WYEP hosts’ top 10 songs and albums of 2024

We asked WYEP hosts to choose their favorite songs and albums of 2024. You’ll see a range of selections, including Kendrick Lamar, Leon Bridges and The Heavy Heavy. See the full list below!

Liz Felix's, WYEP Program Director, top 10 songs:

1. Kendrick Lamar – euphoria
2. Tunde Adebimpe – Magnetic
3. Merce Lemon – Crow
4. Leon Bridges – Peaceful Place
5. Bon Iver – S P E Y S I D E
6. Michigander – Giving Up
7. Dehd – Mood Ring
8. Jack White – That’s How I’m Feeling
9. mk.gee – Are You Looking Up?
10. Faye Webster – Lego Ring

Kyle Smith’s, WYEP Music Director, top 10 albums:

1. The Heavy Heavy - One Of A Kind
2. Leon Bridges - Leon
3. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
4. Middle Kids - Fath Crisis Pt.1
5. Chuck Prophet - Wake The Dead
6. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
7. Jack White - No Name
8. Brigitte Calls Me Baby - The Future Is Our Way Out
9. Royel Otis - Pratts & Pain
10. Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

Rosemary Welsch, host, top 10 songs:

1. Leon Bridges - Peaceful Place
2. Joy Oladokun - I'd Miss the Birds
3. Lola Young - Messy
4. Alejandro Escovedo - Bury Me
5. Chuck Prophet - Wake the Dead
6. Paris Paloma - Labour
7. Middle Kids - Bootleg Firecracker
8. Jamie Wyatt - Feel Good
9. The Cure - A Fragile Thing
10. Futurebirds - Movin' On

Joey Spehar, morning host, top 10 albums:

1. Phish - Evolve
2. Merce Lemon - Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild
3. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
4. Scotts Roger - An American Halloween
5. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
6. Frank Turner - Undefeated
7. Horace Whisper & The Empty Hand - Cowboy 100
8. Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers - Can't Outrun A Memory
9. Townsppl - Beyond The Garden Wall
10. JD McPherson - Nite Owls

Barb Steinberg, Sunday afternoon host, top songs:
1. American Dreaming – Sierra Ferrell
2. Cosmic Backseat Education – Blitzen Trapper
3. Teenage Summer – Crowded House
4. Mint Tea – Johnny Blue Skies
5. Born Again – Greensky Bluegrass feat. Holly Bowling
6. Peace of Mind (Evening) – Leif Vollebekk
7. All My Fault – Fantastic Cat
8. Supernatural – The Clarks
9. Evolve – Phish
10. Save It For Later – Eddie Vedder

Dave Blaushild, Thursday overnight host, top albums:

1. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
2. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
3. Yanis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London EP
4. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
5. The Heavy Heavy - One Of A Kind
6. The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So Will It Be Again
7. Lake Street Dive - Good Together
8. Khruangbin - A La Sala
9. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
10. Merce Lemon - Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild

Bruce Mountjoy, Bluegrass Jam Session host, top 10 albums:

1. Tony Trischka - Earl Jam
2. Bronwyn Keith-Hynes - I Built A World
3. Billy Strings - Highway Prayers
4. Authentic Unlimited - So Much For Forever
5. Becky Buller - Jubilee
6. Woody Platt - Far Away With You
7. Various Artists - Bluegrass Sings Paxton
8. Daniel Grindstaff - Heroes And Friends
9. Junior Sisk - If There's A Will, There's A Way
10. Lonesome River Band - The Winning Hand

Steve Morse, Saturday morning host, top 10 songs:
1. Jack White “That’s How I’m Feeling”
2. Sierra Ferrell “American Dreaming”
3. Thee Sacred Souls “Live for You”
4. Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman “Right Back To It”
5. Hurray for the Riff Raff “Alibi”
6. JD McPherson “Sunshine Getaway”
7. Merce Lemon “Backyard Lover”
8. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats “Heartless”
9. Shemekia Copeland “Tough Mother”
10. The Ghost Club “It’s Your Call”

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Rob O’Friel Host of Rollin’ n Tumblin’, top 10 best blues albums:

1. Shemekia Copeland - Blame It On Eve
2. Billy Price - Person Of Interest
3. Johnny Burgin - Ramblin From Coast To Coast
4. Sue Foley - One Guitar Woman
5. Danielle Nicole - Love On My Brain
6. Tinsley Ellis - Naked Truth
7. Mike Zito - Life Is Hard
8. Bernard Allison - Luther's Blues
9. Taj Mahal Sextet - Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa
10. Chris Cain - Good Intentions Gone Bad

Andy Cook, host, top 10 songs:

1. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
2. Johnny Blue Skies - Jupiter's Faerie
3. Vampire Weekend - Classical
4. Merce Lemon - Backyard Lover
5. MJ Lenderman - She's Leaving You
6. Wunderhorse - Midas
7. Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD - One Last Dance
8. Century III - Tied In Knots
9. MGMT - Mother Nature
10. Tyler The Creator - Noid

Gretchen Unico, Creative Services producer and host, top 10 songs:

1. The Lemon Twigs - My Golden Years
2. Yard Act - We Make Hits
3. Redd Kross - Candy Colored Catastrophe
4. The Heavy Heavy - Feel
5. Wishy - Persuasion
6. Norah Jones - Running
7. Kacey Musgraves - Too Good to be True
8. Thee Sacred Souls - Live for You
9. Soccer Mommy - Driver
10. Franz Ferdinand - Night or Day