As new music keeps on flowing into KDNK and over the airwaves, it truly seems that brighter days are ahead in 2021! We've distilled some of the heaviest spinning albums into a list of our favorites.
Click here for a list of new & notable music at KDNK.
2021 New & Notable Music
Bold = Better
*Bold = Best
*Altin Gun / Yol / Ato / World
Applesauce Tears / Departure / Black Cottage / Electronic
*Badge Epoque Ensemble / Self Help / Telephone Explosion / Jazz/R&B
Selwyn Birchwood / Living in a Burning House / Alligator / Blues
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians / Hunter and the Dog Star / Shuffle / Rock
Burnt Pines, The / The Burnt Pines / The Burnt Pines / Folk/Rock
Cliff Beach / W.A.J.A.K.F.S. / California Soul / Hip Hop/Soul
Emmet Cohen / Future Stride / Mack Ave. / Jazz
Ross Cooper / Chasing Old Highs / Ross Cooper / Country
Andrew Delaney / The Villain is Right! / Andrew Delaney / Rock/Folk
*Django Django / Glowing In the Dark / Because / Rock
Ani Difranco / Revolutionary Love / Righteous Babe / Rock
*Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger / Force Majeure / International Anthem / Jazz
Leon Lee Dorsey / Thank You / Mr. Mabern / JazzAvenue 1 / Jazz
*Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn / Alive / Warner/Chapell / Folk
*Elizabeth & the Catapult / Sincerely, e / Little Knickers / Folk
*Jeffrey Foucault / Deadstock / Blueblade / Folk
Damon Fowler / Alafia Moon / Landslide / Blues
*Aaron Frazer / Introducing…Aaron Frazer / Dead Oceans / Soul/R&B
Fruit Bats / The Pet Parade / Merge / Rock
AJ Fullerton / The Forgiver and the Runaway / Vizztone / Blues
*Tommy Guerrero / Sunshine Radio / Too Good / Rock
Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol.1 Greenfields / Barry Gibb / Rock
Cas Haley / All the Right People / Mailboat / Rock/Folk
Mayer Hawthorne / Rare Changes/ Big Bucks / Soul/R&B
*Makram Aboul Hosn / Transmigration / Makra / Jazz
John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen / The River Flows / John Hurlbut & Jorma Kaukonen / Folk
*Femi Kuti / Stop the Hate / Partisan / World
Made Kuti / For(e)ward / Partisan / World
*Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio / I Told You So / Colemine / Soul/R&B
*Dom La Nena / Tempo / Sabia / Latin
Lava La Rue / Butter-Fly EP / Marathon / Hip Hop/R&B
Lawn Chair Kings / Before It All / Spooky Basement / Rock
Mac Leaphart / Music City Joke / Mac Leaphart / Folk/Country
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown / Quartet Sessions / La.Reserve / Jazz
Veronica Lewis / You Aint Unlucky / Moonwink / Blues
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels / Tone Poem / Blue Note / Jazz
Andrew Lorand / Potsticker Rodeo / Monotone / Folk
Lucero / When You Found Me / Liberty & Lament / Rock
Jocelyn Mackenzie / PUSH / Righteous Babe / Rock
Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird / These 13 / Wegawam / Folk
*Mariya May / Kiki & Mel's Drive-Time Circus / Ten Dollar / Rock
Paul McCartney / McCartney III / MPL / Rock
Buck Meek / Two Saviors / Keeled Scales / Rock
*Menahan Street Band / The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band / Daptone / Soul/Funk/R&B
Michael J. Miles / Mississippi River Suite / Michael J. Miles / Folk
Mogwai / As the Love Continues / Temporary Residence / Rock
Ryland Moranz / XO, 1946 / Tonic / Folk
Israel Nash / Topaz / Desert Folklore / Rock/Folk
Lael Neale / Acquainted with the Night / Sub Pop / Rock
Willie Nelson / That's Life / Sony / Country
*Ollella / Reins EP / Ellie Barber / Folk
Osees / Panther Rotate / Castle Face / Rock
*Parov Stelar / Voodoo Sonic / Estage Noir / Electronic
*Arlo Parks / Collapsed in Sunbeams / Transgressive / R&B/Soul
Waylon Payne / Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me / Carnival / Country
*Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears / Just Over the Ridge / Lizzy Plotkin & Natalie Spears / Local/Folk
Quitapenas / Tigrada / Quitapenas / Latin
Rhye / Home / Loma Vista / R&B/Electronic
Roosevelt / Polydans / City Slang / Electronic
Esther Rose / How Many Times / Esther Rose / Country
Mando Saenz / All My Shame / Carnival / Country
Curtis Salgado / Damage Control / Alligator / Blues
Anna B Savage / A Common Turn / City Slang / Rock
Idit Shner / Live at the Jazz Station / OA2 / Jazz
Shovels & Rope / Busted Jukebox, Vol. 3 / Dualtone / Rock/Folk
Janet Simpson / Safe Distance / Janet Simpson / Folk
Staves, The / Good Woman / Nonesuch / Rock/Folk
Aaron Tasjan / Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! / New West / Rock
Amanda Tosoff / Earth Voices / Amanda Tosoff / Jazz
Mike Viola / Godmuffin / Good Morning Monkey / Rock
Ghalia Volt / One Woman Band / Ruf / Blues
*Nick Waterhouse / Promenade Blue / Innovative Leisure / Soul/R&B/Rock
*Wax Tailor / The Shadow of Their Suns / Lab'oratoire / Electronic/Hip Hop
Weezer / OK Human / Crush / Rock
*William the Conqueror / Maverick Thinker / Chrysalis / Rock
*Willis Pickem / Pickin' and Grinnin' with Willis Pickem / Jonathan Hickam / Folk
Adrian Younge / The American Negro / Jazz is Dead / Soul/R&B/Jazz
Various / Blind Raccoon and NOLA Blue Collection Vol. III / Blind Raccoon and NOLA Blue / Blues
*Various / Brighter Days Ahead / Colemine / Funk/R&B/Soul
Various / Looking Glass Vol. 1 / Mexican Summer / Rock/Soul/R&B
Various / The Next Waltz, Volume III / Motel Time / Country
