That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Liggins | Brand New Deal In Mobile | Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers |  |
| 2 | Fletcher Smith | Brand New Neighborhood | Stompin' 12 | |
| 3 | George Green | Brand New Rockin' Chair | The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5 | |
| 4 | Al Harrison | Brand New Money | Fool Mule | |
| 5 | Barrel House Blott & Lee | Brand New Man | Dapper Dan | |
| 6 | Fats Domino | Brand New Baby | Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 | |
| 7 | Wayne Hancock | Brand New Cadillac | That's What Daddy Wants | |
| 8 | The Payments | Brand New Automobile | So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1 | |
| 9 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Brand New Lock | Po' Lightnin' | |
| 10 | Lead Belly | I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford | Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection | |
| 11 | Ruthie Foster | Brand New Day | Promise of a Brand New Day | |
| 12 | Al Kooper | Brand New Day (Bonus Track) | You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus | |
| 13 | Dion | Brand New Morning | Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971 | |
| 14 | Gary Stewart | Brand New Whiskey | An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs | |
| 15 | Mel Tillis | Brand New Mister Me | 36 All Time Greatest Hits | |
| 16 | The Everly Brothers | Brand New Heartache | The Everly Brothers | |
| 17 | Dave Edmunds | Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets | Get It | |
| 18 | Gram Parsons | Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track] | Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel | |
| 19 | Emmylou Harris | Brand New Dance | Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2 | |
| 20 | Tex Ritter | You're Always Brand New | High Noon | |
| 21 | Don Henley | The Brand New Tennessee Waltz | Cass County (Deluxe) | |
| 22 | Steve Earle | Brand New Companion | Townes | |
| 23 | Dave Alvin | Brand New Heart | Blue Blvd | |
| 24 | Greg Brown | Brand New '64 Dodge | Poet Game | |
| 25 | Jesse Winchester | Brand New Tennesse Waltz | Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage | |
| 26 | Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters | Brand New Start | Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP) | |
| 27 | Modern Hicks | Brand New | Tornado Alley | |
| 28 | Melanie | Brand New Key | 70s Music Explosion – Miracles | |
| 29 | Will Kimbrough | Brand New Song | Americanitis | |
| 30 | Leftover Salmon | Brand New Good Old Days | Brand New Good Old Days | |
| 31 | Elvis Presley | There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon | Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout | |
| 32 | Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers | Brand New Day (LP Version) | Set Me Free | |
| 33 | James Brown | Papa's Got A Brand New Bag | 20 All Time Greatest Hits! | |
| 34 | Slim Harpo | Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King) | The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1 | |