Miley Cyrus – seen here with her aunt, Dolly Parton – had the world’s biggest hit of 2023.
Her song Flowers had 1.6 billion streams globally.
Contributors
Part Two of Reader’s Choice 2023 features a couple of selections from Vancouver’s Cat L’Hirondelle and the second playlist (of four) from Belgium’s Jan Vochten.
• VANCOUVER ARTIST L’Hirondelle presents two big stars decades apart in notoriety – Robert Plant and Miley Cyrus.
• MUSIC AFICIANADO VOCHTEN offers an eclectic batch of 24 songs featuring artists from Nigeria, New York City, the UK and Canada. This year we’ve divided his wide-ranging 91-song playlist into four instalments for easier and more accessible listening.
Living in Belgium, Jan has a unique Euro-centric take being exposed to different artists, musical cultures and scenes.
The 6th Annual Readers’ Choice
Kurated readers share their favourite music of the last year in the annual Readers’ Choice series. Anything musical is welcomed whether its new, an old favourite, something self-composed and more. Thanks to all of you contributors!
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Cat L’Hirondelle
Vancouver, BC
Robert Plant on the 1983 tour for his second solo album Principle of Moments which includes Big Log
Two-Song Playlist
• Flowers
• Big Log
Cat writes:
“I love your website – always new music to listen to!
I have not been doing a lot of listening this year – school is my excuse!!!
Here are two picks:
Miley Cyrus and Robert Plant (from the 80’s!)”
(Ed. Note: Plant’s 1983 Big Log was his first solo hit after Led Zeppelin broke up following the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980.)
About Cat: crazy crip artist who loves music
Her email sign off:
“Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those of us who are doing it. ~ Confucius”
Jan Vochten
Mortsel, Belgium
Melanie De Biasio New music by this Belgian jazz singer, inspired by her extended visit to Italy is featured in two songs on this playlist. She also started a remarkable (and successful) cultural centre, Maison des talents partagés, in Charleroi where she was born to a Belgian mother and Italian father.
Lost Frequencies (aka Felix De Laet) is a massively popular Belgian DJ with his beats firmly rooted in pop. He’s well known throughout Europe with more than 22 million monthly listeners on Spotify. His breakthrough hit is 2014’s Are You With Me. 2023’s smash was Where Are You Now?
Playlist Part 2 of 4
24 songs on Spotify
This second playlist by Jan Vochten draws on the very well known (The Rolling Stones singing with Lady Gaga) the lesser known (Belgian /Italian jazz singer Melanie Di Biasio) to the unknown to us on this side of the water (Nigerian gospel singer Victor Thompson).
You’ll also hear tunes from Mitski, Jon Batiste, Alabastar DePlume, Fred…again, Sufjan Stevens, Lost Frequencies and more.
About Jan: Jan Vochten, 74, lives in Mortsel, Belgium. He and his 18 year-old daughter, Hanne, have been cross-pollinating musical interests these past few years.
