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It’s been an interesting year for me with music as I retired in June and since then I’ve had a REALLY hard time listening to all the new music that came out. I definitely didn’t give the latest Soccer Mommy album enough time and need to get back to it.

Wow, I’d kinda forgotten about Lapsley. I absolutely loved her 2016 album ‘Long Way Home’ but haven’t kept up with her music.

That Cassandra Jenkins album is absolutely stunning. Although I’m not ranking my best of lists this year, this would my number one or two album of the year.

Art Pepper is a great choice. Depending on my mood and state of mind I sometimes need instrumental music (or music without English lyrics) playing in the background when I’m writing.

The War on Drugs track is lovely; while that album didn’t live up to 2014’s Lost In The Dream it’s still a great album.

I can usually listen to anything when I’m writing but I will often revert to these five of my desert island discs:

• Beck - Sea Change

• Scott Walker - Scott 4

• Zero 7 - Simple Things

• Case/Lang/Veirs - Case/Lang/Veirs

• Portishead - Dummy

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