Airing Live on WFDU-FM on Sunday December 30, 2018 and broadcast at www.bluesandrootsradio.com on Saturday December 29, 2018 at 6:30pm ET and Tuesday January 1, 2019 at 10pm ET

My annual “Favorites of the Year” show.  In 2018 I chose a dozen recordings that I feel represent some of the finest of our folk community.  I presented them in alphabetical order.

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HOUR 1
ARTIST “Tune / Song”
ALBUM Label – Website
Theme: HARVEY REID “Jingle Bells”
Solo Guitar Sketchbook Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
IVOR GAME “Happy New Year”
single self – www.ivorgame.com

JONATHAN BYRD “We Used to Be Birds”
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys Waterbug – www.jonathanbyrd.com
JONATHAN BYRD “Temporary Tattoo”
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys Waterbug – www.jonathanbyrd.com
JONATHAN BYRD “It Don’t Make Sense”
Jonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys Waterbug – www.jonathanbyrd.com

 

FINK, MARXER & GLEAVES “Shout and Shine”
Shout and Shine Community Music – www.cathymarcy.com
FINK, MARXER & GLEAVES “Hot Pink House Trailer”
Shout and Shine Community Music – www.cathymarcy.com
FINK, MARXER & GLEAVES “Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie”
Shout and Shine Community Music – www.cathymarcy.com

 

DOM FLEMONS “Charmin’ Betsy”
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys Smithsonian Folkways – www.folkways.si.edu , www.domflemons.com
DOM FLEMONS “Po’ Howard/ Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In It”
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys Smithsonian Folkways – www.folkways.si.edu , www.domflemons.com
DOM FLEMONS “Going Down the Road Feelin’ Bad”
Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys Smithsonian Folkways – www.folkways.si.edu , www.domflemons.com

TRET FURE “Tremendous Power of Love”
Roses in November self – www.tretfure.com
TRET FURE “Lessons From Home Plate”
Roses in November self – www.tretfure.com
TRET FURE “New Years”
Roses in November self – www.tretfure.com

 

ABBIE GARDNER “Once the Teardrops Start to Fall”
Wishes on A Neon Sign self – www.abbiegardner.com
ABBIE GARDNER “Wallflower Days”
Wishes on A Neon Sign self – www.abbiegardner.com
ABBIE GARDNER “Copper Ponies”
Wishes on A Neon Sign self – www.abbiegardner.com

 

HOUR 2

REGGIE HARRIS “Ready to Go”
Ready to Go self – www.reggieharrismusic.com
REGGIE HARRIS “Better Angels”
Ready to Go self – www.reggieharrismusic.com
REGGIE HARRIS “The Times They Are A-Changin'”
Ready to Go self – www.reggieharrismusic.com

 

JOE JENCKS “I’m A Stranger in This Land”
The Forgotten: Recovered Treasures From the Pen of Si Kahn Turtle Bear Music – www.joejencks.com
JOE JENCKS “The Old Labor Hall”
The Forgotten: Recovered Treasures From the Pen of Si Kahn Turtle Bear Music – www.joejencks.com
JOE JENCKS “I Have Seen Freedom Being Born”
The Forgotten: Recovered Treasures From the Pen of Si Kahn Turtle Bear Music – www.joejencks.com

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER “New Year’s Day”
Ashes and Roses

LUCY KAPLANSKY “Old Friends”
Everyday Street self – www.lucykaplansky.com
LUCY KAPLANSKY “Sixth Avenue”
Everyday Street self – www.lucykaplansky.com
LUCY KAPLANSKY “Thunder Road”
Everyday Street self – www.lucykaplansky.com

DEIRDRE FLINT “We’ll All Mee Up Next Year (a New Year’s Song)”
Just One Angel Yellow Tail Records – www.yellowtailrecords.com
LOU AND PETER BERRYMAN “New New Year Year”
Rocky Frontier Cornbelt Records – www.louandpeter.com

HOUR 3

LAURIE MACALLISTER “Birches”
The Lies Poets Tell self – www.facebook.com/lauriemacallistersinger
LAURIE MACALLISTER with RICHARD SHINDELL “Are You Happy Now?”
The Lies Poets Tell self – www.facebook.com/lauriemacallistersinger
LAURIE MACALLISTER with ELLIS PAUL “A Thousand Years”
The Lies Poets Tell self – www.facebook.com/lauriemacallistersinger

LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE “Soft Line”
Little Beast self – www.lucywainwrightroche.com
LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE “Trouble”
Little Beast self – www.lucywainwrightroche.com
LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE “This Song is About You 2”
Little Beast self – www.lucywainwrightroche.com

 

CAROLANN SOLEBELLO “Hirim”
Shiver self – www.carolannsolebello.com
CAROLANN SOLEBELLO “Jesus Played Guitar”
Shiver self – www.carolannsolebello.com
CAROLANN SOLEBELLO “Right Here”
Shiver self – www.carolannsolebello.com

 

MARTIN SWINGER “You, You, You”
Living Things self – www.martinswinger.com
MARTIN SWINGER “Red Ribbon”
Living Things self – www.martinswinger.com
MARTIN SWINGER “God Loves”
Living Things self – www.martinswinger.com

KATE TAYLOR “Auld Lang Syne”
Hudson Harding Happy Holidays Volume 10 Hudson Harding –
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