KALX Specialty Charts – March 2026

Jazz

1. PRAED Orchestra – The Dictionary of Lost Meanings (Discrepant)
2. Melissa Aldana – Filin (Blue Note)
3. Alchemist Quintet – Ghost Radio (S/R)
4. SML – How You Been? (International Anthem)
5. Tortoise – Touch (International Anthem/Nonesuch)
6. Chet Baker – Swimming By Moonlight (Slow Down Sounds)
7. Bellbird – The Call (Constellation)
8. Cochemea – Vol 3: Ancestros Futuros (Daptone)
9. Nat Adderley Jr. Trio – Took So Long (S/R)
10. Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra – A Centennial Salute to Tito & Tito (Truth Revolution)
11. Brad Mehldau – Ride Into the Sun (Nonesuch)
12. Funkwrench Blues – Mischief in the Musitorium (Need to Know)
13. Shoko Nagai – Forbidden Flowers (Infrequent Seams)
14. Kenny Barron – Songbook (Artwork)
15. Colin Hancock’s Jazz Hounds Featuring Catherine Russell – Cat & The Hounds (Turtle Bay)
16. Collin Sherman – Life Eats Life (Extol)
17. Yusuf Mumin – Journey to the Ancient (We Want Sounds)
18. Bristle – Archimera (Queen Bee)
19. Otherworld Ensemble – Soul Bird (Edgetone)
20. Julia Hülsmann Octet – While I Was Away (ECM)
21. Boz Scaggs – Detour (Concord)
22. Insect Life – Insect Life (577)
23. Brian Claxton – Here Goes Nothing (Brian Claxton Music)
24. Tom Skinner – Kaleidoscopic Visions (International Anthem)
25. Richard Carr – The Escarpment (Infrequent Seams)
26. Keith Jarrett – New Vienna (ECM)
27. Peggy Lee – Mirrors (Universal Music Enterprise)
28. Peter Lin and AAPI Jazz Collective – Identity (OA2)
29. Caelan Cardello – Chapter One (Jazz Bird)
30. Neil Gray – In The Streets (Cellar)
31. Steve Tibbetts – Close (ECM)
32. Heisenberg Uncertainty Players – Return to the Enchanted Forest (S/R)
33. Shabaka – Of The Earth (S/R)
34. Flea – “A Plea” (Nonesuch)
35. Nicholas Payton – Triune (Smoke Sessions)
36. Don Was and the Pan Detroit Ensemble – Groove in the Face of Adversity (Blue Note)
37. Cécile McLorin Salvant – Oh Snap! (Nonesuch)
38. Samara Joy – “Flor de Lis (Upside Down)” (Verve)
39. Nala Sinephro – The Smashing Machine (Soundtrack) (Warp)
40. Ted Rosenthal Trio – High Standards (S/R)
41. Lauren Henderson – Sonidos (Brontosaurus)
42. Ted Piltzecker – Peace Vibes (OA2)
43. Carl Ross – Distant Color (Jazz Hang)
44. Maria Schneider Orchestra – American Crow (ArtistShare)

Americana/Folk

1. Sister Irene O’Connor – Fire of God’s Love (Freedom To Spend)
2. Haley Heynderickx and Matt Garcia Conover – What Of Our Nature (Fat Possum)
3. Mitski – Nothing’s About To Happen To Me (Dead Oceans)
4. V/A – Good Music to Lift Los Angeles (Good Music)
5. Marissa Nadler – New Radiations (Sacred Bones)
6. Mavis Staples – Sad And Beautiful World (Anti-)
7. Ye Vagabonds – All Tied Together (River Lea)
8. Bruce Springsteen – “Streets of Minneapolis” (Columbia)
9. Lisa O’Neill – The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right (Rough Trade)
10. Iron and Wine – Hen’s Teeth (Sub Pop)
11. The Mountain Goats – Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (Cadmean Dawn)
12. Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers)
13. Snocaps – Snocaps (Anti-)
14. Phipps Pt. – Songs We No Longer Sing (S/R)
15. Neko Case – Neon Grey Midnight Green (Anti-)
16. Brad Mehldau – Ride Into The Sun (Nonesuch)
17. Funkwrench Blues – Mischief in the Musitorium (Need to Know)
18. Alice Phoebe Lou – Oblivion (Nettwerk)
19. Willie Nelson – Working Man: Willie Sings Merle (Legacy)
20. Pastor Chris Congregation – West Virginia Snake Handler Revival “They Shall Take Up Serpents” (Sublime Frequencies)
21. St. Paul and the Broken Bones – St. Paul and the Broken Bones (Oasis Pizza)
22. Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista)
23. CMAT – Euro-Country (AWAL)
24. Kate Vargas – Golden Hour In The House Of Lugosi (Mother West)
25. Sibyl – Sibyl (Gold Bolus)
26. Flock of Dimes – The Life You Save (Sub Pop)
27. Canyon Songs – Canyon Songs (S/R)
28. Avi C. Engel – Mote (Fenny Compton)
29. Molly Tuttle – So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Nonesuch)
30. Mitski – The Land: The Live Album (Dead Oceans)
31. AVTT/PTTN – AVTT/PTTN (Ipecac/Ramseur/Thirty Tigers)
32. Tessa Rose Jackson – The Lighthouse (Tiny Tiger)
33. Robert Plant – Saving Grace (Nonesuch)
34. Jeff Tweedy – Twilight Override (dBpm)
35. Mikaela Davis – “11-11” (Kill Rock Stars)
36. Tedeschi Trucks Band & Leon Russell – Mad Dogs and Englishmen Revisited (Fantasy)
37. Billy Bragg – “City Of Heroes” (Cooking Vinyl)
38. Todd Snider – High, Lonesome and Then Some (Aimless)
39. Joan Baez – Farewell, Angelina (Craft)
40. John Fogerty – Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years (Concord)
41. Hannah Frances – Nestled In Tangles (Fire Talk)
42. Mike Hollon – Irving Park (Mo’s)
43. Ana Popovic – Dance to the Rhythm (Electric Heel)
44. Julian Primeaux – Spinning Heartache Into Gold (S/R)