My Favourite Music of 2024

Here is my favourite music of 2024 including songs, albums, and songs not from this year that nevertheless got a lot of play.




My Top 15 Songs of 2024
all in the playlist above!
Above: from the lyric video of SWEET HONEY BUCKIN by Beyoncé

  1. I could drive you crazy - Sierra Ferrell
  2. Flea - St. Vincent 
  3. SWEET HONEY BUCKIN - Beyoncé
  4. Saturn - SZA
  5. Rewind - Rosali 
  6. Right back to it - Waxahatchee 
  7. SNL - Mustafa
  8. 16 CARRIAGES - Beyoncé 
  9. Tiger’s Blood - Waxahatchee 
  10. My fault - Shaboozey feat Noah Cyrus
  11. How far will we take it - Orville Peck feat Noah Cyrus 
  12. Humanity - LAVA LA RUE
  13. Wonder Horns - Elisa Wameyo
  14. TEXAS HOLD ‘EM pony up remix - Beyoncé 
  15. Peace of mind - Leif Vollebekk
I was lucky enough to see my two top songs of the year LIVE at back to back concerts at the Orpheum this past summer!


My fave albums of 2024

  1. Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé 
  2. Dunya - Mustafa 
  3. Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee 
  4. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent
  5. Stampede - Orville Peck
  6. My Method Actor - Nilufer Yanya 
  7. Revelation - Leif Vollebekk
  8. Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going - Shaboozey 

Songs not released in 2024 but I listened to a lot
  1. The Swimming Song by Loudon Wainwright 3
  2. Bulletproof by La Roux
  3. Your Rocky Spine by Great Lake Swimmers
  4. Atomic Bongos by Lydia Lunch
  5. Hard on Everyone by Kathleen Edwards
  6. soft landing by billy woods & Kenny Segal
  7. Look At Miss Ohio (Gillian Welch cover) by Valerie June
  8. No Other Plans by Sunny Levine
  9. The Ledge by Fleetwood Mac
  10. Years (cover) by Sierra Ferrell
  11. Dirty Work by Steely Dan
  12. Beg Steal or Borrow by Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs

And here is a list of my Best Of 2024 playlist in full as it appears on by iPod
This playlist is 71 songs (!!!) so I won't type out all the names but here is a picture.






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