Songs (in no particular order)
- Carla Bley—”3/4“
- Brothers Johnson—”Strawberry Letter #23“
- Tony Bennett—”I Left My Heart in San Francisco“
- Bon Iver—”Flume“
- The Bee Gees—”Nights on Broadway“
- Bonnie Prince Billy—”I See a Darkness“
- Johnny Burnette—”Train Kept a Rollin’“
- Beck—”Lonesome Tears“
- Anne Briggs—”Go Your Way“
- Kate Bush—“Mother Stands for Comfort”
- David Bowie—“Heroes”
- Toni Braxton—“Un-Break My Heart”
- Lindsay Buckingham—“Surrender the Rain”
- Buffalo Springfield—“Mr. Soul”
- Buzzcocks—“Everybody’s Happy Nowadays”
- The Byrds–“What’s Happening?“
Albums (in no particular order)
- The Beatles—White Album
- Kenny Baker—Plays Bill Monroe (“Lonesome Moonlight Waltz“, “Brown County Breakdown“, “Jerusalem Ridge“). Totally transcends genre, but “progressive rock” works as well as “bluegrass” as a genre descriptor.
- Richard Buckner—Bloomed (“Desire“, “Blue and Wonder“). One of the great guitar records of all-time, no percussion on the album, just a whole bunch of acoustic strings that makes you wonder why anyone country bothers with drums, a voice that resonates in your bones, and lyrics as true as anything this side of Dylan.
- Anthony Braxton—Willisau Quartet (not online)
- Tim Berne—Diminutive Mysteries (Mostly Hemphill) (not online)
- Harry Belafonte—Swing Dat Hammer (“Bald Headed Woman“). As far from the light calypso/pop confectionary that dominated his career as you can get. Here are classic and incredibly obscure chain-gang and work songs. Tender, delicate and sensitive (Diamond Joe, Another Man Done Gone) to impassioned and powerful (Rocks and Gravel), Belafonte sings with incredible sensitivity or strength throughout, a perfect setting for his remarkable voice. Soul shattering.
- Black Sabbath—Paranoid (“Fairies Wear Boots“)
- Jack Bruce—Harmony Row (“Can You Follow?“, “Escape to the Royal Wood (on Ice)“, “Folk Song“)
- Beach Boys—Smile (“Surf’s Up“)
- David Byrne—Music for The Knee Plays (“Tree“, “In the Future“)
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