One Host’s Favorites for 2024
On December 28, 2024, we offered some possible musical high points of the year.
First hour playlist:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Murray Kyle | Inner Most High | Pillars of Truth (s/p) |
| Rebecca Folsom | New Way Home | Sanctuary (Sunshine Productions) |
| Dirtwire & Gone Gone Beyond | Back to Zero | Live at the Mission Ballroom (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Olivia Chaney | Circus of Desire | Circus of Desire (Kartel Music Group) |
| Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald | A Day like This | Djuna’s Lullaby (Freewheel) |
| Isis Montemayor | Un Canto para Vivir | single (s/p) |
| Music Under Announcements | ||
| Seckou Keita with the BBC Concert Orchestra | Bamba, the Light of Touba | African Rhapsodies (Claves) |
| New Set | ||
| Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia | Owl’s Misfortune | single (s/p) |
| Legiana Collective | Quand la Lune | Wicked Light (s/p) |
| Ensemble Sangineto | Canto della Lavandaie del Vomero | Grand Tour, vol. 1 (Folkfest) |
| New Set | ||
| Catrin Finch and Aoife Ní Bhriain | Wonder | Double You (Proper Music) |
| Julie Fowlis, et al. | Bird of the Blizzard | Spell Songs: Gifts of Light (Hudson) |
Second hour playlist:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriela Cuicchi | Soy de la Tierra | single (s/p) |
| Luna Santa, feat. Candela Czarnowska | Luna | single (s/p) |
| Ima Nazca | Canto al Agua | Un Solo Rezo (s/p) |
| Marta Topferova | Huayno de la Esperanza | Sombras (Moravia Publishing) |
| New Set | ||
| Yunea | Guide Me | Garden of Life (s/p) |
| Shamamamahs | One More Day | single (s/p) |
| Mae Bird | Grandmother Spider | Whispers of the Wild (s/p) |
| New Set | ||
| Elele Tiana and Sierra Marin | Let Truth Be Found | single (s/p) |
| Olivia Chaney | To the Lighthouse | Circus of Desire (Karatel Music Group) |
| Gaiea Sanskrit (Gabriella Burnel) | Prayer Song—Ambā Parameśwari | single (s/p) |
| (faded under outro) Planet Drum | Tides | In the Groove (Valley Entertainment) |