DJs’ Favorites for 2017

The Top Tens of 2017 are in. Find your favorite KBCS DJ’s list here.

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Top Ten December 11th – December 17th:

1. Las Cafeteras  Tastes Like LA  Self
2. Charlotte Gainsbourg  Rest  self
3. Chris Stapleton  From A Room: Volume 2  Mercury Records
4. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Soul of a Woman  Daptone Recording Co.
5. Mavis Staples  If All I Was Was Black  Anti
6. Jenny O.  Peace Information  Holy Trinity Records
7. True North  Open Road, Broken Heart  Self
8. Big Thief  Capacity  Self
9. Dan Reeder  Nobody Wants to Be You [EP]  Oh Boy Records
10. Dori Freeman  Letters Never Read  Blue Hens Music

Past Top Ten

Top Ten November 17th – December 3rd:

1. The Wailin’ Jennys  Fifteen  Red House
2. Boubacar Traoré  Dounia Tabolo  Lusafrica
3. Las Cafeteras  Tastes Like LA  Self Released
4. Curtis Harding  Face Your Fear  Anti-
5. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Soul of a Woman  Daptone Recording Co.
6. Moses Sumney  Aromanticism  JAGJAGUWAR
7. Elliott Brood  Ghost Gardens  Paper Bag
8. Dori Freeman  Letters Never Read  Blue Hens Music
9. Future Islands  The Far Field  4AD
10. Mavis Staples  If All I Was Was Black  Anti

Past Top Ten

Top Ten November 20th – November 26th:

1. Jenny O.  Peace Information  Holy Trinity Records
2. Big Thief  Capacity  Self Released
3. Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn  Echo In The Valley  Rounder
4. Future Islands  The Far Field  4AD
5. Kuinka  Stay Up Late (EP)  Self Released
6. Mavis Staples  If All I Was Was Black  Anti
7. Robert Plant  Carry Fire  Nonesuch
8. This Is The Kit  Moonshine Freeze  Rough Trade
9. True North  Open Road, Broken Heart  Self Released
10. Las Cafeteras  Tastes Like LA  Self Released

Past Top Ten

Top Ten November 13th – November 19th:

1. Curtis Harding  Face Your Fear  Anti-
2. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Soul of a Woman  Daptone Recording Co.
3. Robert Plant  Carry Fire  Nonesuch
4. Elliott Brood  Ghost Gardens  Paper Bag
5. Las Cafeteras  Tastes Like LA  Self Released
6. Joshua Davis  The Way Back Home  Soundly Music
7. Nai Palm  Needle Paw  Sony Masterworks
8. Moses Sumney  Aromanticism  JAGJAGUWAR
9. This Is The Kit  Moonshine Freeze  Rough Trade
10. Jim Hurst Trio  Jht-1  Independent

Past Top Ten

Top Ten November 6th – November 12th:

1. Moses Sumney  Aromanticism  JAGJAGUWAR
2. Curtis Harding Face Your Fear  Anti-
3. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings  Soul of a Woman  Daptone Recording Co.
4. Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile  Lotta Sea Lice  Milk! Records
5. Beck  Colors  Fonograf Records/Capitol
6. Elliott Brood  Ghost Gardens  Paper Bag
7. Kuinka  Stay Up Late (EP)  Self Released
8. Paula Cole  Ballads  675 Records
9. Robert Plant  Carry Fire  Nonesuch
10. Las Cafeteras  Tastes Like LA  Self Released

Past Top Ten

Top Ten October 30th – November 5th:

1. Nattali Rize  Rebel Frequency  Baco Records
2. Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn  Echo In The Valley  Rounder
3. Dori Freeman  Letters Never Read  Blue Hens Music
4. Pat Donohue  Blue Yonder  Bluesky Records
5. The Wailin’ Jennys  Fifteen  Red House
6. Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile  Lotta Sea Lice  Milk! Records
7. Beck  Colors  Fonograf Records/Capitol
8. Las Cafeteras  Tastes Like LA  Self
9. Curtis Harding  Face Your Fear  Anti-
10. Robert Plant  Carry Fire  Nonesuch

Past Top Ten

Top Ten October 23rd – October 29th:

1. Anna Tivel  Small Believer  Fluff & Gravy
2. Kuinka  Stay Up Late (EP)  Self
3. Dori Freeman  Letters Never Read  Blue Hens Music
4. St. Vincent  Masseducation  Loma Vista
5. Moses Sumney  Aromanticism  JAGJAGUWAR
6. Courtney Barnett And Kurt Vile  Lotta Sea Lice  Milk! Records
7. Las Cafeteras  Tastes Like LA  Self
8. Robert Plant  Carry Fire  Nonesuch
9. Trout Steak Revival  Spirit To The Sea  Self
10. The Wailin’ Jennys  Fifteen  Red House

Past Top Ten29

Top Ten October 16th – October 22nd:

1. Nattali Rize  Rebel Frequency  Baco Records
2. Moses Sumney  Aromanticism  JAGJAGUWAR
3. The Wailin’ Jennys  Fifteen  Red House
4. Anna Tivel  Small Believer  Fluff & Gravy
5. Iron & Wine  Beast Epic  Sub Pop
6. The War On Drugs  A Deeper Understanding  Atlantic Records
7. Ibeyi  Ash  Self
8. Molsky’s Mountain Drifters  Molsky’s Mountain Drifters  Tree Frog Music
9. Paula Boggs Band  ‘elixir – The Soulgrass Sessions’  Independent
10. Robert Plant  Carry Fire  Nonesuch

Past Top Ten

Top Ten October 9th – October 15th:

1. Iron & Wine  Beast Epic  Sub Pop
2. Anna Tivel  Small Believer  Fluff & Gravy
3. Chicano Batman  Freedom Is Free  ATO
4. Hiss Golden Messenger  Hallelujah Anyhow  Merge Records
5. Ibeyi  Ash  Self
6. Moses Sumney  Aromanticism  JAGJAGUWAR
7. The Wailin’ Jennys  Fifteen  Red House
8. Amadou & Mariam  La Confusion  Because Music
9. Kuinka  Stay Up Late (EP)  Self
10. Molsky’s Mountain Drifters  Molsky’s Mountain Drifters  Tree Frog Music

Past Top Ten