A lot of magnificent music has passed through these ears this year, but I haven’t had much time to stop and listen as closely as I’d like. (I bowed out of contributing one of those “best of the year so far” posts for that very reason.) Still, here are eleven tracks that inspired me enough to jot down some thoughts about them.

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Hester Chambers and Rhian Teasdale bring their touring band into ...