52 Weeks of Mixtapes

Starting with the best of last year.

Greetings friends!

Looking forward to 2023, I’ve decided to create 52 playlists as a passion project. I may get to play music professionally, but I rarely get to share my favorite songs with the world. This year Ill bring you one playlist a week for the entire year. From the deep cuts, to pop trash, and the truly weird, I plan on covering all my favorite things in the world of music. I felt the best place to start was with a look back on 2022. As we all emerged from our caves after a long Covid hibernation, music had a year of comebacks, metamorphosis, and sea change. Nothing will ever be the same as it was, and yet nothing ever changes. Kim Petras made my favorite dance music of the year, the record label Italians Do it Better released my favorite compilation, Boy Harsher and Boan released my favorite song, Dj Redeye and William Keohane went International with R.E.A.D, and I released a track with Cory Kilduff and Davida Vera. What will 2023 bring? Who knows, but I hope you’ll take this ride with me! Additionally, as the mood strikes I plan to post interviews, fashion trends, recipes, how-tos, guest blogs, and whatever else catches my fancy. I’ll also shamelessly plug events that Im a part of, or excite me in the city.

Blake Ward