Top 10 of 2014 The records I listened to the most from the past 12 months. Artist, Album (label) 1) Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin, Common Ground (Yep Roc) Proving the blues aint dead in the right hands 2) Kelly Willis & Bruce Robinson, Our Year (Premium) Among the best at what they do, separate or together 3) St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Half The City (Single Lock) A front man who looks like Drew Carey and sings like Otis Redding? 4) Eliza Gilkyson, The Nocturne Diaries (Red House) Late night folkies rarely sound this good 5) Stephen Doster, Arizona (Atticus) Pure pop for now people 6) Bella Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Rounder) Whos closer to the spirit of Roy Acuff, these two with just vocal and banjos or Eric Churchs Black Sabbath tribute? 7) Dale Watson, The Truckin Trilogy (Red River) Three discs about trucks with style and smiles to spare 8) Stugill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (High Top Mountain) Country music for the next century that doesnt reference the Eagles, Def Leppard or rap, what a concept 9) Sunny Sweeney, Provoked (Thirty Tigers) closes with “Everybody Else Can Kiss My Ass” any questions? 10) Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (Superlatone) Two discs from a high powered hillbilly band still taking no prisoners 10 more: Drive-By Truckers, English Oceans. Gina Chavez, Up Rooted. Brownout, Presents Brown Sabbath, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Small Town Heroes. Billy Joe Shaver, Long In The Tooth. Ian McLagan, United States. Parker Millsap. Israel Nash, Rain Plans. Adam Carroll, Let It Choose You. The Mastersons, Lucky Charm.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 03:39:53 +0000
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