Keith's Top 40

A hard partying rock band grows up and records a double length live(!) album of new material. It's a perfect mix of genres, skillfully performed.

Every song tells a story, most of them gut punches. No one is writing better lyrics these days.

Bass players know how music works.

Such...devotion.

Black Thought just says it: The number one runner with the number one drummer

You have to appreciate the craft.

Stevie's best songs are spread out across his impossibly fruitful career but if you had to pick one album...

Music school people know, but I'm waiting for the whole world to get hooked on the incredibly musical pop music Theo is making.

I'm too young to have experienced the fusion of, erm, fusion in real time but it must have been exciting. Also, Jaco.

No algorithm could ever invent Vulpeck...the quirkiest low volume funk music around. So casually serious, but all in fun.

Live albums really test a band's quality. One guitar, one bass, one drum kit = the entire rhythm section for a whole lot of mind-melting, blues-soaked rock.

Maybe nostalgia but it's just weird enough to keep me enjoying it

Lauryn's a clever lyricist, dynamic singer, and she surrounds herself with talented musicians.

Lake Street Dive was a revelation when I discovered them. If I could, this is the kind of music I'd make.