KALX Specialty Charts – April 2026

Americana/Folk

1. Mitski – Nothing’s About To Happen To Me (Dead Oceans)
2. Clifton Chenier – King of Louisian Blues and Zydeco (Arhoolie)
3. Marissa Nadler – New Radiations (Sacred Bones)
4. V/A – Good Music to Lift Los Angeles (Good Music)
5. Mavis Staples – Sad And Beautiful World (Anti-)
6. Tessa Rose Jackson – The Lighthouse (Tiny Tiger)
7. Geckøs – Geckøs (Org)
8. The Third Mind – Spellbinder! (Yep Roc)
9. Iron and Wine – Hen’s Teeth (Sub Pop)
10. V/A – A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco (Valcour)
11. Sister Irene O’Connor – Fire of God’s Love (Freedom To Spend)
12. Jack White – “G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs / Derecho Demonico” (Third Man)
13. Flock of Dimes – The Life You Save (Sub Pop)
14. Snocaps – Snocaps (Anti-)
15. Jeff Tweedy – Twilight Override (dBpm)
16. AVTT/PTTN – AVTT/PTTN (Ipecac/Ramseur/Thirty Tigers)
17. Haley Heynderickx and Matt Garcia Conover – What Of Our Nature (Fat Possum)
18. Kate Vargas – Golden Hour In The House Of Lugosi (Mother West)
19. Mitski – The Land: The Live Album (Dead Oceans)
20. The Lodestones – Ciphers Of The Saints (Psyop)
21. Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers)
22. Waylon Jennings – Songbird (Thirty Tigers/Son of Jessi)
23. Willie Nelson – Working Man: Willie Sings Merle (Legacy)
24. Mikaela Davis – “11-11” (Kill Rock Stars)
25. Pastor Chris Congregation – West Virginia Snake Handler Revival “They Shall Take Up Serpents” (Sublime Frequencies)
26. CMAT – Euro-Country (AWAL)
27. Todd Novak and Brian Sagrafena – Lucky / Clutch Grinder (Casa Novak)
28. Hayes Carll – We’re Only Human (Hwy 87/Thirty Tigers)
29. Hannah Frances – Nestled In Tangles (Fire Talk)
30. Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Nonesuch)
31. Julian Primeaux – Spinning Heartache Into Gold (S/R)
32. Sibyl – Sibyl (Gold Bolus)
33. Barry Walker, Jr., Rob Smith, Jason Willmon – Paleo Sol (Thrill Jockey)
34. Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista)
35. Bruce Springsteen – “Streets of Minneapolis” (Columbia)
36. Bywater Call – Sunshine – Live in 2024 (S/R)
37. Crooked Fingers – “Cold Waves” (Merge)
38. Duane Betts – “Down To Houston” (Sun Records)
39. Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band – “Time” (Resonatin’ Records/Thirty Tigers)
40. I’m With Her – Sing Me Alive (Rounder)
41. Terry Klein – Hill Country Folk Music (S/R)
42. Lisa O’Neill – The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right (Rough Trade)
43. Mike Bourne Band – Kansas City O’ Clock (Overton)
44. Robert Plant – Saving Grace (Nonesuch)
45. Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs – Pigus Drunkus Maximus (Blind Owl/East of Lincoln)

Jazz

1. Shabaka – Of The Earth (S/R)
2. SML – How You Been? (International Anthem)
3. Don Was And The Pan Detroit Ensemble – Groove In The Face Of Adversity (Blue Note)
4. Cochemea – Vol 3: Ancestros Futuros (Daptone)
5. Alchemist Quintet – Ghost Radio (S/R)
6. Cécile McLorin Salvant – Oh Snap! (Nonesuch)
7. Yusuf Mumin – Journey to the Ancient (We Want Sounds)
8. Heisenberg Uncertainty Players – Return to the Enchanted Forest (S/R)
9. Bellbird – The Call (Constellation)
10. Maria Schneider Orchestra – American Crow (ArtistShare)
11. Nat Adderley Jr. Trio – Took So Long (S/R)
12. Chet Baker – Swimming By Moonlight (Slow Down Sounds)
13. Melissa Aldana – Filin (Blue Note)
14. Tom Skinner – Kaleidoscopic Visions (International Anthem)
15. PRAED Orchestra – The Dictionary of Lost Meanings (Discrepant)
16. Steve Tibbetts – Close (ECM)
17. Collin Sherman – Life Eats Life (Extol)
18. Naoya Ogura – Colors Of A Journey (Bandstand Presents)
19. Shoko Nagai – Forbidden Flowers (Infrequent Seams)
20. Aaron Parks – By All Means (Blue Note)
21. Richard Carr – The Escarpment (Infrequent Seams)
22. Otherworld Ensemble – Soul Bird (Edgetone)
23. Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra – A Centennial Salut to Tito & Tito (Truth Revolution)
24. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi – Jazz is Dead 26 (Jazz is Dead)
25. Bob Reynolds – Eddie Told Me So (NOSAHU)
26. Boz Scaggs – Detour (Concord)
27. Brian Claxton – Here Goes Nothing (Brian Claxton Music)
28. Bristle – Archimera (Queen Bee)
29. Elias Negash – Jazzed Up (S/R)
30. Hendrik Meurkens – Samba Tonto (Cellar Live)
31. Insect Life – Insect Life (577)
32. John Carroll Kirby – “Suntory” (Stones Throw)
33. Mattias Svensson – Embrace (Origin)
34. Michael Dease – City Life: Music of Gregg Hill (Origin)
35. Mike Pope – The Parts You Keep (Origin)
36. Milan Verbist Trio – Time Change (Origin)
37. Neal Miner – Invisibility (Cellar)
38. Peggy Lee – Mirrors (Universal Music Enterprise)
39. Peter Paulsen Turksheadnot Quintet – Would’a…could’a…should’a (SquarePegWorks)
40. Ted Piltzecker – Peace Vibes (OA2)