Ernte 2018

*****

 Kerri Powers, Starseeds

 Kevin Gordon, Tilt and Shine

****½

 Western Centuries, Songs from the Deluge

 Levi Parham & Them Tulsa Boys and Girls, It’s All Good

 Cliff Westfall, Baby You Win

 Gal Holiday, Lost & Found

 6 String Drag, Top of the World

 Vivian Leva, Time Is Everything

 Rich Krueger, NowThen

 Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles, Love’s Middle Name

 Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Downey to Lubbock

 Yvette Landry & The Jukes feat. Roddie Romero, Louisiana Lovin’

 Kayla Ray, Yesterday & Me

****

 Erin O’Dowd, Old Town

 Tom Buller, When A Country Boy Gets The Blues

 Laura Benitez and the Heartache, With All Its Thorns

 D. B. Rielly, Live From Chester, Connecticut

 John Paul Keith, Heart Shaped Shadow

 Melissa Carper & Rebecca Patek, Brand New Old-Time Songs

 Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs, Boue, Boucane, et Bouteilles

 Nick Lowe, Tokyo Bay (EP)

 The Motel Mirrors, In the Meantime

 Carson McHone, Carousel

 Donnie Fritts, June: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander

 Tony Joe White, Bad Mouthin’

 Kelly Pardekooper, 50-Weight

 Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son

 Ray Bonneville, At King Electric

 Jeff Plankenhorn, Sleeping Dogs

 Ruby Boots, Don’t Talk About It

 Beth McKee, Dreamwood Acres

 John Hiatt, The Eclipse Sessions

 Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples, Campfire

 Jimmy LaFave, Peace Town

 Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis, Wild Wild Wild

 David Olney, This Side Or The Other

 Ben de la Cour, The High Cost of Living

 J. P. Harris, Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing

 Rich Krueger, Life Ain’t That Long

 Mandy Barnett, Strange Conversation

 Cedric Burnside, Benton County Relic

 Katy Moffatt, Where the Heart Is

 Donna The Buffalo, Dance In The Street

 Seasick Steve, Can U Cook?

 Tish Hinojosa, West

 Claudia Nygaard, Lucky GirlBri Bagwell, In My Defense

 Luke Winslow-King, Blue Mesa

 Phil Cook, People Are My Drug

 Jackson Emmer, Jukebox

 Grant Peeples & the Peeples Republik, Settling Scores Vol. II

 Lindi Ortega, Liberty

 Ana Egge, White Tiger

 Karen Jonas, Butter

 Secret Emchy Society, The Stars Fall Shooting Into Twangsville

***½

 Amy Helm, This To Shall Light

 Tim Easton, Paco & Melodic Polaroids

 Jeffrey Foucault, Blood Brothers

 H. C. McEntires, Lionheart

 Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Years

 William Elliott Whitmore, Kilonova

 Abbie Gardner, Wishes on A Sign

 Laurie MacAllister, The Lies the Poets Tell

 John Prine, The Tee of Forgiveness

 Pistol Annies, Interstate Gospel

 Jamie Lin Wilson, Jumping Over Rocks

 The Black Lillies, Stranger to Me

 Anderson East, Encore

 Alvin Crow, Too Country

 Cody Jinks, Lifers

 Neko Case, Hell-On

 Sue Foley, The Ice Queen

 Dawn Landes, Meet Me At The River

 Brent Cobb, Providence Canyon

 Larkin Poe, Venom & Faith

 Jeremy & The Harlequins, Remember This

 Josh Rouse, Love in the Modern Age

 Melanie Brulée, Fires, Floods & Things We Leave Behind

 Jamie Harris, Red Rescue

 Drew Moreland (self-titled)

 Kim Taylor, Songs of Instruction

***

 Brandi Carlile, By the Way, I Forgive You

 Jim Lauderdale, Time Flies

 Nichole Wagner, And The Sky Caught Fire

 Marcia Ball, Shine Bright

 Mary Battiata & Little Pink, The Heart, Regardless

 Bob Livingston, Up the Flatland Stairs

 Rory Block, A Woman’s Soul: A Tribute to Bessie Smith

 Lynn Taylor & The BarFlies, Staggered

 Birds of Chicago, Love in Wartime

 Pharis and Jason Romero, Sweet Old Religion

 El Coyote (self-titled)

 Ashley Monroe, Sparrow

 R. L. Boyce, Roll and Tumble

 Radney Foster, For You to See the Stars

 Caitlin Canty, Motel Bouquet

 Molly Venter & Godnight Moonshine, I’m the Only One Who Will Tell You, You’re Bad

 Trisha Gene Brady, I Have You (EP)

 Rod Picott, Out Past the Wires

 Kim Richey, Edgeland

 Lake Street Dive, Free Yourself Up

 Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, The Ledges

 M. Witte, Ol’ Boy

 Ray Davies, Americana Act II

***

 Kara Grainger, Living with Your Ghost

 Kelly Willis, Back Being Blue

 Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, Soul Flowers of Titan

 Courtney Marie Andrews, May Your Kindness Remain

 Missouri Mile, A Million Miles Away

 Patricia Vonne, Top of the Mountain

 Dayna Kurtz with Robert Maché, Here Vol. 2

 Kyle Martin, Broke Down (EP)

 Robby Hecht & Caroline Spence, Two People

 Eli Paperboy Reed Meets High & Mighty Brass Band

**½

 Giulia Millanta, Convesation With a Ghost

 Brandy Zdan, Secretear

Old Stuff, Anthologies, Tributes, Compilations, Various …

*****

 Uncle Walt’s Band, Anthology: Those Boys from Carolina, They Sure Enough Could Sing …

****½

 Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965–1969

 V.A., Everybody’s Talkin’: A Tribute to Fred Neil

 V.A., An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert

****

 Jackson C. Frank, The Complete Recordings

 Bluegrass Champs, Live from The Don Owens Show

 Webb Wilder and The Beatnecks, Powerfull Stuff! Previously Unreleased Recordings 1985–1993

 The Bangles / The Three o’Clock / The Dream Syndicate / Rain Parade, 3x4