Requests
The Court of Requests, Oldbury by Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Readers often request reviews of albums they like, and I’ve finally decided to provide you with a one-stop shop to make your suggestions (and make it easier for me to track them). All you have to do is scroll down to the Comments section and make your request.
Please note that I do not review any album until three years after its release. There are also certain artists, countries, and genres I will not cover:
- Artists: You can find my no-fly list in the post “The Truth About Beets.”
- Countries: I will not review the music of any country run by a right-wing government that demonizes immigrants, people of color, women, or LGBTQ folks. This includes the United States (except for African-American artists). Unfortunately, there are too many countries that fall into this category for me to list them all.
- Genres: I don’t review rap, hip-hop, or their variations.
My 2026 schedule is already pretty full, but I do have a few open spaces for African-American artists.
After the first flood of requests, I decided it would be helpful to share the albums that are already scheduled for 2026:
- The Tragically Hip (all thirteen studio albums)
- Rush: Moving Pictures
- Midnight Oil: Red Sails in the Sunset, Diesel and Dust and Blue Sky Mining
- The Go-Betweens: 16 Lovers Lane
- The Chills: Submarine Bells
- The Guess Who: Greatest Hits
- Tim Maia: Nobody Can Live Forever
- Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express
- Kirsty MacColl: Tropical Brainstorm
- Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and Sinner Lady
- Leonard Cohen: Songs from a Room and Songs of Love and Hate
- Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous
- Shihad: Old Gods
- A Woman’s Heart
- Tangerine Dream: Phaedra
- Hoodoo Gurus: Mars Needs Guitars
- Big Bill Broonzy: Trouble In Mind
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Cheers!
