Note that there aren’t any numbers. It’s tough to rank them 1-10, so these are not in any particular order.
Artist — song — album — label — notes
John Flynn “You Can’t Tell” (single)
Elemotho “Mosiele” My Africa [ARC Music] Namibia
David Francey “American Blues” So Say We All [Red House] Canada/Scotland
Väsen “Byxen, Fisen & Blåsen” Mindset [NorthSide] Sweden
Red Tail Ring “Ohio Turnpike” The Heart’s Swift Foot [www.redtailring.com]
Genticorum “La Brunante” Enregistré Live [www.genticorum.com] Canada (Quebec)
Trout Fishing in America “Slow” Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers [Trout Records]
Ken & Brad Kolodner “Billy in the Lowground” Skipping Rocks [Fenchurch Music] Baltimore music!
Linda Thompson “Never Put to Sea Boys” Won’t Be Long Now [Pettifer Sounds] England — Richard Thompson’s ex
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings “South” South [File Under: Music] Canada
Honorable mention:
Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott “Keep Your Dirty Lights On” Memories and Moments [Full Skies]
Couldn’t get it down to only 10…
The Detour Top-10 (oops, I mean Top-11) will be played on Detour, the Folk, Roots, and World Music Show on Sunday, December 8th. 5-7PM