My Moments of 2024 is a selection of songs that have created special musical marks. 3 groups of artists have a very significant input this year. Fontaines DC, Kutiman and Ezra Collective have been my favourite artists for 2024.
I have not only included music from this current year as it is not the music made in one specific year the only one we pay attention and my criteria for this compilation of great tunes is what music has stopped me in my tracks and made an impact on me as a listener. Moments 2024 is definitely not background music.
The final song is an astonishing cover of the 1970s hit "Why Can't We Live Together" with a beautiful chorus of female singers chanting No More Wars, No More Wars. It makes a suitable final to a year of human tragedies inflicted through conflict finishes. You can say louder but never so beautifully stated. I hope the listener to Mestizo Sounds appreciate and enjoy Moments 2024.
Essential Information
Playlist:
1- Sunny - FONTAINES DC
2- Canoe - KUTIMAN
3- I will always try - GURU NILE and JOE YORKE
4- I’d rather go blind - THE FRIGHTNRS
5- Segla - ORCHESTRE POLY-RYTHMO DE COTONOU
6- Hear me cry - EZRA COLLECTIVE
7- Street is calling - EZRA COLLECTIVE (featuring MANIFEST and MOONCHILD SONELLY)
8- Better way to live - KNEECAP (featuring GRIAN CHATTEN)
9- Sundowner - FONTAINES DC
10- La mamá - REYNA TROPICAL
11- Miralas - MARUJA LIMON (APELIKA remix)
12- Breathe the love - KUTIMAN
13- God gave me feet for dancing - EZRA COLLECTIVE (featuring YAZMIN LAZEY)
14- My everything - KUTIMAN (featuring DEKEL)
15- Favourite - FONTAINES DC
16- Superkilen - SVANENBORG KARDYB
17- Give - CONOR CURLEY (FONTAINES DC remix)
18- Why can’t we live together - BUKKY LEO & BLACK EGYPT (SAO BENITEZ BV Dub)
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