Monira Al Qadiri’s Current Track Crush
Yoshiko Sai Hito no inai Shima (1976)
Not My AOTY List
Bilo Alban Cumbia Incaica (1973)
Colombian Psychedelic Folk with a Rare Spark
Elia y Elizabeth Descripcón (1972)
Lukas Gansterer’s Current Track Crush
David Bowie Oh! You Pretty Things (1971)
Actually Use that Brain of Yours for once
Talking Heads With Our Love (Alternate Version) (1978 / 2025)
The Only Flight You’ll Need Today ✈️
Thomas Leer Private Plane (1978)
Potential for New Flowers
Wackies Addis Ababa Dub (1977)
The Secret Sauce Behind Some of Hip-Hop’s Greatest Hits
Isaac Hayes Ike's Mood I (Edit) (1970)
Rosalía Loves this 70s Roma Rock Hit
Las Grecas Te estoy amando locamente (1974)
Bad, the Bridge and Anatolian Folk-Pop
Rana and Selçuk Alagöz Malabadi Köprüsü (1975)
A Straight-Talking 1970s Soul Jam
Miriam Makeba Quit it (1974)
Forgive me, Father, but this Chanson Slaps
Yves Simon Raconte-toi (1975)
A Psych Rock Tribute to Ancient African Queens
Michael Angelo Nubian Queen (1977)
The People in the Front Row Make the Difference
Melanie People in the Front Row (1971)
The Resurrected Woman (?) Who Inspired Madonna, Lady Gaga etc.
Justine & The Victorian Punks Still You (1979)
Palestinian Poetry Sung over 70s Folk Rock
Issam Hajali Khobs (1976)
From the Record Store to the Courtroom—and Back Again
Winston Edwards Well Charge (1974)
This Peculiar Folk Song Is a Warning. Maybe.
Andy Zwerling Spiders in the Night (1971)
Love Is Never Lost with a Little Lovers Rock
Ginger Williams He’s My Honey Boy (1974)
Some Sweet Reggae About the Capital of Casual
Althea and Donna Gone to Negril (1977)
The Punk Poet on What Once Was an Innovative Act
John Cooper Clarke Suspended Sentence (1978)
A Soul-Folk Ode to “Billionaires’ Island”
Willie Wright Nantucket Island (1977)
The King Who Wrote a Song for the King of Kings
Bob Marley & The Wailers War (1976)
An Epic Ballad from an Unincorporated Community
Donnie & Joe Emerson Dreams Full of Dreams (1979)
An Iconic Moroccan Band Found in a Polarizing Scorsese Flick
Nass el Ghiwane Ya bani insane (1973)
Why 50% of Cultures Don’t Kiss
Judee Sill The Kiss (1973)
What the Belarusian Dictator Digs
Demis Roussos I Dig You (1977)
Quincy Jones Used to Date Ivanka Trump
George Harrison Beware of Darkness (1970)
An Opera Nodding to the Relatively Unknown Love of Einstein’s Life
Philip Glass, Michael Riesman, Philip Glass Ensemble Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 5 (1979)
At the Dawn of Brazil's Largest Music Label
Orquestra e Coro Som Livre Uma Canção a Mais (1974)
Why Punks Flock to the Flagship Store of a Former Ralph Lauren Designer
Richard Hell and The Voidoids Blank Generation (1977)
A South Korean Troublemaker with a Vulgar Voice
Kim Jung Mi Haenim (1973)
Acid-Drenched Rock by an IBM Systems Programmer
D.R. Hooker Forge Your Own Chains (1972)