On December 31, 2024 our hosts Leo Cripps, Kate Stevens, Tony King, and Grant Stovel shared the best music of 2024! Here are CKUA’s most-played albums of the year.
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Top 100 Albums of 2024
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100. 🌺 Marcus Trummer: From The Start (Gypsy Soul)
99. The Tibbs: Keep It To Yourself (Record Kicks)
98. Shemekia Copeland: Blame It On Eve (Alligator)
97. Liana Flores: Flower of the Soul (Verve)
96. 🍁 Elliott Brood: Country (Six Shooter)
95. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Woodland (Acony)
94. 🌺 Thee Sacred Souls: Got A Story To Tell (Daptone)
93. Electric Religious: The Taste (Red Music Rising)
92. Leyla McCalla: Sun Without the Heat (ANTI-)
91. 🌺 Limited Hangout: Sight And Sound [EP] (Independent)
90. 🌺 JJ Shiplett: A Way Through Time (Red Buffalo)
89. Los Bitchos: Talkie Talkie (City Slang)
88. Mark Knopfler: One Deep River (EMI)
87. Anna Tivel: Living Thing (Fluff and Gravy)
86. 🌺 ASKO: ASKO (Dine Alone)
85. Dr. Dog: Dr. Dog (We Buy Gold)
84. 🍁 Jeremie Albino: Our Time in the Sun (Good People)
83. Tommy Guerrero: Amber of Memory (Too Good)
82. 🍁 The Fretless: Glasswing (Birthday Cake)
81. Aaron Frazer: Into The Blue (Dead Oceans)
80. 🍁 Son of Dave: A Flat City (Goddamn)
79. 🍁 Bywater Call: Shepherd (Independent)
78. Melody Gardot: The Essential Melody Gardot (Decca)
77. 🌺 The Hearts: Traces [EP] (Independent)
76. 🍁 Romi Mayes: Small Victories (Fritz Media)
75. Los Days: Dusty Dreams (Too Good)
74.Leon Bridges: LEON (Columbia / Sony)
73. Ezra Collective: Dance, No One’s Watching (Partisan)
72. Ruthie Foster: Mileage (Sun)
71. Andrew Bird: Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista/Concord)
70. Clairo: Charm (Virgin)
69. Arooj Aftab: Night Reign (Verve / Universal)
68.🍁 BADBADNOTGOOD: Mid Spiral (Independent)
67. Lizz Wright: Shadow (Blues & Greens/Lightyear/Virgin)
66. 🌺 The Way Back Whens: Live At The Yardbird Suite (Chronograph)
65. Patrice Haan: Secret Poems (Independent)
64. Vera Sola: Peacemaker (City Slang)
63. Les Amazones d’Afrique: Musow Danse (Real World)
62. Yannis & The Yaw: Lagos Paris London (Transgressive)
61. Laurie Anderson: Amelia (Nonesuch)
60. 🍁 Adrian Sutherland: Precious Diamonds (Independent)
59. Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future (Bright Future)
58. Molly Lewis: On The Lips (Jagjaguwar)
57. 🌺 Jed and The Valentine: Awake! (Independent)
56. 🍁 Charlotte Day Wilson: Cyan Blue (Stone Woman / XL)
55. 🌺 Mallory Chipman: Songs to a Wild God (Tunnel Mountain)
54. 🌺 Kayla Williams: Retrodelia (EP) (Independent)
53. 🍁 Begonia: Open Swim
52. 🍁 Jill Barber: Encore! (Outside)
51. 🍁 Dan Mangan: Being Elsewhere Mix CD (Arts & Crafts)
Jill Barber: Encore
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50. Jessica Pratt: Here In The Pitch (Mexican Summer)
49. Dayme Arocena: Alkemi (Brownswood)
48.🍁 NYSSA: Shake Me Where I’m Foolish (Six Shooter)
47. 🌺 Aimee-Jo Benoit: Horns of Hope (Chronograph / Fontana North)
46. 🍁 Joel Plaskett: One Real Reveal (Turtlemusik / Warner)
45. 🌺 Von Bieker: Dumb Hope (Small Enough)
44. 🍁 Kiran Ahluwalia: Comfort Food (Independent)
43. Norah Jones: Visions (Blue Note)
42. 🌺 Tim Isberg: Prairie Fire (Independent)
41. Glass Beams: Mahal (Ninja Tune)
Tim Isberg: Prairie Fire
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40. The Mavericks: Moon & Stars (Mono Mundo)
39. 🌺 Riwo: Grown Child (Independent)
38. Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
37. Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood (ANTI)
36. Hermanos Gutierrez: Sonido Cosmico (Easy Eye Sound / Concord)
35. 🌺 Noeline Hofmann: Purple Gas (La Honda)
34. Emiliana Torrini: Miss Flower (Groenland)
33. 🍁 Julian Taylor: Pathways (Howling Turtle)
32.🍁 Doug Paisley: Sad Old World (Independent)
31. 🌺 Leeroy Stagger: 3 AM Revelations (Tonic)
30. 🍁 Alex Cuba: Voces De Mi Familia (Caracol)
29. 🌺 Scenic Route to Alaska: Lasts Forever (Slow Weather)
28. 🌺 Aladean Kheroufi: Studies In A Dying Love (We Are Busy Bodies)
27. Brittany Howard: What Now (Island / Universal)
26. 🌺 Erin Ross: The Wind Will Lead Me Home (Random Orbit)
25. 🌺Bad Buddy: Bad Buddy II (Meatflower)
24. Madeleine Peyroux: Let’s Walk (Thirty Tigers)
23. Sierra Ferrell: Trail Of Flowers (Rounder / Concord)
22. 🍁Boy Golden: For Eden (Six Shooter)
21. LA LOM: The Los Angeles League of Musicians (Verve)
Scenic Route to Alaska
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20. 🍁Colin James: Chasing The Sun (Stony Plain)
19. 🍁Abigail Lapell: Anniversary (Outside)
18. 🌺 Blue Moon Marquee: New Orleans Sessions (Independent)
17. Lake Street Dive: Good Together (Fantasy)
16. Ceu: Novela (Urban Jungle / ONErpm)
15. 🌺The Denim Daddies: Northern Goods (Independent)
14. 🌺 Billie Zizi: Levitate (Independent)
13. 🌺 Major Love: Live, Laugh, Major Love (Slow Weather)
12. 🍁 Sue Foley: One Guitar Woman (Stony Plain)
11. 🌺 Ellen Doty: Every Little Scene (Slow Weather)
Blue Moon Marquee: Music As Connection
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10. 🌺 Brasstactics: Tribute To The Groove (Independent)
9. Khruangbin: A LA SALA (Dead Oceans)
8. 🌺 Sammy Volkov & Dana Wylie: The Day Had To Come (Independent)
7. 🌺 Corb Lund: El Viejo (New West)
6. 🌺 Secondhand Dreamcar: Answer The Call (Independent)
5. 🌺 Celeigh Cardinal: Boundless Possibilities (Independent)
4. 🍁 Kaia Kater: Strange Medicine (Acronym)
3. 🌺 Emily Triggs: The Great Escape (Independent)
2. 🌺 Shaela Miller: After The Masquerade (Neon Moon)
1. 🌺 Wyatt C. Louis: Chandler (Royal Mountain)
Grant Stovel recently had a chance to sit down with the musician behind CKUA’s most-played album of 2024, Wyatt C. Louis. Wyatt gives a shout out to Edmonton Folk Fest and the community that helped bring Chandler to life.
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