Heavn by Jamila Woods fuses R&B, Jazz and various other genres including classic indie. Surely it must appeal to Cure loving Fatiha!

Heavn by Jamila Woods fuses R&B, Jazz and various other genres including classic indie.

Fatiha El -Ghorri is in Heavn

Freetown Sound by Blood Orange is such an "immaculate" album that James worries he might burst into tears just talking about it. Here's hoping Aparna feels the same, otherwise trouble could be afoot.

Blood Orange's 2016 album means so much to James,he worries he might burst into tears.

Aparna Nancherla & Freetown Sound

Splendor & Misery is a sci-fi concept album by experimental rap trio Clipping. Lyrics and soundscapes combine to tell an Afrofuturist story of an escape from oppression into the void of space. Jen Ives prepares to be transported.

James and Jen discuss Splendor & Misery. A sci-fi, concept album by Clipping.

Jen Ives & An Escape Into Space

James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP. With a Gangsta rap core but with psychedelic overtones and great production, is there enough to seduce Stuart Laws too?

James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP.

Stuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q

The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to tread?

James, Toussaint, Kanye West, 2016...Where do we begin?

Toussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo

Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos is a magical album drawing on many influences and described by the artist herself as "a punk Beyoncé". However, is it enough to impress one of Scotland's finest, Fern Brady?

Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos is a magical album drawing on many influences.

Fern Brady & The Punk Beyoncé

Fetish Bones by Moor Mother delivers a powerful message via a sonically abrasive backdrop. Labelled by the artist herself as Black Girl Blues, Project Housing Bop or Slaveship Punk, it's an album that demands the listener's full attention. However, was it enough to hold Sadia Asmat's attention?

James and Sadia discuss Fetish Bones by Moor Mother.

Sadia Azmat & Black Girl Blues

Emily's D+Evolution, a brilliant Jazz-Rock-Funk fusion album by Grammy Award winning Esperanza Spalding, is usually the last thing Sara Barron would listen to. However, some finely crafted lyrics start to reel her in.

James presents Sara Barron with Esperanza Spalding's Jazz-Rock-Funk fusion album.

Sara Barron & Emily's D+Evolution

Wes Borland you may remember as the guitarist in '90s rock/rap outfit Limp Bizkit. In 2016 he released Crystal Machete, a soundtrack to an imagined film. James and Nathan try to imagine what that film would look like.

James and Nathan try to visualise Wes Borland's imaginary film, Crystal Machete.

Nathan Caton & an OST to Nothing

Mahoroboshiya by Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba is an album with such a delicate and intimate feel that James can't help but relax to it. However, is it enough to chill '90s R&B-loving Thanyia Moore?

James and Thanyia discuss Mahoroboshiya by Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba.

Thanyia Moore, Illusion & Destruction

Rien by Perrine en Morceaux has a sound so big, it envelopes James and (in his words) makes him feel like a little boy. But is it too big for Jayde Adams to handle?

Rien by Perrine en Morceaux has a big sound. But is it too big for Jayde Adams to handle?

Jayde Adams & Hard Pop Opera

Awaken My Love was a massive left turn for Childish Gambino and produced one of the best songs of 2016 in the form of Redbone. Influenced by George Clinton's '70s band Funkadelic but with modern techniques, it made Rhys Nicholson "Horny... but not for sex".

Awaken My Love by Childish Gambino gets Rhys Nicholson "Horny... but not for sex".

Rhys Nicholson & That '70s Funk Thang

Jenny Hval’s 2016 concept album, on the theme of Blood, is a collection of light and beautiful melodies interspersed with dark and haunting soundscapes. James tasks Charlie George to have a listen and report back.

Will Jenny Hval’s 2016 album, on the theme of Blood, be to Charlie George’s taste?

Charlie George, Vampires & Periods

Fatihah El Ghorri, by her own admission, loves Cliff Richard and Shrek. So will the mourneful, gravelly tones of Leonard Cohen appeal to her?

Fatiha and James discuss Leonard Cohen's last album You Want It Darker.

Fatiha El-Ghorri & Cohen's Final Bow

Ami Dang, a classically trained sitar player, fuses ancient Sikh hymns and poems of Gurus with a modern dance feel and calls it "Bollywave". Will it be enough to sweep Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes off her feet?

Ami Dang's Uni Sun is an album inspired by ancient scriptures and modern dance.

Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes & Bollywave

ОЭЩ МАГЗИУ (or Oesch Magziu to you and me) by ГШ (or Glintshake to you and me) is an album inspired by the Russian avant-garde, a creative movement popular in Russia in the early 20th Century and worked into a more modern sound. However, will it translate across the globe? Australia's finest, Aaron Chen, is here to tell us.

An album inspired by the Russian avant-garde is forwarded to Aaron Chen.

Aaron Chen & ОЭЩ МАГЗИУ

The Caretaker's Everywhere At The End of Time is a 6-hour project exploring the descent into dementia. It had a profound effect on James, but what effect will it have on Jen Ives?

Jen embarks on an emotional journey with The Caretaker's Everywhere At The End of Time.

Jen Ives & A Journey Into Darkness

James and Kiri discuss Portugese maestro, Bruno Pernadas' 2016 album, Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them.

Bruno Pernadas' 2016 album brings some summer warmth to Kiri Pritchard-McLean.

Kiri Pritchard-McLean & Portuguese Fusion Pop Jazz

Carly Rae Jepsen's 2016 album Emotion: Side B is 110% pure pop, with enough sweetness to thaw James' cold heart towards the genre. However, is there too much sugar for Dai Henwood to digest?

Carly Rae Jepsen's Emotion: Side B is 110% pure pop. Too sweet for Dai Henwood maybe?

Dai Henwood & Pop Royalty

With music inspired by improvisational Jazz, Persian and African folk and vocals in myriad languages, it's hard to tie Léonore Boulanger to a specific genre. Will Isy Suttie, with her background in jazz and prog rock bands, be won over?

Will Isy Suttie be won over by Léonore Boulanger's atmospheric album Feigen Feigen?

Isy Suttie & International Prog Folk

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James Acaster tries to convince comedians that 2016 is the greatest year for music, ever.

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