1 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH – A
2 X ED SHEERAN – B
3 IF YOU’RE READING THIS YOU’RE TOO LATE DRAKE – B+
4 COMING UP FOR AIR KODALINE – B
5 WANTED ON VOYAGE GEORGE EZRA – B-
6 HOZIER HOZIER – B
7 TITLE MEGHAN TRAINOR – B+
8 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT – A
9 SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT BOB DYLAN – A
10 LIQUID SPIRIT GREGORY PORTER – A-
Comment: Oddly enough, I am seeing #10, Gregory Porter, in a couple of weeks at the the Harlem Arts Salon at Harlem just as the supple grammy award winning jazz baritone reaches the height of his career with the most streamed jazz album of all times, 2013’s Liquid Spirit. The big man will be on the same bill as another big man, Tomas Doncker, who you might well claim is to the blues what Porter is to jazz. Tickets for this show, a fundraiser in support of Margaret Porter Troupe’s Summer Camp for Underprivileged Children in Gloster, Mississippi are now on sale. More information here.
