Episode 140 – Dec 28, 2017

The objectivity of enjoyment…the exploration of new sounds with Americana roots. The year 2017 offered a diverse selection of sounds and Blue Moon Americana (coupled with the Americana Hours) brought you the best of it: bluegrass, gospel, blues, R&B, country, and folk tradition. This week’s show susses out the Top 25 albums (in our humblest of opinion) and we won’t give much away other than to say: expect Whitney Rose to be on that list somewhere.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jaime Wyatt Wishing Well Felony Blues Amazon
3Alison Krauss It's Goodbye And So Long To You Windy City Amazon
4JD McPherson Crying's Just a Thing You Do Undivided Heart & Soul Amazon
5Margo Price Don't Say It All American Made Amazon
6Lillie Mae These Daze Forever And Then Some Amazon
7The Band Of Heathens All I'm Asking Duende Amazon
8Willie Nelson Still Not Dead God's Problem Child Amazon
9Justin Townes Earle Kids In The Street Kids In The Street Amazon
10Bruce Cockburn Stab At Matter Bone On Bone Amazon
11Pokey LaFarge Riot In The Streets Manic Revelations Amazon
12Eilen Jewell You'll Be Mine Down Hearted Blues Amazon
13David Olney Yesterday's News Don't Try To Fight It Amazon
14The Mavericks Ride with Me Brand New Day Amazon
15Moot Davis Whats The Matter With Me Hierarchy Of Crows Amazon
16Chuck Prophet Bad Year for Rock and Roll Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins Amazon
17Tift Merritt Wait for Me (Featuring Sam Beam) Stitch of the World Amazon
18The Secret Sisters Tennessee River Runs Low You Don't Own Me Anymore Amazon
19Shannon McNally I Went To The Well Black Irish Amazon
20Lee Ann Womack Take The Devil Out Of Me The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone Amazon
21Nikki Lane Lay You Down Highway Queen Amazon
22Chris Hillman Such Is The World That We Live In Bidin' My Time Amazon
23David Rawlings Come on Over My House Poor David's Almanack Amazon
24Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' All Around the World TajMo Amazon
25Whitney Rose Tied To The Wheel Rule 62 Amazon
26Whitney Rose Arizona Rule 62 Amazon
27Whitney Rose Little Piece of You Heartbreaker of the Year Amazon
28Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives Old Mexico Way Out West Amazon

A Century of America's Music