FAVORITE MUSIC MAKERS OF 2023
An Annual Report By Dave Ratzlow

 

     
 
Friends:

Here are some of my favorite music makers of 2023. 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 2023

Let me know what you think.

Keep rocking,
Dave

 
     

 

         
  ***ALBUM OF THE YEAR*** ***ARTIST OF THE YEAR***
  in|FLUX by ANNA B SAVAGE   GABRIELS  
     
         
         
  ***SONG OF THE YEAR*** ***COMEBACK OF THE YEAR***
  "Forget Me Not" by SAY SHE SHE   Elizabeth Fraser of SUN’S SIGNATURE  
  Say She She   Elizabeth Fraser  
         

 

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TOP TWO DOZEN FAVORITE MUSIC MAKERS OF THE YEAR
(in alphabetical order)
(click links below to play videos above, or to reveal a YouTube link)
ANGEL OLSEN ANNA B SAVAGE ARC IRIS ARUM RAE
BIG BLOOD BILLY NOMATES BUZZY LEE THE CLOUDS
DANIELA PES DECISIVE PINK GABRIELS GENA ROSE BRUCE
GIRL AND GIRL M. WARD MITSKI MIYA FOLICK
PJ HARVEY RAHILL SAY SHE SHE YORKSTON/PERSSON
SIRENS OF LESBOS SUN’S SIGNATURE YOUNG FATHERS YOUTH LAGOON
 
HONORABLE MENTIONS
THE BUG CLUB CABRITA CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS HACK POETS GUILD
KAREN Y LOS REMEDIOS KEVIN MORBY LA FORCE LIELA MOSS
LIGHTNING DUST MINIHI MIREIA CLUA MOSES CONCAS
 
 
...PLUS MORE I MISSED IN PREVIOUS YEARS
THE A’s ABBY SAGE BIRDCLOUD DARGZ
DISQ THE DURUTTI COLUMN EMILY FAIRLIGHT EMILY WELLS
ERIN RAE GUSTAF GWENNO HERMANOS GUIERREZ
HORSE RADISH JANE INC. JASMYN LISA LeBLANC
MADISON CUNNINGHAM MARISSA NADLER NATHAN DUFOUR PARTY DOZEN
REN REVEREND BILLY (ET AL) THUNDERBITCH WALT DISCO
 
...AND ONES TO WATCH IN 2024 AND BEYOND
FELICITA JUNIOR MINT PRINCE THE LAST DINNER PARTY REMI WOLF
 
...AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO
BARBES GAIA MUSIC COLLECTIVE REMIX CULTURE SALON ON KINGSTON
 

 

STILL THE 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 | 2022

 
       

 

And much more in the...
SPOTIFY EXTENDED PLAYLIST
     
     
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plus, a top secret bonus band:
A.B.E.L.A.