The 2008 records I enjoyed the most, pretty much By Amanda on December 19, 2008 6:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)
More or less. In some kind of vagueish order for the first quarter then much of a muchness after. I'll do a relevant 8tracks for it too. Large Hearted Boy has the definitive list of end of year lists.
The Good Life -- Justin Townes Earle
Rattlin' Bones -- Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
Gurrumul -- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Virtual Landslide -- Pete Molinari (will talk about later)
Just a Little Lovin' -- Shelby Lynne
One Kind Favour -- BB King
Little Honey -- Lucinda Williams
Crossing the Field -- Jenny Scheinman
Trouble in Mind -- Hayes Carll
Harps and Angels -- Randy Newman
Waylon Forever -- Waylon Jennings (last recordings, classic songs, produced by son Shooter)
Same Old Man -- John Hiatt
Venus on Earth -- Dengue Fever (Cambodian-Californian psychadelic south east Asian surf rock)
All is Yes -- The Blessing
Como Now: The Voices of Panola County, MS -- Various (acapella gospel from the Daptone label)
Backwoods Barbie -- Dolly Parton
Recovery -- Loudon Wainwright III
Honky Tonks and Cheap Hotels -- Whitey Morgan and the 78s (outlaw country)
The C.P.T Theorem -- Greydon Square
Recapturing the Banjo -- Otis Taylor
Modern Hymns -- Darrell Scott
Seeing Things -- Jakob Dylan (it grew on me very slowly)
Honey Songs -- Jim Lauderdale
Akh Issudar -- Terakaft (Tourareg "desert rock")
Umalali -- The Garifuna Women's Collective (Afro-Belizean)
Mother Earth! Father Sky! -- Huun-Huur-Tu (alt.tuvan Like many people I find the whole throat singing thing pretty fascinating without actually wanting to listen to it while nursing a Strongbow out on the balcony at a summer's dusk. This one I would. Very jaunty! Turkic bluegrass! And they have a girl singer who breaks up the throaty stuff.)
Additional list: some more 2008 jazz I liked in addition to the Jenny Scheinman and The Blessing above.
Treat Me Gently -- Dale Barlow, George Coleman, Mark Fitzgibbon, Sam Anning This is Australian. John Shand just happened to review it in the Herald last week, and it just happened to be on eMusic and it just happened to have seven tracks and I just happened to have seven credits left so I got it. And I liked it a lot.
De Cuba y de Panamá -- Billy Cobham and Asere
The Coalition of the Willing -- Bobby Previte
Roll With It -- Corey Christiansen
By Tim
on December 19, 2008 8:57 AM
What's with Lucinda and Lauderdale and the honey thing?
By Amanda
on December 19, 2008 9:14 AM
I can't think what it could bee.
Ha.
By Francis Xavier Holden
on December 19, 2008 8:39 PM
Thanks for the throat singing tip - I like most of it but haven't cottoned onto anything that swings or rocks yet
By David Porter
on December 20, 2008 10:12 AM
Hi Amanda,
Can't wait to tune in on 8tracks! (I forget, have you tried our Mac Uploader? It makes making mixes much more manageable ; ) )
By Amanda
on December 20, 2008 10:23 AM
Hi, David. Coicidentally, that's exactly what I'm doing right this second. And I do use the Mac uploader and it, also, is one of the best things of 2008. No joke!
I will add the 8tracks widget to the post after this, 2008 redux.
By Andre
on December 20, 2008 11:18 PM
Hi Amanda,
Love most of the mix. I saw Huun-Huur-Tu a few years ago - amazing. I have one of their albums which I rarely play. Have you heard Yat Kha? Tuvan Country & Western (& heavy rock)
By Amanda
on December 21, 2008 5:22 AM
Most?
MOST???
;-)
By Amanda
on December 21, 2008 4:31 PM
I sneakily added a few I forgot. Cope.
By Andre
on December 22, 2008 8:46 PM
Most.
MOST!!!!
By Amanda
on December 22, 2008 9:25 PM
Thanks for the Yat Kah rec. Tuvan throat singing cover of In A Gadda Da Vida? I'm sold.