FAVORITE MUSIC MAKERS OF 2022
An Annual Report By Dave Ratzlow

 

     
 
Friends:

Here are some of my favorite music makers of 2022. If you have Spotify, you can also listen to an extended playlist linked here (or with the ebedded playlist at the bottom of this page):

BEST OF 2022

Let me know what you think.

Keep rocking,
Dave

 
     

 

         
  ***ALBUM OF THE YEAR*** ***BAND OF THE YEAR***
  Yeti Season by EL MICHELS AFFAIR   WET LEG  
     
         

 

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TOP THREE DOZEN FAVORITE MUSIC MAKERS OF THE YEAR
(in alphabetical order)
(click links to play videos above)
ALDOUS HARDING ANGEL OLSEN ANNA CALVI BIG THIEF
BILL CALLAHAN BONAPARTE & S. HUNGER CARSON McHONE DEHD
EL MICHELS AFFAIR GRACE IVES HIGHASAKITE HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF
JESCA HOOP KATRINA FORD KHRUANBIN & LEON BRIDGES KURT VILE
MARINA HERLOP METHYL ETHEL MITSKI MØ
NILÜFER YANYA NATALIA LAFOURCADE PORRIDGE RADIO THE REGRETTES
RUBBLEBUCKET SASAMI SAYA GRAY SORRY
SPOON SUDAN ARCHIVES TEGAN AND SARA TOMBERLIN
VALERIE JUNE WET LEG WEYES BLOOD YOUTH IN A ROMAN FIELD
 
...PLUS MORE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
BILLY PRESTON BLONDIE BRANKO MATAJA C. TANGANA
CLEO SOL GABRIELS GALT MACDERMOT HALEY HEYNDERICKX
LEO NOCENTELLI LIJADU SISTERS LOU REED MONTAIGNE
SOPHIA KENNEDY TED HAWKINS VARIOUS - The Kampala Sound VARIOUS - Palenque Palenque
 
...AND ONES TO WATCH IN 2023 AND BEYOND
CLOVER SENYA TIFFANY TOPOL VARIOUS KID BASSISTS
 
...AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO
BROOKLYN MAQAM DJ MYYUH DISCO TEHRAN REMIX CULTURE
 

 

BEST MUSIC T-SHIRTS
Designed by me!
       

THESE AND MORE AT:

https://www.teepublic.com/user/dream-station
       

 

       
 
Thanks for reading and listening. Let me know if there's anything else you think I should really hear.

Check out my previous best-of-the-year lists:
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021

 
       

 

And much more in the...
SPOTIFY EXTENDED PLAYLIST