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Rogue Folk Club Artistic Director Steve Edge, in the studios of CiTR. Note the Manchester United cap!
Saturday December 27, 2008 - Best Of 2008
| I got up early to be a guest on CBC Radio's North By Northwest. Host Sheryl McKay had invited me to play some of my favourite songs of the year (only managed to squeeze in 7 of them, though!) | ||||
| # | Artist | Song Title | Album (label) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet | Banjo Picking Girl | Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet (Nettwerk) | |
| 2 | Del McCoury | Moneyland | Moneyland (McCoury Music) | |
| 3 | The Breakmen | Brookmere | When You Leave Town (www.thebreakmen.com) | |
| 4 | Headwater | Never Going Back | Lay You Down (www.headwater.ca) | |
| 5 | Niyaz | Hejran | Nine Heavens (Six Degrees) | |
| 6 | Julie Fowlis | Lon-Dubh - Blackbird | Single (www.juliefowlis.com) | |
| 7 | Matt Andersen | How I Wish | Something Between (Indie, NB) | |
| Then I drove up to CiTR for my show, but the Student Union Building was locked up till 9:15am, so it was a late start again. Most aggravating! | ||||
| 1 | Patrick Street | Music For A Found Harmonium | Irish Times (Green Linnet) | |
| 2 | Umalali | Merua | Garifuna Womens Project (Cumbancha) | |
| 3 | Chiwoniso | Kurima | Rebel Woman (Cumbancha) | |
| 4 | Issa Bagayogo | Sebero | Mali Koura (World Village) | |
| 5 | Terakaft | Amidine Wa Dagh Nohar Timar | Akh Issudar (World Village) | |
| 6 | Markus James | Mystified | Snakeskin Violin (Firenze) | |
| 7 | Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko | Dakar | Africa to Appalachia (Indie, Quebec/Ontario) | |
| 8 | Niyaz | Hejran | Nine Heavens (Six Degrees) | |
| 9 | Red Chamber | Sunny Spring & White Snow | Redgrass (Indie, Vancouver) | |
| 10 | Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet | Kangding Qingge / Oldtime Dance Party | Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet (Nettwerk) | |
| 11 | Pacific Curls | Whakamahana | Pacific Celta (Indie, NZ) | |
| 12 | Michael Franti & Spearhead | All I Want Is You | All Rebel Rockers (Anti) | |
| 13 | Lila Downs | Black Magic Woman | Shake Away (Manhattan) | |
| 14 | LaBrassBanda | Brassbanda | Habediehre (Trikont) | |
| 15 | Haugaard & Hoirup | Ingelas Vals | Rejsedage (Go! Discs) | |
| 16 | Marc Atkinson Trio | Vorizo | IV (Warner) | |
| 17 | The Horse Flies | Baghdad Children | Until The Ocean (Pest Control) | |
| 18 | Peter Ostroushko | Baghdad Blues | Our Side Of Town (Red House) | |
| 19 | Paul Reddick | Morning Bell | Sugar Bird (Northern Blues) | |
| 20 | Pine Leaf Boys | Country Playboy Special | Homage A Passe (Lionsgate) | |
| 21 | I See Hawks In L.A. | Good & Foolish Times | Hallowed Ground (Bigbook Records) | |
| 22 | Joan Osborne | To The One I Love | Little Wild One (Time Life) | |
| 23 | James Hunter | Hand It Over | The Hard Way (Hear Music) | |
| 24 | Matt Andersen | How I Wish | Something Between (Indie, NB) | |
| 25 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Mary's Kitchen | Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk) | |
| 26 | Wyckham Porteous | Please Please Me | 3am (Cordova Bay) | |
| 27 | Julie Fowlis | Lon-Dubh - Blackbird | Single (www.juliefowlis.com) | |
| 28 | Porkbelly Futures | Gotta Love A Train | Porkbelly Futures (Cordova Bay) | |
| 29 | Eliza Gilkyson | Runaway Train | Beautiful World (Red House) | |
| 30 | Crooked Still | Captain Captain | Still Crooked (Signature Sounds) | |
| 31 | The Steel Drivers | If It Hadn't Been For Love | The Steel Drivers (Rounder) | |
| 32 | The Breakmen | Play Me Another One | When You Leave Town (www.thebreakmen.com) | |
| 33 | Headwater | Picture Show | Lay You Down (www.headwater.ca) | |
| 34 | Steve Dawson | Somebody's Got To Help You | Waiting For The Lights To Come Up (Black Hen) | |
| 35 | Kim Edgar | Red | Butterflies & Broken Glass (www.kimedgar.com) | |
| 36 | Tim O'Brien | The Garden | Chameleon (Proper America) | |
| 37 | Seth Lakeman | I'll Haunt You | Poor Man's Heaven (Relentless) | |
| 38 | Solas | There Is A Time | For Love & Laughter (Compass) | |
| 39 | Mark Dunlop | The Nightingale | Islands On The Moon (Greentrax) | |
| 40 | Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill | The Girl Who Broke My Heart | Welcome Here Again (Compass) | |
| 41 | Bellowhead | Whiskey Is The Life Of Man | Matachin (Navigator) | |
| 42 | Blackthorn | Farewell To Whiskey / Blue Eyes Polka / I Hardly Knew Her | Sweet Forget Me Not (www.blackthornband.com) | |
| 43 | Mauvais Sort | Bee's / Cormier | Jettatura (Indie, Quebec) | |
| 44 | La Volee d'Castors | Le Sentier De Neige | L'Album Du Temps Des Fetes (Indie, Quebec) | |