Songs I Love Right Now: northern soul, sardinian polyphonic, NoLo brass bands, Balkan brass bands, rare Bossa Nova (January 2026)

These are the songs that I loved in January 2026.

Northern Soul, Sardinian Polyphonic choral music, Balkan Brass bands, New Orleans Bass Bands, South African choral, and rare Bossa Nova from Brazil.

The artist cover is by Paul Reed, associated with the Washington Color School (Alma Thomas, Kenneth Noland, Sam Gilliam, Morris Louis, etc).

Anthropic used Madvillain in their latest ad, MF Doom sampled Arthur Verocai, Odessa is still played in dance halls and loved by DJs from Portugal, the reedy female vocals from the Essex, a Japanese pianist plays Blackbird, Ladysmith plays sacred music with the English Chamber Orchestra.