I’ve been writing these end-of-year wraps since I started Sounds of Oz. They used to be a way for me to reminisce about all the great things I’d seen and heard over the year before kicking up my heels. Last year they simply reminded me how few shows I’d seen before I let the New Year go by with barely a whimper. This year sadly is a little worse. At least 2020 had three good months before this COVID thing hit! While things got moving locally for a while, I miss those big international shows. I’ve got a few on my calendar for next year, so let’s hope they come off. Until then, thank god for those albums. If you haven’t already listened to the ones below, perhaps you could check them out during your own low-key New Years’ celebration! Thanks for reading everyone, and let’s hope that 2022 brings us better and brighter times.
Top 10 Albums of 2021
- Restless Dream – Bob Weatherall, Halfway, and William Barton
- 3 – Ngaiire
- into the great unknown – Pierce Brothers
- A Flower in the Weeds – Joe Mungovan
- If I Leave You In the Fire – Saint Lane
- The Space Between – Illy
- people just do good things sometimes – Pinkish Blu
- Armageddon – Between You & Me
- The Neverending Glory – Vaudeville Smash
- Holding On For My Life – Harry J Hart
Top Shows for 2021
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