Unless someone drops a banger of a record in the next 3 weeks; this is your definitive list of the top 5 best flute recordings released in 2023. They're not ranked, except number one, which was a stunner of a release.

I also chat a bit about Jimmy Galway's birthday, online "music career coaches" and other ramblings.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

2:56 - Part time jobs to support your dreams

5:58 - Online "Music Career Coaches"

9:04 - Spotify Wrapped and Viewing Numbers

14:12 - Albums that didn't make it

14:57 - Andre 3000

16:55 - No Americans (I tried, really.)

19:21 - Jimmy Galway's birthday "celebrations"

22:50 - Juan Cossío plays Kummer

25:21 - Juliette Hurel, Nature Romantique

30:34 - Pahud and Le Sage, Romances

34:59 - Alexis Kossenko plays Walckiers

37:45 - The highest streaming flute album

40:35 - Supporting Inline G

43:00 - Patreon?

44:10 - The best flute album of 2023

Album 1:

Gaspard Kummer, Complete works for flute and guitar - Juan Cossío and Augustin Maruri

Album 2:

Natures romantique - Emmanuelle Bertrand, Hélène Couvert, and Juliette Hurel

Album 3:

Romances - Emmanuel Pahud and Eric Le Sage

Album 4:

Walckiers l'iconoclaste: Chamber Works - Alexis Kossenko

Album 5:

California Dreamin' - Julien Beaudiment and Bruno Fontaine

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