December 31, 2013
Happy New Year!
It is 10:00 p.m. where I am sitting, so just a couple more hours left of 2013. I can’t believe how quickly the year passed. So many exciting things happened this year! It will be a year full of many memories for me, but I am looking forward to creating new ones in 2014.
It was difficult to pick just one song today from so many favorites, but this song was probably the most memorable song of the year. I am certain it is not new to most of you, but can you seriously think of 2013 without thinking of Thrift Shop? Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were a phenomenon in 2013!
For the last few days I have been posting songs by some of my favorite new musical finds of 2013. To finish that up – on this last night of the year – I wanted to post a list of my favorite “new to me” bands and artists of 2013. Drum roll, please …. Here is my list:
- A Great Big World
- A Lion Named Roar
- American Authors
- Bronze Radio Return
- Chvrches
- Johnnyswim
- Kodaline
- Luke Sital-Singh
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- Matt Pond
- Passenger
- Serena Ryder
- The Head & The Heart
- The Mowgli’s
- Wakey!Wakey!
I enjoyed so much good music over the year from a multitude of artists, but I discovered all of these artists in 2013 and they instantly became favorites and people that I will be keeping my eye on. I hope that you were able to discover and enjoy great music this year as well, and I am looking forward to sharing the musical journey with you in 2014.
And as I mentioned a couple days ago, my favorite album of the year was “Native” by OneRepublic.
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