2022: Albums of the Year (#50 - 41)

50 down, 50 to go... More 2022 favourites including orchestral spy-funk, superb new soul music, dope hiphop from Marci & ALC, Belarusian MPB and beautiful Californian lo-fi beats. Also: Middle Eastern-grooves and neosoul from Tel Aviv, nuanced Brazilian electronics, Ezra's afro- and latin-inspired brand of  jazz and lusciously groovy jazz-funk from Belgium... Click the album title to listen, enjoy!  

50. James Taylor Quartet - Man in the Hot Seat (Audio Network)

49. Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls (Penrose)

48. Soyuz - Force Of The Wind (Mr Bongo)

47. Roc Marciano & The Alchemist - The Elephant Man's Bones (ALC)

46. Daniel Maunick - Persistence (Far Out)

45. Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant to Be (Partisan)

44. Sababa 5 - Sababa 5 (Batov)

43. Lucid Lucia - Ever-changing Light (Sdban)

42. mejiwahn - Beanna (Hot Record Societé)

41. Buttering Trio - Foursome (Raw Tapes)

Check out the rest of 2022's 'best of' right here...