Year-End Favorites for 2020
The program for December 26, 2020, featured some of one host’s favorites for the year.
First hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Darwin Grajales | Yo También Estoy Loco | Yo Ya No Cargo Más Contigo (Darwin Grajales) |
| Nicolas Losada Rojas | El Reino de la Vida | Ha Llegado la Medicina (Nicolas Losada Rojas) |
| Jesús Hidalgo | Canto da Terra | Diamante (Todo el Mundo Dice Aho) |
| New Set | ||
| Kevin Burke | Jesusita en Chihuahua | Sligo Made (Loftus Music) |
| Séamus Egan | Welcome to Orwell | Early Bright (THL) |
| Gerry O’Connor | The Hawk and the Hare (The Hawk Jig / The Hardrevet Polska) | Last Night’s Joy (Lughnasa Music) |
| New Set | ||
| The Black Brothers | Rathlin | Glackanacker (s/p) |
| John Doyle | Her Long Hair Flowing Down | The Path of Stones (Compass) |
| Aisling Urwin | The Mist Covered Mountains / Sheep on the Boat | The Dragonfly Jig (Aisling Urwin) |
| New Set | ||
| Sam Lee with Elizabeth Fraser | The Moon Shines Bright | Old Wow (Cooking Vinyl) |
| Shirley Collins | Barbara Allen | Heart’s Ease (Domino) |
| Alasdair Roberts | The Evernew Tongue | The Fiery Margin (Drag City) |
Second hour:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Woven Kin | In the Stars | single (Woven Kin) |
| Karine Polwart et al. | Heartwood | Spell Songs (Quercus) |
| Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita | Listen to the Grass Grow | Soar (Bendigedig) |
| New Set | ||
| Steve Postell and Ken McLeod | Here It Begins | The Other Shore (Renegade) |
| Maya Elena | Healing Is Mine | Igiene (s/p) |
| Nessi Gomes | Hine Ani | (online) |
| New Set | ||
| Lyla June Johnston* | All Nations Rise | (online) |
| Freedom Café | El Mensaje Es el Amor | Cantos de Medicina (Freedom Café) |
| New Set | ||
| Nessi Gomes | Novo Amanhecer | single (Baraka) |
| Julio Numhauser & Maciel Numhauser | Todo Cambia | single (Julio Numhauser & Maciel Numhauser) |
| Badi Assad | Valseana | Solo (Chesky) |
*Lyla June Johnston’s podcast interview with Charles Eisenstein is here. And here is another very interesting interview she has given.