The best and most frequently played tracks from 2020 on Free Association, including both national, international, and local (Boston and NYC) artists. And a memorial to some of the great artists we lost in 2020.

This show was dedicated to the late great Hal Willner.

Ennio Morricone "Duck, You Sucker" from Duck, You Sucker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on United Artists Records

JARV IS... "House Music All Night Long" from Beyond the Pale on Rough Trade

Aksak Maboul "Spleenétique (feat. Veronique Vincent)" from Figures on Crammed Discs

Sam Amidon "Light Rain Blues" from Sam Amidon on Nonesuch

Kaki King & Chloe Alexandra Thompson "Lorlir" from Modern Yesterdays on Cantaloupe Music

John Prine "Souvenirs" from Diamonds In the Rough on Atlantic Records

Bonnie "Prince" Billy "Coward's Song" from Hello Sorrow / Hello Joy

Bill Callahan "Let's Move to the Country" from Gold Record on Drag City Records

Sir Richard Bishop "Enville" from Oneiric Formulary on Drag City Records

Kronos Quartet "Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (feat. Sam Amidon, Brian Carpenter, Lee Knight & Aoife O'Donovan)" from Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Bob Dylan "I Contain Multitudes" from Rough and Rowdy Ways on Columbia

Bill Fay "Filled With Wonder Once Again" from Countless Branches (Deluxe Edition)

Mats Bergström "Bagatelle" from Bagatelle - Single on Naxos Sweden - Carpe Diem

Mary Halvorson's Code Girl "Bigger Flames (feat. Robert Wyatt)" from Artlessly Falling on Firehouse 12 Records

Jacob Garchik "Ligne Claire" from Clear Line on Yestereve

Ambrose Akinmusire "Cynical sideliners" from on the tender spot of every calloused moment on Blue Note Records