From DJ-turned-producer Uncle Waffles’ club-filling tackle Amapiano to singer/songwriter Hailey Whitters’ middle-American storytelling, a few of the finest music of 2022 could have slipped beneath the radar for some listeners. Even some nice albums by veterans, together with Willie Nelson’s poignant A Stunning Time and Ozzy Osbourne’s unexpectedly robust Affected person Quantity 9, could not have related with as many listeners as they deserved.
The brand new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now’s an exhaustive have a look at some comparatively under-the-radar music from final 12 months, drawing from Rolling Stone‘s lists of the perfect nation and Americana and metallic albums, in addition to our first-ever checklist of the 12 months’s best Afropop songs. (To listen to the entire episode, hear on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or press play above.) Mankaprr Conteh, Kory Develop, and Joseph Hudak be part of host Brian Hiatt for the dialogue.
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