Favorites for the Year
The program for December 29, 2018, featured some of one host’s favorite discoveries for the past year.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Dougie MacLean | Demetrius | New Tomorrow (Dunkeld) |
| Usher’s Island | Wild Roving | Usher’s Island (Vertical/Compass) |
| String Sisters | Mo Níon Ó | Between Wind and Water (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| The Martin Hayes Quartet | The Boy in the Gap | The Blue Room (University of Limerick) |
| Kittel & Co. | The Boxing Reels | Whorls (Fiddlestick Music / Compass) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Altan | The Piper in the Cave / An Ghaoth Aniar Aneas (The South-West Wind) | The Gap of Dreams (Compass) |
| Moira Smiley | One-Step Dance | Unzip the Horizon (s/p) |
| Karine Polwart | Suitcase | Laws of Motion (Hudson) |
| Olivia Chaney | Colin and Clem | Shelter (Nonesuch) |
| New Set | ||
| Jane Yolen & 3 Ravens | Story | The Infinite Dark (s/p) |
| David Berkeley | Ash to Ash | The Faded Red and Blue (s/p) |
| Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker | All Is Myth | Seedlings All (Rough Trade) |
| Marian McLaughlin | Open a Window | Lake Accotink (Antidote) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Alonso del Río | Mira como Cura | Tawantinsuyo 5.0* (Alonso del Río) |
| Curawaka | Cuñaq | Call of the Wild (s/p) |
| Minük featuring Tina Malia | Madre de Luz | (online) |
| Rosa Zaragoza | Mantra de l’Adeu | Cuando se Caen las Alas del Corazón (Karon) |
| Las Magdalenas | Sueño | (online) |
| New Set | ||
| Shimshai & Susana | Nube de Rocío | Todo Brilla (s/p) |
| Danit Treubig | Heartbeat | Aliento (s/p) |
| Ana Alcaide / Gotrasawala Ensemble | Sono | Tales of Pangea (ARC Music) |
| New Set | ||
| Rising Appalachia | Resilient | (online) |
| Joanne Rand | Just Keep Going | Just Keep Going (Homefire Productions) |
| Nessi Gomes | All Related | Diamonds & Demons (s/p) |
| Sangre de Muerdago | Medianoite (faded) | Noite (s/p) |
*Here is Alonso’s book by that title.