Sandy’s Picks for the Best of 2011

Folk Music & Beyond, with Sandy Miranda, 12/10/11

Sandy's Personal Picks of the Best of 2011, from the BBC Polls, and from our own favorites and Grammy nominees....

Mary Hampton / Benjamin Bowmaneer / Folly / Teaspoon Records UK

Hedy West / Sheffield Apprentice / Ballads and Song from the Appalacians / Fellside UK

June Tabor & Oysterband / If My Love Loves Me / Ragged Kingdom / Topic Records

Fatoumata Diawara / Mousso / Fatou / World Circuit

Tinariwen / Tenere Taqhim Tossai / Tassili +10:1 / Anti-

Aurelio / Laru Beya / Laru Beya / Stonetree

JuJu / Waide Nayde / In Trance / RealWorld

Kiran Ahluwalia / Mustt Mustt (Extended / aam zameen: common ground) / Avokado

Albino! / Bade and Speak / Peralta House / AlbinoBand.com

Hossam Ramzy / Rock the Tabla / Rock the Tabla / Arc Music

Tom Waits / Last Leaf / Bad as Me / Anti-

Levon Helm / You'll Never Again Be Mine / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / Columbia

Holly Williams / Blue Is My Heart / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / Columbia

Ry Cooder / John Lee Hooker for President / Pull Up Some Dust & Sit Down / Nonesuch

Cash Box Kings / That's My Gal / Holler and Stomp / Blind Pig

Gillian Welch / Scarlet Town / Harrow and the Harvest / Acony

Jeff Bridges / Blue Car/ Jeff Bridges / Blue Note

Bob Dylan / The Love That Faded / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / Columbia

George Kahumoku / Pupu A'o Ewa / Wao Akua / Daniel Ho Productions

Te Vaka / Luga ma lalo / Havili / Warm Earth

C.J. Chenier / Clap Hands / Can't Sit Down / Harmonia Mundi

Bill Frizzell / Revolution / All We Are Saying... / Savoy