"I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape" by the Nugrape Twins

Song: I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape
Artist: Nugrape Twins
Album: included on the wonderful American Primitive Vol. II: Pre-War Revenants (1897-1939) (recorded in 1926)
Also try:  you guessed it, the rest of the compilation. It's well curated.
Commentary: Mmmm. The harmonies. Even the humming parts, so good.

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"Down" by Nadia Tehran

Song: Down
Artist: Nadia Tehran
Album: Dozakh: All Lovers Hell (2019)
Commentary: I liked this album the first time I heard it. It was interesting and cool and just good. There's some skillful genre mixing, lots of solid songs. A great debut.

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"Deaths Come in Three" by Tica Douglas

Song: Deaths Come in Three
Artist: Tica Douglas
Album: Our Lady Star of the Sea, Help and Protect Us (2017)
Commentary: A lovely record. You'd've seen it high in my 2017 lists, if I had ever completed and released them :D Love to see a queer enby getting some recognition after many years of toiling in obscurity!

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"Need You, Need Me" by AhMerAhSu

Song: Need You, Need Me
Artist: AhMerAhSu
Album: STAR (2018)
Also try:  Shamir
Commentary: Star Amerasu is cool. A queer trans queen. idk. Listen.

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"I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground" by Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Song: I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
Artist: Bascom Lamar Lunsford, aka the Minstrel of the Appalachians
Album: included on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (originally recorded in 1928)
Also try:  Other songs from the Anthology
Commentary: Doc Watson also does a fine version. I've been lax on the folk & bluegrass for a while here, but I've liked this song for some time.

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"Juniper Arms" by Adam Torres

Song: Juniper Arms
Artist: Adam Torres
Album: Pearls to Swine (2016)
Commentary: Folk music, weird & beautiful voice. Check and check. Also a fellow Cincinnati-area native.

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"Streatham" by Dave

Song: Streatham
Artist: Dave
Album: Psychodrama (2019)
Commentary: Cool album. Dave's a good rapper.

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"Fuck and Run" by Liz Phair

Song: Fuck and Run
Artist: Liz Phair
Album: Exile in Guyville (1993)
Commentary: Another glaring omission from my blog. I loooooove Liz Phair. Specifically especially Exile in Guyville. It's a masterpiece. Definitely in my top 20 favorite albums ever. Good first-of-the-year post.

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