Topic: Top Albums for 2015
Surprisingly I've picked up a number of albums this year and though none have separated themselves from the pack there are some artists worth mentioning from my perspective.
I don't know if it's the loss of my wife, but for the life of me traditional blues has lost it's magic. It has just become too real for me. Instead I find myself listening and drawn to young people creating something new. The blues has lost that "newness" of late and has become too derivative. I like more popular country musicians like Chris Stapleton, Adam Hood and recently Eric Church. Church's newest album, Mr. Misunderstood, is a complete departure from earlier efforts that pandered to typical mainstream fans. It reminds me of when John Mayer dropped that awesome blues album out of thin air after all those Pop albums.
There's a lot of great songs on this album that reminds me when John Cougar and Tom Petty were hungry and risk takers. His duet with Susan Tedeschi is the best thing she's ever done and a song that tugs on the heartstrings.
