BEYOND BEYOND: BEST OF 2020 TOP 12
Mulatu Astatke & The Black Jesus Experience / To Know Without Knowing
Nubya Garcia / Source
Free Radicals / White Power Outage
The Archives / Carry Me Home
Steve Tibbetts / ElektroBitts, AcousTibbetts, ExoTibbetts (3 CDs)
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes / What Kinda Music
Antibalas / Fu Chronicles
Jungle Fire / Jungle Fire
Various Artists / Blue Note Re-imagined (2CDs)
The Bongo Hop / Satingarona Part 2
Lido Pimienta / Miss Colombia
Ladama / Oye Mujer
BEYOND BEYOND: BEST OF 2020 NXT 12
Somi / Holy Room: Live at Alter Oper
Zazou & Bikaye / Mr Manager
Nihiloxica / Kaloli
Captain Planet / No Visa
Soul & Pimp Sessions / Man Steals the Stars
Dubioza Koliktiv / Fakenews
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Mohammad / Jazz Is Dead: Azymuth 4
Ceu / APKA1
Valle Musica / Columbra
Lee Ritenour / Dreamcatcher
Ela Minus / acts of rebellion
Khruangbin / Mordechai
ROOTS BRANCHES & BUDS BEST OF 2020 TOP 12
in no particular order
Emma Donovan & the Putbacks / Crossover
Darrell Scott / Darrell Scott Sings the Blues of Hank Williams
Chanda Rule & the Sweet Emma Band / Hold On
Sarah Peacock / Burn the Witch
Various Artists / On the Road: A Tribute to John Hartford
S.G. Goodman / Old Time Feeling
Mary Chapin Carpenter / The Dirt & the Stars
Avett Brothers / The Third Gleam
Marcus King / El Dorado
Shelby Lynne / Shelby Lynne
Lucinda Williams / Good Souls Better Angels
Lera Lynn / On My Own
ROOTS BRANCHES & BUDS BEST OF 2020 NEXT 12
in no particular order
The Mavericks / En Espanol
Bella White / Just Like Leaving
VickyKristinaBarcelona / Pawn Shop Radio
Brennen Leigh / Prairie Love Letter
Emily Barker / A Dark Murmuration of Words
The Wood Brothers / Kingdom in My Mind
Bob Dylan / Rough & Rowdy Ways
Mapache / From Liberty Street
Doc & Merle Watson / Songs Doc Didn't Sing
John Moreland / LP 5
David Starr / Beauty & Ruin
Gabrielle Louise / The Unending Alteration of the Human Heart