In another singular twelve months for new sounds Dónal charts the year in tunes. The stated criterion is that it's new names only but some diversions are taken to include essential releases from familiar artists like Shirley Collins, Dean Blunt and Oneohtrix Point Never. Otherwise it's a voyage of discovery all the way from the frozen north in Norway to the beating heart of Niger.    Support the music-makers on Bandcamp:   Lighight - https://lighghtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/holy-endings Dylan Henner - https://dylanhenner.bandcamp.com/album/the-invention-of-the-human Shirley Collins - https://www.dominomusic.com/releases/shirley-collins/crowlink/download Onehotrix Point Never - https://oneohtrixpointnever.bandcamp.com/ The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid - https://sethgraham.bandcamp.com/album/the-heart-pumps-kool-aid Sam Gendel - https://samgendel.bandcamp.com/album/fresh-bread Gabriels - https://gabriels.bandcamp.com/album/love-and-hate-in-a-different-time Georgia Anne Muldrow - https://georgiaannemuldrow.bandcamp.com/album/vweto-iii Gotts Street Park - https://gottsstreetpark.ochre.store/ Utheo Goerer - https://www.lyskestrekk.com/product/utheo-choerer-forste-gir-stiv-kuling-7/ Black Country, New Road - https://blackcountrynewroad.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-first-time Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture - https://fallenioke.bandcamp.com/album/badiare-ep Mdou Moctar - https://mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/album/afrique-victime Space Afrika - https://space-afrika.bandcamp.com/album/honest-labour Aya - https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/ Loraine James - https://lorainejames.bandcamp.com/album/reflection Joy Orbison - https://tossportal.bandcamp.com/album/still-slipping-vol-1 Marco Shuttle - https://marcoshuttle.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-desert-oasis Tomaga - https://tomaga.bandcamp.com/album/intimate-immensity Yu Su - https://yusu.bandcamp.com/album/yellow-river-blue Audiobooks - https://audiobookshq.bandcamp.com/album/astro-tough-2 Ross From Friends - https://rossfromfriends.bandcamp.com/album/tread Overmono - https://overmono.bandcamp.com/album/bmw-track-so-u-kno Jehnova - https://jehnova.bandcamp.com/ Dean Blunt - https://roughtraderecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-metal-2 Leo Bhanji - https://www.amazon.com/Birth-Videos-Explicit-Leo-Bhanji/dp/B08NZFFJBT Celestial - https://celestialecstatic.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-too-much-to-dream-last-night     ///