Open Ear Music

Despite or perhaps due to our worldwide cultural, socioeconomic and political state, music has - once again - soared. This year, we listened to thousands of records, as ever, from a pool of diverse national and international talent; debut albums, sophomore works, and highly anticipated returns to the scene.

We’ve been reviewing seven new releases and one classic record each month, cherrypicking from a variety of genres, artists and bands that get featured in our commercial playlists - the ones that you hear across all of our clients’ venues; from the finest R&B and neo-soul rising stars to pop and dance icons, through indie superstars.

Now it's time to look back; here are the albums our team picked from this year’s selection…

Which ones did you love?

Our favourite albums of 2023 We took some time to look back at the music that came out in 2023 and selected a…

2023 is still delivering some album gems and we've reviewed a few of them, as per usual.⁠
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Including brilliant music by the likes of André 3000, bar italia, Art Feynman, and Beirut. Plus, a look back at Dr. John's 'In The Right Place' - what a masterpiece!⁠
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Find them on our blog:
openearmusic.com/blog/reviews/

Words by Michael McDonald 🙏

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