Top Posts of 2021

 

We interrupt the annual In Memoriam theme for our seventh annual listing of the most viewed posts of the prior year.

Through our (usually) two-week long themes, our international roster of writers address many different kinds of music, and bring different perspectives to their pieces. This year, we had a lot of jazz songs, due to the surprising popularity of our Jazz Covers theme (from the middle of the year).  In addition to all that jazz, our top 11 (due to the fact that number 11 missed out by 1 view), includes a funk classic, a post that discussed, among other artists, the Band and Katy Perry (and the Beatles), famous music venues, alternative history about two acclaimed Americana acts, classic punk rock, songs about the so-called most important meal of the day, and a pairing of legends with songs about the north and south,

Every year, when I go through this exercise, I'm always surprised by which posts get lots of views and which don't.  Each year, some of my favorite contributions don't come close to making the cut, and the popularity of the artist or song written about seems to have little correlation to popularity on this site. So, take it away, Dave Brubeck, and everyone else....

1.  Jazz Covers--Take 5
2.  Feat/Feet--Get on the Good Foot
3.  Jazz Covers--Golden Brown
4.  Opposites--Awake/Asleep
5.  1971--Fillmores
6.  What If--Jason Isbell Never Left Drive-By Truckers
7.  Jazz Covers--Gil Evans and Jimi Hendrix
8.  Fast-Fast Cars
9.  Fast--(Break)Fast
10. Jazz Covers--Spyrogyra
11. Opposites--Southern Man/Girl From The North Country 

Because so many of the most viewed posts are from earlier in the year, which makes sense, since they were available to view on the site for the longest, below are the top posts for each of our themes not represented in the total top 10:

In Memoriam (2020)--Three Crims
Over--Shakin' All Over
Walls/Obstructions--The Walls Came Down
Main--Mainstream
Mr./Ms.--Pitiful
Pat--A-Cake
Passed Over--Passed On
Double Entendres--My Butcher Man
Head--The Lemonheads-It's A Shame About Ray
Muscle Shoals--I'll Take You There
Bigger Strings--Danny Thompson
Woodwinds--Flute Loops
Cops-The Clash Covered
Rock Hall Snubs-Joe Cocker
Candy/Sweets-I Want Candy
Break/Broken--Broken Hearts and Auto Parts
Leftovers-Bigger Strings-Joanna Newsom
Mary and Joseph--Mary of the 4th Form
In Memoriam (2021)--Three Vaguely Prog Musicians

Thanks so much for reading our work this year.  If you are interested in joining our staff, contact information can be found at the top right of the blog.

And we promise more great music and writing in 2022, including our more In Memoriam posts, coming soon!!