BEST ALBUMS (in order of merit)
1) Paradise Is Here: The New Tiger Lily Recordings – Natalie Merchant
2) From The Violent Banks of The Kaaterskill – Simone Felice (Live)
3) Mount The Air – The Unthanks
4) Cass County – Don Henley
5) Before This World – James Taylor
6) Modern Blues – The Waterboys
7) The Fade in Time – Sam Lee
8) No Pier Pressure- Brian Wilson
9) Didn’t It Rain – Amy Helm
10) Simi Stone – Simi Stone
TEN SONGS OF THE YEAR
1.Jealousy (2015 version) – Natalie Merchant (with Simi Stone)
VIDEO LINK TO TODAY PROGRAMME, USA, 29 October 2015
Natalie Merchant and Simi Stone live (as on the album)
2.Don’t Wake The Scarecrow (live) – Simone Felice
VIDEO LINK TO “Mercy” from the same album
3.That Old Flame – Don Henley and Martina McBride
4. Magpie – The Unthanks
5.I Do – Simi Stone
VIDEO LINK TO “GOOD FRIEND” from the same album
6.My Beloved Wife (2015) – Natalie Merchant
VIDEO LINK TO SHORT EXTRACT + INTERVIEWS
7.Stretch of The Highway – James Taylor
8.November Tale – The Waterboys
9.She’s Got You- Rhiannon Giddens
10.When My Ship Comes In – Anna Mitchell
BEST REISSUES
1) 3-Track Shack: Link Wray – pristine remasters of “Link Wray” / “Mordicai Jones” and “Beans and Fatback” on a 2 CD set (Ace)
LINK TO “FALLIN’ RAIN” from Wray’s Three Track Shack
2) Completely Under The Covers (box set) Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs
LINK TO YOUTUBE “Different Drum” from Completely Under The Covers
3) The Cutting Edge – Bob Dylan
LINK TO VERSION of “Visions of Johanna” with The Hawks
BEST CONCERT
Jimmy Cliff – Larmer Tree Festival
Simone Felice / Anna Mitchell – The Attic, Winchester
Same month … image from Cluny.
The Unthanks – Yeovil
Cardiff … same tour
Paul Simon & Sting – Birmingham
Lulu- Bournemouth Pavilion
Bournemouth Echo picture
Sam Lee & Friends – Poole Lighthouse
Different show, same year
Thea Gilmore – Tivoli, Wimborne
Bellowhead – Larmer Tree
Raghu Dixit – Larmer Tree Festival
Simi Stone – The Attic Winchester
Not actual gig
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