1/4/09 Playlist

Next week: an interview recorded with Tish Hinojosa 12/5/08

The first show of the new year – includes several of my favorite CDs from 2008, but I’m just warming up!

Three songs of hope offered as downloads by FestivaLink.net:
1. Diana Jones: Better Times Will Come
2. Doc Watson: Ready for The Times to Get Better
3. Tim Eriksen & Shape Note Singers: Better Days Are Coming

4. Ani DiFranco: Smiling Underneath (Red Letter Year), Righteous Babe 063 www.righteousbabe.com
5. David Stoddard: Winter (Get Off My Lawn), self www.davestoddard.com]
6. Emmylou Harris: Kern River (All I Intended to Be), Nonesuch 480444
7. Lunasa: Feabhra (The Story So Far), Compass 4475 www.compassrecords.com

8. Robin & Linda Williams: I'm Invisible Man (Buena Vista), Red House Records 213 www.redhouserecords.com
9. Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez: Red Dog Tracks (Live from The Ruhr Triennale), Train Wreck 0027
10. Sugar Bayou: He's Just Weak (Dance Hall Incident), Spare Parts 56474 www.sugarbayouband.com
11. Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters: Wanderlust (Phoenix), Happy Appy 7 www.amygallatin.com

12. Anais Mitchell & Rachel Ries: Grace the Day (Country E.P.), Righteous Babe 058-D
13. Bob Zentz: A Dog's Life (Closehauled on The Wind of A Dream), self www.bobzentz.com
14. Erica Wheeler: Good Summer Rain (Good Summer Rain), Blue Pie 0400 www.ericawheeler.com
15. Paul Thorn: What Have You Done to Life Somebody Up (A Long Way from Tupelo), Perpetual Obscurity 20089 www.paulthorn.com

Guests: Eden MacAdam-Somer & Larry Unger (Notorious) -- they'll play at The Vanilla Bean on Saturday
16. Hangman's Reel (live)
17. Do Di Li (live)
18. Lonesome John
19. Romanian Train Song (Elkins), Black Socks 27 www.notoriousfolk.com
20. Route 66 (live)
21. Two Rivers (live)

22. Notorious: Whiplash/Greasy Coat (Elkins), Black Socks www.notoriousfolk.com
23. Still on The Hill: Take Me to The Other Side (Ozark), self www.stillonthehill.com
24. Skye Zentz: Ode to An Absent Self (Legitimate Bohemia), self www.skyezentz.com
25. Jason Spooner: Hover (The Flame You Follow), self www.jasonspooner.com

The Dreaded Folk Calendar over selections from Wagtail's "One Clear Moment," self www.wagtailmusic.com

Some CDs brand new (to the station, anyway):
26. Toby Walker: Better Luck Next Time (Hand Picked), Band in The Hand www.littletobywalker.com
27. Donna Ulisse: When I Look Back (When I Look Back), Hadley Music Group www.donnaulisse.com
28. Jon Vezner: Nobody Dies in This Song (We Remember), Mini-Apples Music www.JonVezner.com
29. Po'Girl: All My Tears (Deer in The Night), Po'Girl Music www.pogirl.net

30. Kathy Mattea: Coal Tattoo (Coal), Thirty Tigers www.mattea.com
31. Tim O'Brien: This World Was Made for Everyone (Chameleon), Proper / Howdy Skies
32. Eliza Gilkyson: The Great Correction (Beautiful World), Red House 212 www.redhouserecords.com
33. B illy Bragg: Sing Their Souls Back Home (Mr. Love & Justice), Anti-
34. Eliza Gilkyson: Peace Call (Land of Milk and Honey), Red House 174