here's my list of favorite music from 2011 that i posted over at the no depression site just before c'mas. this does not include new jazz or new classical. it would have included the black key's el camino but it came out after i'd drawn up the list.
in no particular order:
1) bonnie "prince" billy: WOLFROY GOES TO TOWN
2)tab benoit: MEDICINE
3)the low anthem: THE SMART FLESH
4)gillian welch: THE HARROW & THE HARVEST
5)tom waits: BAD AS ME
6)tom russell: MESABI
7)jeffrey foucault: THE HORSE LATITUDES
8)jessica lea mayfield: TELL ME
9)malcolm holcolme: TO DRINK THE RAIN
10)wilco: THE WHOLE LOVE
honorable mentions: the decemberists, jason isbell, gregg allman, monk boudreux, willem maker(agapao), austin lucas, slackeye slim, hellbound glory, glossary, the bo-keys, big harp, the deep dark woods, mike doughty, john hiatt, joseph arthur, dave alvin, buddy miller.
re-release of the year: mickey newbury, an american trilogy.
& i have to mention my new orleans friend, the great transcendent coco robicheaux. rip
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