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The DJs at KCBX clearly love to explore and enthusiastically share new music. Here are some of their picks for the top albums and songs of 2020.
Neal Losey, KCBX Music Director – The Morning Cup & Night Train
While I appreciate everyone who did a top ten list, I don t really do em. My brain doesn t work like that. Everything with me is sort of just off the top of my head, as it happens. I also have succumbed to being a music director for 25 years and I sort of think of music in terms of what I like to play on my show instead of what I like personally. For instance, played the Jason Isbell a lot on my show because I know people liked it. Number of times listened to at home = 0. What did I listen to at home? Lots of Johnny Guitar Watson. So, top ten albums on the Morning Cup this year? Probably
Abel Pintos sumó un nuevo récord a su carrera
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Con el aval de Nahuel Pennisi, Plan de Ida lanzó una versión colectiva de Avanzar
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Nahuel Pennisi: No ver también es un sentido más, una especie de virtud
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A rare positive byproduct of the global pandemic was the explosion of creativity among Latin artists. In lockdown from Argentina to Madrid, artists turned to their home studios for comfort, their sudden luxury of time allowing for a rare, extended moment of inspiration.
Little wonder that so many albums finally found the space to breathe, develop and simply come to be. And while some of the albums on this list including J Balvin’s
Colores and Bad Bunny’s
YHLQMDLG were conceived of and/or released pre-pandemic, many others were borne out of solitude and introspection, resulting in material that was often deeply personal and cathartic.