On the next three episodes of the program we’ll sample the best recordings of 2021, focusing first on bluegrass and old-time music. Included on the program are Anya Hinkle, Bela Fleck, Norman Blake, Nora Brown and many more. The best releases of 2021, part one … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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Episode #21-52: The Best of 2021, Pt.1
Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fine Times at Our House” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith /
              Self-Produced
Colebrook Road / “Mountainside” / Hindsight is 2020 / Mountain Fever
Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell / “Fiddle Medley” / Grit & Polish / Patuxent
The Larry McPeake Tribute Band / “Rebecca” / Larry’s Songbook / Patuxent
J.P. Harris’ Dreadful Wind and Rain / “Last Chance” / Don’t You Marry No Railroad Man /
              Free Dirt

Anya Hinkle / “I Belong to the Band” / Eden and Her Borderlands / Organic
Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius / “Come When Mama Calls” / April in Your Eyes-A Tribute to
              John Lilly / Diamond Ranch

Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus / “Yell in the Shoats” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / Dittyville
Norman Blake / “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” / Day by Day / Smithsonian
              Folkways-Plectrafone
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / “Between the Lines” / Roundtable / Billy Blue
Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith /
              Self-Produced

James Stephens / “Lady Hamilton” / How I Hear It / Rebel
Five Mile Mountain Road / “Wild Bill Jones” / Swingbilly Swagger / Patuxent
Nora Brown / “Wedding Dress” / Sidetrack My Engine / Jalopy
Single Girl Married Girl / “Walking on Water” / Three Generations of Leaving / More Songs
Bela Fleck / “This Old Road” / My Bluegrass Heart / BMG Renew
Adeline / “Shelvin’ Rock” / Adeline / Owl
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways