Best of 2020 (So Far): The WDET Playlist
101.9 WDET’s esteemed music hosts share their favorite music released in the first half of 2020.
We’re officially halfway through 2020.
There have been a few ups and lots of downs in 2020, but through it all, one thing has remained constant: Musicians are still releasing amazing music, and we’re playing it all on WDET.
We’ve compiled WDET’s music hosts top picks of the year. Listen to the full playlist and scroll down to see individual hosts selections below.
Listen to WDET’s top tracks of the year (so far)
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- Ann Delisi, Ann Delisi’s Essential Music
- Ryan Patrick Hooper, CultureShift
- Amanda LeClaire, CultureShift
- Jeff Milo, Milo Minute
- Jon Moshier, Modern Music
- Chris Campbell, The Progressive Underground
- Rob Reinhart, Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music
- Nick Austin, Soul Saturday
Ann Delisi, Ann Delisi’s Essential Music
| TOP TRACKS | |
| Jorja Smith | Rose Rouge |
| Fiona Apple | Heavy Balloon |
| Gregory Porter | Revival |
| Jordan Mackampa | Magic |
| Kenny Watson | What If That Was You |
| Flevans | Realisation (feat. Laura Vane) |
| Early James | It Doesn’t Matter Now |
| Kandace Springs | Strange Fruit |
| Nadir Omowale | Run |
Ryan Patrick Hooper, CultureShift
| TOP TRACKS | |
| Gil Scott-Heron/Makaya McCraven | This Can’t Be Real |
| Jorja Smith | Rose Rouge |
| Jarami | Company |
| Oscar Jerome | Sun For Somone |
| Soccer Mommy | circle the drain |
| Waxahatchee | Fire |
| Tame Impala | One More Year |
| Chicano Batman | Color my life |
| Papooz | Figs and Gorgonzola |
| Norah Jones | Hurts To Be Alone |
Amanda LeClaire, CultureShift
| TOP TRACKS | |
| Fiona Apple | Ladies |
| The Avalanches | We Will Always Love You (feat. Blood Orange) |
| Amber Mark | My People |
| Nubya Garcia | Pace |
| Mary Lattimore and Paul Sukeena | Dreaming of the Kelly Pool |
| Cleo Sol | Rose in the Dark |
| DRAMA | Hold On |
| Four Tet | Baby |
| Floating Points | Bias |
| Motorcade | Hallowed Ground |
Jeff Milo, The Milo Minute
| TOP TRACKS | |
| Dani Darling | S + M |
| Zilched | Sleeper |
| Double Winter | Cool City |
| Eddie Logix | Bottle Rocket |
| Loose Koozies | Hills |
| don’t | Yellow Feathers |
| Mic Phelps | Shook |
| Carjack | Reconnecting Dawson |
| Teener | Dust Everlasting |
| Matt Jones & the Reconstruction | The Good Life |
Jon Moshier, Modern Music
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Chris Campbell, The Progressive Underground
| TOP TRACKS | |||
| Jose James | Feels So Good (feat. Cecily) | ||
| KIRBY | We Don’t Funk | ||
| DJ Kabila + Wendysoni + Manoo | Somnayama (Manoo Remix) | ||
| Thee Sacred Souls | Can I Call You Rose? | ||
| Don Pascal | Time (feat. Lyric L) | ||
| keiyaA | Hvnli | ||
| John Dalagelis + Stelios Vassiloudis | Niko’s Apartment | ||
| SAULT | Foot on Necks | ||
| Angela Muñoz | Feel the Same | ||
| Count Bass D | Break Bread | ||
| TOP ALBUMS | TOP DETROIT RELEASES | ||
| Deborah Jordan | See in the Dark | Madelyn Grant | Purpose |
| Christian Kuria | Borderline | Moodymann | Taken Away | KDJ 49 |
| Khruangbin | Mordechai | Ian Fink | Secrets Vol. 1 |
| Adrian Younge + Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jazz is Dead 001 | Alton Miller | Souls Like Mine |
| Alfa Mist + Emmavie M’Bongo | Epoch | Kathy Kosins + Hubert Laws | Fancy Free |
| Kaidi Tatham | In Search of Hope | Dani Darling | S + M |
| 53 Thieves | After Hours EP | ClearSoulForces | Force With You |
| keiyaA | Forever, Ya Girl | Peter Croce | Social Distance Edits |
| The Devonns | The Devonns | Blair French | Genes (Loose Fit) |
| SAULT | Untitled (Black Is) | Jaco Matthews + Peter Croce. | Drums for Detroit |
Rob Reinhart, Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music
| TOP TRACKS | |
| Nadir Omawale | Run |
| Anna Burch | Go It Alone |
| Nick Behnan | Right At Home |
| Lilly MacPhee | Cold |
| Nick Piunti | All This Time |
| Jack Spivey | Killer Bee |
| Waxahatchee | Witches |
| Shemekia Copeland | Uncivil War |
| Benjamin Gibbard | Life in Quarantine |
| Mavis Staples | All In It Together |
Nick Austin, Soul Saturdays
| TOP TRACKS | |||
| Jacob Collier | All I Need (feat. Mahalia, Ty Dolla$ign) | ||
| Rae Khalil | Allstar (feat. Free Nationals) | ||
| Anderson .Paak | Lockdown | ||
| Cory Henry | Happy Days | ||
| Mike Phillips | Flava In Ya Ear | ||
| TOP ALBUMS | TOP DETROIT RELEASES | ||
| Cleo Soul | Rose In The Dark | Charity | Tender Headed |
| KIRBY | Sis. | Moodymann | Taken Away |
| Yazmin Lacey | Morning Matters | Nadir Omowale | Run |
| Simon Jefferis | Vibrations | MonicaBlair | Box Witchu |
| Lettuce | Resonate | Kem | Lie To Me |
