Sugar's 'Best of 2017' Albums
Credit JT Thomas
KVNF Music Director Candy "Sugar" Pennetta shares her favorite album releases of 2017, in no particular order.
| ARTIST | ALBUM |
| Garland Jeffreys | 14 Steps To Harlem |
| Jackie Greene | Modern Lives Volume 1 |
| Trombone Shorty | Parking Lot Symphony |
| Lettuce | Mt. Crushmore |
| Beth Hart | Fire On The Floor |
| Izo Fitzroy | Skyline |
| Otis Taylor | Fantasizing About Being Black |
| Isley Brothers & Santana | Power of Peace |
| Bootsy Collins | World Wide Funk |
| Aretha Franklin | A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Mavis Staples | If All I Ever Was Was Black |
| Curtis Harding | Face Your Fear |
| Terra Lightfoot | New Mistakes |
| Greg Allman | Southern Blood |
| Rag N Bone Man | Human |
| Scruffy Pearls | Scruffy Pearls |
| Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real | Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real |
| Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker |
| Pokey LaFarge | Manic Revelations |
| Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' | TajMo |
| Paul Shaffer & The World’s Most Dangerous Band | Paul Shaffer & The World’s Most Dangerous Band |
| Nattali Rize | Rebel Frequency |
| Morgan Heritage | Avrakedabra |
| Cigarettes After Sex | Cigarettes After Sex |
| Dee Dee Bridgewater | Memphis… Yes I’m Ready |
| Bruce Cockburn | Bone on Bone |
| Van Morrison | Versatile |
| Sweet Pea Atkinson | Get What You Deserve |
| Randy Newman | Dark Matter |
| Jocelyn & Chris Arndt | Go |
| Leon Russell | On A Distant Shore |
| Cilantro Boombox | Shine |
| Dan Auerbach | Waiting On A Song |
| Valerie June | The Order of Time |
| Tedeschi Trucks Band | Live From the Fox Oakland |
| Chicano Batman | Freedom Is Free |
| Ozomatli | Nonstop Mexico Jamaica |
| Robert Randolph & The Family Band | Got Soul |
| Five Alarm Funk | Sweat |
| Lloyd Price | This Is Rock N Roll |
| Joan Osborne | Songs of Bob Dylan |
| Beck | Colors |
| Joe Goddard | Electric Lines |
| Joe Bonamassa | Live At Carnegie Hall |
| Thievery Corporation | Temple of I and I |
| Nouvelle Vague | I Could Be Happy |
| Son Little | New Magic |
| Keyon Harrold | The Mugician |
| Thundercat | Thundercat Presents "Drunk" |
| Bob Marley | Exodus 50th Anniversary |