{"id":838,"date":"2024-12-31T21:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T21:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2025-03-05T01:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T01:01:03","slug":"my-five-top-artists-and-songs-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"My Top Five Artists of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"838\" class=\"elementor elementor-838\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cdf357 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0cdf357\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f101f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0f101f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e524ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e524ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/turntable.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-839\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/turntable.webp 1024w, https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/turntable-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/turntable-768x576.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af7ce52 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af7ce52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f330658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f330658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Well it&#8217;s the end of the year (again?!) and time to look back at my favorite artists of 2024.\u00a0 In fairness, most of these are perennial favorites, and it&#8217;s not like all of these artists just burst on the music scene this year.\u00a0 It&#8217;s more like these were the artists I kept returning to throughout the year for musical inspiration and that mystical fulfillment you get from listening to music that truly resonates with your musical soul.<\/p><p>So in no particular order, here are my top 5 faves, along with one of my favorite tracks of each artist:<\/p><h3 data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"235\"><strong data-start=\"192\" data-end=\"206\">Harry Manx<\/strong> (Blues\/Folk\/Indian Fusion)<\/h3><p>Harry Manx is a Canadian musician blending blues, folk, and Indian classical music.\u00a0 He is known for playing the <strong data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"349\">Mohan Veena<\/strong>, a hybrid guitar\/sitar.\u00a0 His music is deeply meditative, often described as &#8220;Mysticssippi&#8221; blues.\u00a0<\/p><p>Here is my favorite track of his:<\/p><p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Coat of Mail\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BGGytweUKOo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p><h3 data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"538\"><strong data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"511\">Foals<\/strong> (Indie Rock\/Alternative)<\/h3><p>Foals is A UK-based rock band known for their energetic and danceable yet atmospheric sound.\u00a0 Their music shifts between math rock, indie, and post-punk, evolving with each album.<\/p><p>I really dig the energy on this song:\u00a0<\/p><p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Cassius\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pTmY1jioook?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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