Lost Music SaloonLost Music Saloon: January 2, 2012: 5-7 p.m.: Faves of 2011, Pt. 1

Welcome to 2012!  Today's Lost Music Saloon takes a look back at the year in music that was 2011.  I thought it was a very good year for music overall.  Rather than doing a formal countdown of my favorite albums of 2011 this year, I'm going to go with my most-listened-to and most enjoyed songs of the past year, whether or not they appeared on any of my "fave albums of 2011".  I'll do the same again next week.

As always, you can find my playlist for tonight's show by clicking on 'read more' below.  You can also find a list of my 20 favorite albums from 2011 by going to the WRIR homepage at http://www.wrir.org and clicking on the 'read more' link under "The Best of 2011".  Scroll down until you see the Lost Music Saloon entry.  You'll see other DJs' lists there as well.

Enjoy!

Lost Music Saloon: PLAYLIST: January 2, 2012: 5-7 p.m.: Faves of 2011, Pt. 1

 

Elizabeth Cook: El Camino: Welder (2010) (my most listened to song in 2011)

Faves of 2011:

Joe Ely: The Highway Is My Home: Satisfied at Last

Nikki Lane: Gone, Gone, Gone: Walk of Shame

Jeff Bridges: What a Little Bit of Love Can Do: Jeff Bridges

 

Mayer Hawthorne: The Walk: How Do You Do

Carbon Leaf: Native America: How the West Was Vol. One

Catherine Britt: Under My Thumb: Catherine Britt

Sassparilla: Devil: Ramshackle

 

John Lilly: Tore Up From the Floor Up: Cold Comfort

Social Distortion: Gimme the Sweet and Lowdown: Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes

Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers: I've Been Gone: Starlight Hotel

Have Gun Will Travel: To the Victor Go the Spoils: Mergers and Acquisitions

 

Robert Earl Keen: I Gotta Go: Ready For Confetti

Adele: Rolling in the Deep: 21

Fountains of Wayne: Richie and Ruben: Sky Full of Holes

Ry Cooder: No Banker Left Behind: Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down

 

Steve Earle: Waitin' on the Sky to Fall: I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

David Lowery: Raise 'Em Up On Honey: The Palace Guard

Dave Alvin: Harlan County Line: Eleven Eleven

Noah and the Whale: L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.: Last Night on Earth

 

Hayes Carll: Another Like You: KMAG YOYO

Decemberists: Foregone: Long Live the King EP

Steve Martin: Women Like to Slow Dance: Rare Bird Alert

Lucinda Williams: Buttercup: Blessed

 

Deep Dark Woods: Virginia: The Place I Left Behind

John Hiatt: Adios to California: Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns

Gillian Welch: The Way It Goes: The Harrow and the Harvest

Nathan Bell: The Striker: Black Crow Blue

 

Glossary: Trouble Won't Last Always: Long Live All of Us

Ryan Adams: Dirty Rain: Ashes & Fire

Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers: Roots and Wings: Gift Horse

Wilco: Born Alone: The Whole Love

 

Garry, DJ

Lost Music Saloon

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Richmond, Virginia