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BEST SONGS OF 2015

Posted on January 21, 2016

  1. Lindi Ortega – “I Ain’t The Girl” – Faded Gloryville – (Last Gang)
  2. Angela Easterling – “Arkansas Murder Ballad” – Common Law Wife” – (De L’Est Music)
  3. Charflies – “Witch Of Sunoco” – Linoleum Angel – (Mule Fuel)
  4. Wonky Tonk – “Washington Avenue” – Stuff We Leave Behind – (S/R)
  5. Elle King – “Exs and Ohs” – Love Stuff – (RCA Victor)
  6. Ben Rogers – “Wanted” – Bloodred Yonder – (Tonic)
  7. Cracker – “King Of Bakersfield” – Berkeley To Bakersfield – (429 records)
  8. Calexico – “Beneath The City Of Dreams” – Edge Of The Sun – (Anti-)
  9. Talent Brothers – “Lately” – Back On The Old Stuff – (S/R)
  10. 11 Acorn Lane – “Lucky Day” – Time For Tea – (Wooden Hat)
  11. Liminanas – “La Fille De La Ligne” – I’ve Got Trouble In Mind – (Trouble In Mind)
  12. John Schooley – “The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World” – The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World – (Voodoo Rhythm)
  13. Bottle Rockets – “Dog” – South Broadway Athletic Club – (Bloodshot)
  14. Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin – “Sit Down Baby” – Lost Time – (Yep Roc)
  15. Dwight Yoakum – “Liar” – Second Hand Heart – (Reprise)
  16. Quiet Life – “Skin And Bones” – Wild Pack – (Mama Bird)
  17. Lonesome Heroes – “Steel” – Can’t Stand Still – (S/R)
  18. Kacey Musgraves – “Biscuits” – Pagent Material – (Mercury)
  19. Eleni Mandell – “I’m Old Fashioned” – Dark Lights Up – (Yep Roc!)
  20. Steve Earle and the Dukes – “Baby Baby Baby (baby)” – Terraplane – (New West)
  21. Stereophonics – “C’est La Vie” – Keep The Village Alive – (Stylus)
  22. Lisa Leblanc – “You Look Like Trouble (But I Guess Do Too)” – Highways Heartaches And Time Well Wasted – (Bonsound)
  23. Gangstagrass – “Barnburning” – American Music – (Rench Audio)
  24. Sleepy Man Banjo Boys – “By My Side” – By My Side – (Dreamcatcher)
  25. Natalia LaFourcade – “Hasta La Raiz” – Hasta La Raiz – (RCA)
  26. Legendary Shack Shakers – “Cold” – The Southern Surreal” – (Alternative Tentacles)
  27. Steelism – “Cat’s Eye Ring” – 615 To Fame – (Single Lock)
  28. Whiskey Kiss – “Two-Timin’ Two Step” – Dangerous One – (S/R)
  29. Ting Tings – “Only Love” – Super Critical – (Finca)
  30. Yo La Tengo – “Friday Im In Love” – Stuff Like That There – (Matador)
  31. Amy Blaschke – “Running Into The Fire” – Opaline – (Bird On A Lyre)
  32. Corb Lund – “Alt Berliner Blues” – Things That Can’t Be Undone – (New West)
  33. Las Cafeteras – “La Bamba Rebelde” – Las Cafeteras Remixed – (La Junta)
  34. Timothy O’Neil Band – “The Saloon” – Timothy O’Neil Band – (S/R)
  35. Grid Pickers – “29 Days” – Shack Wacky – (S/R)
  36. Vivants – “By And By” – Bluegrass Special – (S/R)
  37. Rose’s Pawn Shop – “What Were You Waiting For” – Gravity Well – (S/R)
  38. Yawpers – “Beale Street Blues” – American Man – (Bloodshot)
  39. Pokey La Farge And The South City 1 – “Something In The Water” – Something In The Water – (Rounder)
  40. Caitlin Anne Webster – “Black Moon” – Black Moon – (S/R)
  41. Secret Club – “Circle K” – Apocalypse Meow – (American Echo)
  42. Neil Young + Promise Of The Real – “A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop” – The Monsanto Years – (Reprise)
  43. Nocona – “Long Gone Song” – Long Gone Song – (S/R)
  44. Cedar Shakes – “Ramblin’ Lips” – The Western Road – (What Bang)
  45. Russell Hoke – “Bewilthered” – Through The Hardship Of Seasons – (Unheard Of)
  46. Bela Fleck and Chick Corea – “Mountain” – Two – (Stretch)
  47. Joe Ely – “Cold Black Hammer” – Panhandle Rambler – (Rack ‘Em)
  48. Raina Rose and Rebecca Loebe – “Dublin Blues” – Three Nights Live – (Goose Creek)
  49. Mantles – “Undelivered” – Memory – (Slumberland)
  50. Jessica Lee Wilkes – “Something’s Goin’ On” – Lone Wolf- (Free Dirt)

BEST COMPILATIONS OF 2015

  • I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969-70 – (Light in the Attic)
  • Native North America Vol. 1 – (Light in the Attic)

THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING WHO PLAYED LIVE WITH ME ON KALX IN 2015

  • Annie Bacon And Her Oshen
  • Crying Time
  • Rene De La Prade
  • Eight Belles
  • Front Country
  • Dave Ricketts (Gaucho)
  • Hot Toddies
  • Mountain Men Collective
  • Octomutt
  • Quiet Life
  • Emily Bonn and the Vivants
  • Whiskey And Women

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