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2012 FOLK RELATED GRAMMY WINNERS
(see Read more ... winners marked in RED)
Best Regional Mexican Or Tejano Album
Tom Cheyney’s Top Ten
(in no particular order)
1. Aurelio, Laru Beya (Next Ambiance)
Lovely soft intensity and groove from Garifuna music’s torchbearer honors the passing of Andy Palacio, with guest turns from new mentor and presidential candidate (in Senegal), Youssou N’Dour.
2. Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So What (Hear Music)
Bygone icon seeks reinvention. Paulie’s best since Graceland ponders life, death, love with tastily organic sonic palette.
3. June Tabor and the Oysterband, Ragged Kingdom (Topic)
The gloriously gloomy Ms. Tabor joins up with the Oysters for more neo-Anglo folk-frak: Highlights include Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” transformed into English country standard.
4. Various, Red Hot and Rio 2 (Entertainment One)
Double-album raises money for a noble cause and gives refreshing pause with slew of interpretive Brazilianisms from homies and foreigners alike.
5. Yemen Blues at the Troubadour, March 6
ROZ LARMAN’S TOP TEN
1. Laurie Lewis Skipping And Flying" Spruce And Maple Music
2. Stan Rogers Fogarty's Cove Borealis Records
3. Battlefield Band Line Up Temple Records
4. John McCutcheon This Land - Woody Guthrie's America
5. Tommy Sands Arising From The Troubles Spring Records
6. Cherish The Ladies Country Crossroads The Nashville Sessions Big Mammy Records
7. John Doyle Shadow And Light Compass Records
8. La Bottine Souriante Appelation D'Origine Controlée Borealis Records
9. Dave Alvin Eleven Eleven" Yep Roc Records
10. Martin Simpson Purpose + Grace Topic Records
That is it folks. Happy New Year
Linda Dewar’s Top Ten
* CD: Daniel Thorpe – The Curiosity Shop
* Artist: Innes Watson – guitarist, fiddler, singer, composer/arranger.He’s innovative and interesting, and was just named Instrumentalist of the Year at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards.
* Event: Perthshire Amber Festival – organized by Dougie Maclean. This festival gets better every year. If you plan a visit to Scotland, try to come in the fall and take in the concerts, workshops, hill walks, and sessions.
* Concert: Greentrax 25th Anniversary Concert – 25 years of the definitive Celtic music record label, celebrated by some of the best folk and traditional recording artists in Scotland.
* CD: Syncopaths – Five Gears
* Live gig: Nick Keir – live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A tiny wee venue with a tiny wee stage and Nick at his best. I miss the McCalmans, but the solo stuff that he’s writing is brilliant, and I can hardly wait to hear his new solo CD.
* CD: Ciaran Dorris – Home
* CD: Manran – Manran Album of the year at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards
Acoustic NAMM, Winter 2011
Third in a series of annual reports exclusive to Folkworks
Two Old Hippies again exhibited at The Winter NAMM Show, 2011
(photo by Susan Rosenberg)
As I toured the vast acres of musical product exhibits and entertainment at the 2011 Winter NAMM Show along with 90,114 other registered attendees at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Southern California, on January 13th through the 16th, 2011, it was easy to "Believe in Music," and to think that music just might be the answer to the problems of the world after all, or at least be an essential tool in solving them.
NAMM stands for “National Association of Music Merchants,” but despite NAMM's continued use of the acronym, the organization is now named "International Music Products Association," to more accurately reflect its worldwide scope, and to complement its motto, "Believe in Music."
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Linda Dewar’s Top Ten
1. Live gig: Crooked Still at Perthshire Amber festival
2. Live gig: Julie Fowlis at Perthshire Amber festival
3. CD: Duncan Chisholm, Canaich
4. Artists/CD/Live gigs: The McCalmans. /p>
5. Venue: Glenfarg Folk Club.
6. CD: The Poozies, Yellow Like Sunshine
7. CD: Yo-yo Ma & Friends, Songs of Joy & Peace.
8. Tune Book: Blair Douglas, Manran (A Music Collection).
9. CD: Carolina Chocolate Drops: Genuine Negro Jig
10. Artist: Anna Massie.
Joel Okida's Ten + Bests of 2010
1. Laura Marling- I Speak Because I Can: Fearless!
2. Leslie Stevens and the Badgers- Roomful of Smoke: Fertile!
3. Anaïs Mitchell- Hadestown: Fiery!
4. David Greely- Sud du Sud (2008-09): French!
5. Bassekou Kouyatè- I Speak Fula: Ferocious!
6. Mike and Ruthy- Million to One: Felicitous!
7. The Secret Sisters- The Secret Sisters: Fresh-squeezed!
8. Crooked Still- Some Strange Country: Far out!
9. Carolina Chocolate Drops- Genuine Negro Jig: Fiddle-icious!
10. Sausage Grinder- Delicious Moments: Fermented!
Dave Soyars' Ten for ‘10
1. Carolina Chocolate Drops – Genuine Negro Jig [Nonesuch]
2. Judy Collins – In My Life [Collector’s Choice]
3. Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Hawk [Rounder]
4. Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band – Legacy [Compass]
5. Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone [Anti]
6. Solas – The Turning Tide [Compass]
7. Bellowhead – Hedonism [Navigator Records – UK]
8. Original Soundtrack - Crazy Heart [New West]
9. and 10. Johnny Flynn – Been Listening [Thirty Tigers] / Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can [Virgin]
1. CD: Pete Seeger: Tomorrow’s Children, with the Rivertown Kids Chorus on Appleseed Recordings
2. CD: Uncle Ruthie: The Jacaranda Tree double CD
3. MOVIE: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune
4. Live concert: Bob Dylan's Small Town Tour concert
5. Live concert: Patti Smith's State of the Union
6. Live concert: Guy Carawan's Tribute and Benefit for Highlander Center For Education and Research
7. Live concert: Roy Bookbinder's spellbinding concert at McCabe’s
8. Live concert: Buffy Sainte-Marie's concert at the Bootleg Theatre
9. Live concert: Arlo Guthrie and Family Ride Again at UCLA’s Royce Hall
10. Live concert: Joan Baez and Roger McGuinn’s concert at The Queen Mary in Long Beach
2010 Year in Review
2010 was a year of great festivals and concerts and many great CD releases.
Check out the TOP TEN (plus) for 2010 by FolkWorks writers and friends:
JOEL OKIDA
LINDA DEWAR
DAVE SOYARS
Also check out this years folk related Grammy nominees
2010 GRAMMY WINNERS
of interest to FolkWorks readers
WINNERS MARKED IN BOLD RED
