5 February 2019 playlist

After publishing my albums of the year there are always some that got away. Albums that in error I’d not included in my list or those that I simply hadn’t had a chance to hear yet. I’ve not done too badly this year. Three additions to my original lengthy favourites list. I’m kind of encouraged to learn that having a long list of favourite releases isn’t unique to me. John Mulvey, editor of Mojo magazine’s own personal favourite releases of last year was longer than mine so I feel I’m in good company.

Anyway here are my additions.

Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Wapentak : erroneously missed off my original list. Now corrected.

Doug Paisley – Starter Home: I’ve loved all of Doug’s previous albums, just didn’t get to this one fast enough!

Neilson Hubbard – Cumberland Island: Producer in demand for Quiet Revolution faves like Dean Owens and Caroline Spence. Like Doug’s album I didn’t get to hear it until too late. Now rectified I’m delighted to say.

6 January 2019 playlist

Pierce Pettis I wouldn’t change it for the world digital download single from forthcoming album Father’s Son (2019 Compass Records)

www.piercepettis.com

Caroline Spence I can’t complain from Spades and Roses (2017 Caroline Spence)

www.carolinespencemusic.com

Neilson Hubbard My heart belongs to you from Cumberland Island (2018 Proper Records)

www.neilsonhubbard.com

Sam Baker Peace out from Land of doubt (2018 Sam Baker Music)

www.sambakermusic.com

Jess Morgan Familiar shoulders from And I can’t keep still EP (2018 Drabant Music)

www.jessmorgan.co.uk

Courtney Marie Andrews May your kindness remain from May your kindness remain (2018 Loose Music)

www.courtneymarieandrews.com

Emmylou Harris Diamonds are a girl’s best friend from White Shoes (1982 Warner Brothers)

www.emmylouharris.com

Sweet Billy Pilgrim A shelter of reeds from Wapentak (2018 Deco Audio Records)

www.sweetbillypilgrim.com

Loudon Wainwright III Your mother and I from Years in the making (2018 Storysound Records)

www.lw3.com

The Delines Eddie & Polly digital download single from forthcoming album The Imperial

www.thedelines.com

Cunning Folk Soft estate from Constant Companion (2018 Dharma Records)

www.cunningfolkmusic.com

Lau I don’t want to die here from Midnight and Closedown (2019 Reveal Records)

www.lau-music.co.uk

Doug Paisley Starter Home from Starter Home (2018 No Quarter Records)

www.dougpaisley.com

Willard Grant Conspiracy Untethered from Untethered (2018 Loose Music)

Karine Polwart with Steven Polwart & Inge Thomson Matsuo’s welcome to Muckhart from Laws of Motion (2018 Hudson Records)

www.karinepolwart.com

Chris Wood Come Down Jehovah from Trespasser (2007 RUF Records)

www.chriswoodmusic.co.uk

Bennett Wilson Poole Funny guys from Bennett Wilson Poole (2018 Aurora Records)

www.bennettwilsonpoole.com

Odette Michell Bless the ground you grow on single (2018 Odette Michell)

www.odettemichell.com

Amy Speace The letter from Same Old Storm EP (2014 Continental Song City)

www.amyspeace.com

Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell Letters to Lenore from The North Farm Sessions (2013 Rabble Rouser Records)

www.lucyfarrellmusic.com

Neil McSweeney Land Of cockayne from A coat worth wearing (2016 Hudson Records)

www.neilmcsweeney.com

The Trials of Cato These are the things from Hide and Hair (2018 Trials of Cato)

www.thetrailsofcato.com

The Weather Station featuring Jennifer Castle I tried to wear the world collaboration digital download single (2018 Paradise of Bachelors)

www.theweatherstation.net

www.jnfrcastle.com

Peter James Millson Driving home from Low-Key (as yet unreleased)

www.peterjamesmillson.com

The Quiet Revolution favourite albums of 2018 – full list

For those who just like a straightforward list without video links here it is, all of my favourite releases from 2018 together. It’s a long list but I consider that minimalism is overrated!

Sarah McQuaid – If we dig any deeper it could get dangerous
Jess Morgan – And I still can’t keep still EP/Blue Jay single/Aston expressway, kiss me quick single/Whitby single
Dean Owens – Southern Wind
Gem Andrews – North
Faeland – At my swim
Jim Ghedi – A hymn for ancient land
Bennett Wilson Poole – Bennett Wilson Poole
Don Gallardo – Still here
Kings of the South Seas – Franklyn
Zoe Mulford – Small brown birds
Alela Diane – Cusp
Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker – Seedlings All
H.C McEntire – Lionheart
Winter Wilson – Far off on the horizon
Jerry Leger – Nonsense and heartache
Orphan Colours – All on red
Stick in the Wheel – Follow them true
Brandi Carlile – By the way, I forgive you
Fran Wyburn – Wood for the trees
Hannah Read – Way out I’ll wander
I’m Kingfisher – Transit
Cath and Phil Tyler – The Ax and the Ox
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Sometimes just the sky
Courtney Marie Andrews – May your kindness remain
Duotone – A life re-appearing
Simone Felice – The Projector
Hayley Henderickx – I need to start a garden
Israel Nash – Lifted
Ray Cooper – Between the golden age and the promised land
Gretchen Peters – Dancing with the beast
The Fugitives – The promise of strangers
Hatful of Rain – Songs of the lost and found
Jill Jackson – Are we there yet?
Blair Dunlop – Notes from an island
Olivia Chaney – Shelter
Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage – Awake
Laura Veirs – The Lookout
Juliana Daugherty – Light
Erin Rae – Putting on airs
Lucy Ward – Pretty warnings
Jennifer Castle – Angels of death
Suburban Dirts – I want blood
Hadley McCall Thackston – Hadley McCall Thackston
The Jellyman’s Daughter – Dead reckoning
Ana Egge – White Tiger
Modern Studies – Welcome strangers
Ry Cooder – Prodigal Son
Mishaped Pearls – Shivelight
Ben Kunder – Better Human
Jess Vincent – Lions
Laura Gibson – Goners
Benjamin Folke Thomas – Modern man
William Fitzsimmons – Mission bell
Karine Polwart, Steven Polwart and Inge Thomson – Laws of motion
Cam Penner – At war with reason
Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou – Fair Lady London
Nathan Bell – Love, bones and stars
Marc Ribot – Songs of Resistance 1942-2018
John Smith – Hummingbird
Kelly Oliver – Botany Bay
Jess Matas – Tamarack
Phillip Henry – True North
Kitty MacFarlane – Namer of clouds
Ed Harcourt – Beyond the end
David Berkeley – The Faded Red and Blue EP
Sinnober – Projection
Martyn Joseph – Here come the young
Ciara O’Neill – Arrow
The Willows – Through the wild
Glorietta – Glorietta
Austin Lucas – Immortal Americans
Annie Dressner – Broken into pieces
Gilmore and Roberts – A problem of our kind
Me for Queen – Loose end
Curse of Lono – As I fell
Drew Morrison and the Darkwood – Electric Notes Wild
Tunng – Songs you make at night
Treetop Flyers – Treetop Flyers
Grace Petrie – Queer as folk
Vanessa Peters – Foxhole prayers
Dan Webster – Devil sky
M.G Boulter and The Froe – Blood Moon EP
The Cowboy Junkies – All that reckoning
Kerry Devine – Away from the mountains
Lori McKenna – The Tree
Elephant Micah – Genericana
Amanda Shires – To the sunset
Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes – Some girls quite like country music
The Innocence Mission – Sun on the square
Lera Lynn – Plays well with others (a duets album)
Jason McNiff – Joy and independence
Alden Patterson and Dashwood – By the night
Robby Hecht and Caroline Spence – Two people
Steve Tilston – Distant days
The Milk Carton Kids – All the things that I did and all the things that I didn’t do
Rab Noakes – Welcome to anniversaryville
Kristian Kjellvander – Faux Guernica
Katherine Priddy – Wolf EP
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – Boygenius EP
Eliza Gilkyson – Secularia
Rachel Baiman – Thanksgiving EP
Reg Meuross – Reg Meuross
Luluc – Sculptor
The Shackleton Trio – Fen, farm and deadly water
Trampled by Turtles – Life is good one the open road
Letitia VanSant – Gut it to the studs
The Trials of Cato – Hide and hair

11 December 2018 playlist

Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes A portrait of the artist as a middle aged man from Some girls (quite) like country music (2018 Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes)

www.lachlanbryanandthewildes.com

Kai Kater New Collossus from Grenades (2019 Smithsonian Folkways)

www.kaikater.com

The Willows Coda from Through the wild (2018 Elk Records)

www.thewillowsband.com

Willard Grant Conspiracy Saturday with Jane from Unthethered (2018 Loose Music)

Bella Hardy I would give you the moon single (2013 Noe Records)

www.bellahardy.com

The Kimberleys Elsie Marley from The Kimberleys (2018 Pop la disque)

www.thekimberleys.org

Austin Lucas My mother and the devil from Immortal Americans (2018 Cornelius Chapel Records)

www.austinlucas.com

Ed Harcourt Wolves change rivers from Beyond the end (2018 PIAS Records)

www.edharcourt.com

Katherine Priddy Wolf from Wolf EP (2018 Katherine Priddy)

facebook.com/katherinepriddy

David Berkeley Wolves in the wings from The Faded Red and Blue EP (2018 David Berkeley)

www.davidberkeley.com

Lera Lynn featuring Shovels and Rope Wolf like me from Plays well with others: a duets album (2018 Single Lock Records)

www.leralynn.com

Rosanne Cash The only thing worth fighting for from She remembers everything (2018 Blue Note Records)

www.rosannecash.com

Jess Morgan Christmas Eve digital download single (2014 Amateur Boxer Records)

www.jessmorgan.co.uk

Tom McRae Wonderful Christmastime from Word of Mouth: 15 quality new tracks for winter 2004 from Word magazine

www.tommcrae.com

Jeff Tweedy Bombs above from Warm (2018 dBpm Records)

www.wilcoworld.net

Daniel Romano Empty husk from Finally Free (2018 New West Records)

www.danielromanomusic.com

Rachel Baiman Thanksgiving from Thanksgiving EP (2018 Free Dirt Records)

www.rachelbaiman.com

Will Varley All those stars from Spirit of Minnie (2018 Xtra Mile Recordings)

www.willvarley.com

Peter James Millson Better than before from Low Key (to be released May 2019)

www.peterjamesmillson.com

B.D Harrington Out of reach from Then All Was Still EP (2018

www.bdharrington.bandcamp.com

The Howard Hughes Suite Lost and found from Stereodrome (2016 The Howard Hughes Suite)

www.thehowardhughessuite.bandcamp.com

The Trials of Cato Gloria from Hide and Hair (2018 Water Records)

www.thetrialsofcato.com

William the Conqueror The curse of friends from Bleeding on the soundtrack (2019 Loose Music)

www.williamtheconqueror.net

Yvonne Lyon I believe in Christmas single with Dear December (2018 Yvonne Lyon)

www.yvonnelyonmusic.com

Trevor Moss and Hannah Lou Everything you need from Fair Lady London (2018 Maiden Voyage Recording Co)

www.trevormossandhannahlou.com

Over the Rhine Blood oranges in snow from Blood oranges in snow (2014 Great Speckled Dog)

www.overtherhine.com

Me for Queen Snow on snow from Loose End (2018 Me for Queen)

www.facebook.com/meforqueenmusic

Sam Baker Snow from Cotton (2009 Music Road Records)

www.sambakermusic.com

Show of Hands The Preacher from Where we’re bound: the setlist album (2018 Hands on Music)

www.showofhands.co.uk

Kitty MacFarlane Wrecking days from Namer of clouds (2018 Navigator Records)

www.kittymacfarlane.com

Grace Petrie Baby Blue from Queer as folk (2018 Robot needs a home)

www.gracepetrie.com

Dan Rauchwerk Tears shaped liked islands featuring Caitlin Mahoney from We are move than what we leave behind (2018 Dan Rauchwerk)

www.danrauchwerk.com

Luluc Genius from Sculptor (2018 Sub Pop Records)

www.lulucmusic.com

Laura Gibson Slow joker grin from Goners (2018 City Slang Records)

www.lauragibsonmusic.com

Loudon Wainwright III Christmas morning from Social Studies (1999 Rykodisc)

www.danrauchwerk.com

I’m with Her See you around from See you around (2018 Rounder Records)

www.imwithherband.com

My favourite albums of the last 6 months of the year: second instalment

Here goes with the final part. Hope you enjoy.

Letitia VanSant – Gut it to the studs

Trampled by Turtles – Life is good on the open road

The Shackleton Trio – Fen, farm and deadly water

Luluc – Sculptor

Reg Meuross – Reg Meuross

Rachel Baiman – Thanksgiving EP