This week,we conclude our survey of the best of 2020’s folk music releases. We feature great music from Adam Hurt, The Onlies, Ben Reel, Brennen Leigh, Loudon Wainwright III, Mipso and many more. Despite the pandemic and quarantine it was a fine year. 2020, it’s a wrap … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.
Episode #21-03: Best of 2020 Pt.3
Host: Tom Druckenmiller
Artist/”Song”/CD/Label
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Adam Hurt / “Back Step Cindy” / Back to the Earth / Ubiquitone
Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton / “The Blue Ridge Mountain Blues” / Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton / Smithsonian Folkways
The Piros / “Grey Cat on a Tennessee Farm” / Brandywine Ridge / Self Produced
Jake Blount / “Roustabout” / Spider Tales / Free Dirt
The Onlies / “Going Across the Sea” / The Onlies / Self Produced
Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder / “Thief” / Trouble in Time / Self Produced
Ben Reel / “Tough People” / The Nashville Calling / B.Reel
Brennen Leigh / “Don't You Know I'm from Here” / Prairie Love Letter / Self Produced
Maya De Vitry / “Bread for the Circus” / How to Break a Fall / Self Produced
Adam Hurt / “Kentucky Winder” / Back to the Earth / Ubiquitone
Norah Jones / “I'm Alive” / Pick Me Up Off the Floor / BlueNote
Jules Shear / “Smart” / Slower / Funzalo
Loudon Wainwright III / “I'm Going to Give it to Mary with Love” / I'd Rather Lead A Band / Search Party-Thirty Tigers
Chris Smither / “Let It Go” / More From the Levee / Signature Sounds
Mipso / “Hourglass” / Mipso / Rounder
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways