A mess of a month - things have not only been tough to stay on top off work wise but additional catastrophes have struck close to home with medical conditions and relatives with bad relations. The entirety feels ominously close to falling into despair.

Luckily, I got some help - and I got to help. Here's to the next year.

1. Mr. Nichols - Cold Cut, Saul Williams
2. NEW DORP. NEW YORK - Sbtrkt, Ezra Koenig
3. Wolf - First Aid Kit
4. Snatch It Back and Hold It - Junior Well's Chicago Blues Band
5. Stolen Dance - Milky Chance
6. Strasbourg / St. Denis - Roy Hargrove
7. Our Generation (Hope of the World) - John Legend, The Roots, C.L. Smooth
8. Cloud Dancer - Solomon, Ole Soul
9. September - Earth, Wind, and Fire
10. High School Lover - Cayucas
11. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
12. Jazz - Mick Jenkins
13. American Daydream - Electric Guest
14. Take it Easy my Brother Charles - Jorge Ben Jor
15. Hard to Say - Jaymay
16. This Place the Place - Jason Treuting, Grey McMurray
17. Work Work - clipping, Cocc Pistol Cree
18. All About that Bass - Meghan Trainor
19. Crowded City - The Messengers
20. Cups - Lulu & The Lampshades
21. Hunga Bulgar - The Destroyers
22. Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva
23. Too Insistent (Trentemoller remix) - The Do
24. Suspended Animation - The Millenium
25. Attaboy - Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile
26. Some Kinda Love - The Velvet Underground
27. My Favorite Mutiny - The Coup
28. Everything In Between - Human Element
29. Make the Road By Walking - Menahan Street Band
30. Eyes - Rogue Wave
31. Bella Ciao - Chumbawamba