatles love letter to his newborn but played on