Chris Bosh/ Letters to a Young Athlete/ Penguin Random House

Phosphorescent/ ‘The BBC Sessions’/ Dead Oceans Ruth B. Finds/ ‘Moments In Between’/ Downtown Records Rachel Baiman/ ‘Cycles’/ Signature Sound Crowder/ ‘Milk & Honey’/ Capitol Christian Music Group

Amythyst Kiah/ ‘Wary + Strange’/ Rounder Records Wild Up/ ‘Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine’/ New Amsterdam Records Shungudzo/ ‘I’m not a mother but I have children’/ Svikiro Records/Young Forever/BMG Cher Strauberry/ ‘Chering Is Caring’/ Silver Arrow Records Angélique Kidjo/ ‘Mother Nature’/ Universal Music Group

Kojaque/ ‘Town’s Dead’/ Soft Boy Records Pom Pom Squad/ ‘Death Of A Cheerleader’/ City Slang Cedric Burnside/ ‘I Be Trying’/ Single Lock Hypnotic Brass Ensemble/ ‘This is a Mindfulness Drill’/ Jagjaguwar Jake Scott/ ‘Goldenboy’ EP Arrested Youth/ ‘Nonfiction’/ Lowly / Big Noise