We look back at our favorite music releases of 2017, with audio clips of the most memorable songs curated by three of SDPB's music producers/hosts.
We welcome Steve Zwemke, host of No Cover, No Minimum Radio, Karl Gehrke, host of Jazz Nightly, and SDPB reporter (and occasional music critic) Lee Strubinger.
Karl Gehrke's 2017 picks:
Pop/Rock:
Charly Bliss– Guppy
Alvvays – Antisocialites
The Replacements – For Sale: Live at Maxwell’s 1986
Waxahatchie– Out in the Storm
Jazz:
Tony Allen – The Source
Arturo O'Farrill/Chucho Valdes– Familia
Cecile McLorin Salvant – Dreams and Daggers
Vijay Iyer Sextet – Far From Over
Troy Roberts - Tales and Tones
Local:
Jas Quintet - Leap Year Baby
Jami Lynn & Andrew Reinartz - Sparse
Lee's album Picks:
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard -- Crumbling Castle
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard w/ Mild High Club -- Tezata
Ty Segall -- Alta
Earth Girl Helen Brown -- Earth Elevator
War On Drugs -- Up All Night
Mac DeMarco -- Dreams From Yesterday
Steve Zwemke's Best Albums of 2017:
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
Japanese Breakfast - Soft Sounds From Another Planet
Thurston Moore - Rock n Roll Consciousness
Local: