2016 is coming to an end - it's time to look at this year and its best music: 1. Emitt Rhodes - Rainbow Ends In 1973, after battling bad contracts and industry demands, Emitt Rhodes saw his last release, Farewell To Paradise . Emitt Rhodes never recorded another full-length LP. Until now. Rainbow E nds released by Omnivore Recordings - it is his first new album in 43 years. After connecting with producer Chris Price in 2013, Rhodes revived his home studio with help from Price and an all-star band, all of whom had been enamored of Rhodes’ work: Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Jason Falkner (both solo artists, members of Jellyfish , and currently in Beck’s studio and touring band), indie producer and musician Fernando Perdomo , Rooney’s Taylor Locke and New Pornographers’ drummer Joe Seiders . They would cut the new record live in that space. More special guests appeared to make this momentous release even more special: Aimee Mann , Susanna Hoffs ...