The Israelites
In 1969, Desmond Dekker released Israelites. The first reggae record to top the UK chart and the first Jamaican sound to crack the American top ten.
In 1969, Desmond Dekker released Israelites. The first reggae record to top the UK chart and the first Jamaican sound to crack the American top ten.
In 1962, Patsy Cline released Sentimentally Yours. The last album she would release. It became a touchstone every female country singer who came after.
In 2000, Luomo released Vocalcity. Six tracks, seventy-six minutes and proof that glitch music had a pulse all along.
In 1966, the 13th Floor Elevators released The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators. The first album to put the word psychedelic on its cover and one of the few that actually earned it.
In 2017, Jlin released Black Origami. The record that took footwork (Chicago's 160bpm battle-dance music) somewhere nobody had before.
In 2018, Hailu Mergia released Lala Belu. His first new recording in over thirty years, made by a man who had spent two decades practising keyboard in the back of a taxi.