We’re going to take a step away from vintage releases in our first episode of 2016 and look back at last year’s Americana releases, focusing on tributes and covers from some of the very best performers of the time. We’ll hear from Happy Traum, Jorma Kaukonen, Robert Earl Keen Jr., the Alvin Brothers, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Edwards and many others as the cover music from the past century. While most are those of tradition, we’ll also hear covers of Stephen Foster, Carter Family, and Woody Guthrie for good measure. Tribute albums include Bob Dylan’s Shadows in the Night and Asleep at the Wheel’s “Still The King” Bob Wills tribute. Lots of territory to cover so I hope you’ll join in!
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mavis Staples | See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | Your Good Fortune (EP) |  |
| 2 | Jorma Kaukonen | Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out | Ain't In No Hurry | |
| 3 | Jorma Kaukonen | Sweet Fern | Ain't In No Hurry | |
| 4 | Darryl Holter | California Stars | Radio Songs | |
| 5 | Darryl Holter | Do Re Mi | Radio Songs | |
| 6 | Jonathan Edwards | Mole | Tomorrow's Child | |
| 7 | Hamilton County Ramblers | Hard Times | Hamilton County Ramblers | |
| 8 | Emmylou Harris | Bury Me Beneath The Willow | Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited | |
| 9 | Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers | Train On The Island | Orthophonic Joy | |
| 10 | The Cox Family | Cash On The Barrelhead | Gone Like The Cotton | |
| 11 | Robert Earl Keen, Jr. | Footprints in the Snow | Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions | |
| 12 | Lyle Lovett; Robert Earl Keen, Jr. | T For Texas | Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions | |
| 13 | Asleep at the Wheel | Time Changes Everything (with Buddy Miller) | Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | |
| 14 | Asleep at the Wheel | Faded Love (with The Time Jumpers) | Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | |
| 15 | Robbie O'Connell | Pretty Saro | Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie | |
| 16 | Happy Traum | Careless Love Blues (feat. Jerry Marotta, Byron Isaacs & John Sebastian) | Just For the Love Of It | |
| 17 | Happy Traum | I Aint Got No Home (feat. John Sebastian, Byron Isaacs & Jerry Marotta) | Just For the Love Of It | |
| 18 | Spuyten Duyvil | Keep your Skillet Good and Greasy | Social Hour Music | |
| 19 | Spuyten Duyvil | Make Me A Pallet | Social Hour Music | |
| 20 | Charlie Gracie | Just A Closer Walk With Thee | Angel on My Shoulder | |
| 21 | Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin | Cherry Red Blues | Lost Time | |
| 22 | Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin | World's In A Bad Condition | Lost Time | |
| 23 | The Mavericks | Nitty Gritty | Mono | |
| 24 | Bob Dylan | That Lucky Old Sun | Shadows in the Night | |
| 25 | Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson | Don't Think Twice, It's Alright | Django and Jimmie | |
| 26 | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's | Treat Her Right | Perfectamundo | |
| 27 | Larry Campbell | Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning | Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams | |