My Favorite Music of 2017
Most years I try to put my list together based on what I think were the best overall albums, but invariably this becomes an exercise in futility as so many great records come out every year and I haven't enough hours to digest everything I'm interested in, never mind all the year-end lists that are making me realize all that I missed out on. So this year, instead of scrambling to try and evaluate everything I didn't spend enough time listening to, I decided focus on the things I actually did listen to, and simply pick out things to highlight. In the hope that I'll share some great music that more people will actually want to check out, I placed greater emphasis on music that has a wider appeal than (admittedly) most of what I listen to. Most of my listening this year was dedicated to exploring older releases. I listened to an awful lot of classic jazz, soul, and singer/songwriters. It was also a serious year for getting back into my old passion, prog rock. A couple o