WPKN Archives: Valerie Richardson's Favorites for 2015

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Show:
Radio Something with Valerie Richardson

Original Aired:
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
4:00PM to 6:55PM

Duration:
2 hours, 55 minutes

Posted:
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 4:00PM

Tags:
best 2015


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Episode: Valerie Richardson's Favorites for 2015

This is always a fun show to do every year, and this was certainly a year with a lot of great music.

Following the playlist is a list of other albums I enjoyed this year.

Playlist:

Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band -- Not a Song -- Take It Like a Man
Jeffrey Lewis -- Sad Screaming Old Man -- Manhattan
DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson -- Cupidon -- T'es qui ?
Omar Souleyman -- Mawal Menzal -- Bahdeni Nami
-- --
Brown Bird -- Raging Squall -- Axis Mundi
The Henrys -- A Thousand Corners -- Quiet Industry
Ibeyi -- River -- Ibeyi
Zomba Prison Project -- The Floods -- I Have No Everything Here
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Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs -- Apartment 34 -- Coulda Shoulda Woulda
Courtney Barnett -- An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York) -- Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Dengue Fever -- Rom Say Sok -- The Deepest Lake
the sawtelles -- 8 wren --
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Mercy Choir -- Waaybaayo -- Sings in the Traditional Rock and Roll Style
Rickie Lee Jones -- J'ai Connais Pas -- The Other Side of Desire
-- --
Mbongwana Star -- Malukayi (feat. Konono N°1) -- From Kinshasa
JD McPherson -- Bossy -- Let the Good Times Roll
Pokey LaFarge -- Something In the Water -- Something In the Water
Eilen Jewell -- Hallelujah Band -- Sundown Over Ghost Town
-- --
Alabama Shakes -- Don't Wanna Fight -- Sound & Color
Shakey Graves -- The Perfect Parts -- And the War Came
Saun & Starr -- Big Wheel -- Look Closer
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FFS -- The Power Couple -- FFS
Dan Deacon -- Meme Generator -- Gliss Riffer
The Dø -- Trustful Hands -- Trustful Hands - Single
The Limiñanas -- Je M'en Vais -- (I've Got) Trouble in Mind: Singles and Rare Tracks 2009 / 2014
Bop English -- Fake Dog -- Constant Bop
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Allegra Levy -- Anxiety -- Lonely City
The Rongetz Foundation -- Such a Morning Person -- Kiss Kiss Double Jab (with Gary Bartz)
Sages Comme Des Sauvages -- Lailakomo -- Largue La Peau
Sleater-Kinney -- A New Wave -- No Cities To Love
Speedy Ortiz -- The Graduates -- Foil Deer
-- --
Songhoy Blues -- Soubour -- Music In Exile
The Weepies -- Fancy Things -- Sirens
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem -- Walk Around the Wheel -- Violets Are Blue
Dom La Nena -- Volto Já -- Soyo
Shula Ruth Weinstein -- Water on Water -- Small and Taller Tales
-- --
11 Acorn Lane -- Time For Tea -- Time For Tea
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard -- The Bitter Boogie -- Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
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Taraf de Haïdouks -- Marius' Lament -- Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts


Other favorites for the year:

AJOYO -- Idanwo - Single --
Anna von Hausswolff -- The Miraculous --
Asleep At the Wheel -- Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys --
Baba Sissoko -- Three Gees --
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal -- Musique de Nuit --
Bareto -- Impredecible --
Björk -- Vulnicura --
Bob Dylan -- Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City --
Boogarins -- MANUAL --
Calexico -- Edge of the Sun--
Caravan of Thieves -- Kiss Kiss --
Cork Gamelan Ensemble -- The Three Forges --
Daby Touré -- Amonafi --
Dave Rawlings Machine -- Nashville Obsolete
David Wax Museum -- Guesthouse --
Faada Freddy -- Gospel Journey --
Fat Freddy's Drop -- Bays --
Girlpool -- Before the World Was Big --
Grupo Rosado -- Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cumbia --
Hiatus Kaiyote -- Choose Your Weapon --
Iris DeMent -- The Trackless Woods --
James McMurtry -- Complicated Game --
Jim O'Rourke -- Simple Songs --
Joanna Newsom -- Divers --
Joe Jackson -- Fast Forward --
Joseph Arthur -- Pluto - Single --
Joyce Moreno -- Raiz --
Julia Holter -- Have You In My Wilderness --
Kasey Chambers -- Bittersweet --
Kassé Mady Diabaté -- Kiriké --
Kaia Kater -- Sorrow Bound
Kath Bloom -- Pass Through Here --
Laurent Garnier -- La Home Box --
Leo "Bud" Welch -- I Don't Prefer No Blues --
Leon Bridges -- Coming Home --
Lila Downs -- Balas y Chocolate --
Manu Delago -- Silver Kobalt (Deluxe) --
Mbongwana Star -- From Kinshasa --
Mercy Choir -- Sings in the Traditional Rock and Roll Style --
Micachu & The Shapes -- Good Sad Happy Bad --
Modest Mouse -- Strangers to Ourselves --
Moh! Kouyaté -- Loundo (Un jour) --
Mohamed Abozekry & Heejaz Extended -- Ring Road (Bonus Track Version) --
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets -- The Quality Holiday Revue (Live) --
Nicola Cruz -- Prender el Alma --
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band -- Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band --
Petite Noir -- La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful --
Pops Staples -- Don't Lose This --
Punch Brothers -- The Phosphorescent Blues --
Richard Thompson -- Still (Deluxe Edition) --
Rickie Lee Jones -- The Other Side of Desire --
Robert Earl Keen -- Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions --
Roger Damawuzan & Les As Du Benin -- Wait for Me --
Roomful of Teeth & Jason Treuting -- Render --
Rufus Wainwright & Martha Wainwright -- Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl --
Rupa & The April Fishes -- Oval --
Sam Amidon -- Home Alone Inside My Head --
Sam Amidon -- Home Alone Inside My Head --
Schneider & Kacirek -- Shadows Documents --
Sharon Van Etten, Diane Cluck, et al. -- Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton --
Shawn Colvin -- Uncovered --
Shinyribs -- Okra Candy --
Stavros Pazarentsis, Steffen Schorn, Claudio Puntin, Tobias Klein, Orlin Pamukov, Sergiu Balutel & Slobodan Trkulja -- Many Languages - One Soul --
Steve Earle & The Dukes -- Terraplane --
Steven Wilson -- Hand. Cannot. Erase. --
Superhuman Happiness -- Hands --
Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band -- Live from Kauai --
Taraf De Haïdouks -- Of Lovers, Gamblers & Parachute Skirts --
The California Honeydrops -- A River's Invitation --
The Mynabirds -- Lovers Know --
The Revivalists -- Men Amongst Mountains --
Various Artists – Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
The Very Best -- Makes a King --
Watkins Family Hour -- Watkins Family Hour --
Will Butler -- Policy --
Wreckless Eric -- AmERICa --
Yo La Tengo -- Stuff Like That There --
Yonatan Gat -- Director --
Zoufris Maracas -- Chienne de vie

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