Top 15 Folk Albums of 2010: Year of the tiger
1) Joanna Newsom • Have One on Me • Drag City
2) Mountain Man • Made the Harbor • Bella Union/Partisan
3) Ólöf Arnalds • Innundir Skinni • One Little Indian
4) Elisa Randazzo • Bruises & Butterflies • Drag City
5) Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté • Ali & Toumani • Nonesuch
6) Clogs • Veil Waltz • Brassland
7) Alasdair Roberts • The Daemon Lover • Drag City
8) Various Artists • Imaginational Anthem IV • Tompkins Square
9) Jane Weaver • The Fallen by Watch Bird • Bird
10) James Blackshaw • All Is Falling • Young God
11) The Tallest Man on Earth • The Wild Hunt • Dead Oceans
12) Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band • Anda Jaleo • Stillwater Limited/Fire
13) William Tyler • Behold the Spirit • Tompkins Square
14) Fursaxa • Mycorrhizae Realm • ATP
15) Faun Fables • Light of a Vaster Dark • Drag City
Honourable Mentions: Electric albums, EPs, etc. (in no particular order)
Mattias Bärjed • Himlen Är Oskyldigt Blå • Gravitation
Whalebone Polly • Taproot and Sill EP • Dreamboat
Various Artists • Bird Songs 10-Inch • Bird
The Tallest Man on Earth • Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird EP • Dead Oceans
Mountain Man • Sun Dog 10-Inch • Underwater Peoples
MMX II/II: Ursell's 2010 Folksong Picks (in no particular order)
Most of these selections were culled from albums and EPs released during the second half of 2010. Get the first half's selections here.
UPDATE (16/5/13): Re-Up (ZIP)
1) Faun Fables • "Outro: Light" • Drag City
2) Chris Forsyth • "Paranoid Cat" • Tompkins Square
3) Whalebone Polly • "The Turnip Turned" • Dreamboat
4) Ólöf Arnalds • "Innudir Skinni" • One Little Indian
5) Sproatly Smith • "Spring Strathspey" • Reverb Worship
6) Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté • "Machengoidi" • Nonesuch
7) Marissa Nadler • "Daisy, Where Did You Go?" • self-released
8) Junip • "Chugga-Chugga" • Mute
9) Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band • "Los Reyes de la Baraja" • Stillwater Limited/Fire
10) Highlife • "Wet Palm Trees" • Social Registry
11) William Tyler • "Ponotoc" • Tompkins Square
12) This Is the Kit • "Sometimes the Sea" • Dreamboat
13) Tyler Ramsey • "Our Home Beyond the River" • Tompkins Square
14) Mountain Man • "Honeybee (10-Inch Version)" • Underwater Peoples
15) Clogs • "Colony Theme" • Brassland
16) Horse Feathers • "Starving Robins" • Kill Rock Stars
17) James Blackshaw • "All Is Falling, Pt. 7 (Edit)" • Young God
18) Isengrind • "Night Dew Call" • Blackest Rainbow
2 comments:
Just stumbled upon your blog... nice choices. I especially like Mountain Man's Soft Skin, thanks for introducing me to it
I really like your selection of music and this is a refreshing middle/end of year list. Actually the graphics and minimalist content is a great compliment to the music you spotlight. I'm looking forward to exploring some of these artists further. Thanks!
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